A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Fiorentina and Cremonese know what's at stake in this second leg of the Coppa Italia Semi-finals clash.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Fiorentina form and stats
Last season their Coppa Italia adventure ended in the semi-finals against Juventus.Fiorentina have collected 24 points from their Serie A home games so far after 6-6-4.
No payout for Fiorentina in their previous match, an away game at Monza that ended in defeat 2-3. Did Fiorentina get overconfident in their match against Monza? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat. Midfield player Kouamé got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, the max score being 10. Kouamé scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that fixture, a somewhat shocking home defeat against Lech Poznan in the Europa Conference League. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Fiorentina home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Fiorentina as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. Sampdoria are visiting.
The Fiorentina fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 16 matches. On the other hand, Fiorentina have conceded 21 goals.
Cremonese form and stats
Cremonese was sent out of Coppa Italia in the 1st round last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cremonese so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 1-7-8 (win-draw-lose).
There might be some fixture complaints from Cremonese as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-3 against Udinese. Cremonese lost heavily in their last match (against Udinese as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations. Vásquez, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.15. Vásquez won 8 of 14 duels.
Before that, Cremonese secured a home win against Empoli with the score 1-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Cremonese are hosting Hellas Verona in the Serie A only three days away.
The visiting Cremonese have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 16 games.
Head 2 Head
Cremonese - Fiorentina 0-2 was the score in these contenders' last H2H game, played this season. Numbers for the preceeding three meetings featuring these two sides are: three wins for Fiorentina, zero draws and zero wins for Cremonese. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 2 red cards from the last three duels.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendonça Cabral 7 goals |   D. Ciofani 6 goals |  C. Dessers 6 goals |
Fiorentina missing players
Cremonese missing players
| Fiorentina | Cremonese | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Scored | S | 13 | 34 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 17.2 | 18.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 12.1 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 14.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 31 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 67 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 46 | 78 |
| 2 | Lazio | 31 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 28 | 61 |
| 3 | Juventus | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 59 |
| 4 | Milan | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 51 | 37 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 56 |
| 5 | Roma | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 56 |
| 6 | Inter | 31 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 54 |
| 7 | Atalanta | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 51 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 52 |
| 8 | Bologna | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 39 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 1 | 44 |
| 9 | Udinese | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 42 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 42 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 42 |
| 11 | Torino | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -4 | 42 |
| 12 | Monza | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -5 | 41 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -8 | 40 |
| 14 | Salernitana | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 29 | -13 | 33 |
| 15 | Empoli | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -15 | 32 |
| 16 | Lecce | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 18 | -12 | 28 |
| 17 | Spezia | 31 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 49 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -23 | 27 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -18 | 26 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 31 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 32 | -30 | 19 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 31 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 52 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -32 | 17 |
