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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

Serie A: First-class against not good enough, at least based on the league table. Lazio - Cremonese. Home win or a shock?

Insights:
  • Lazio have the most clean sheets (20) in Serie A
  • Cremonese have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Serie A

For Cremonese it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Lazio form and stats

10 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Lazio have to build on here at Stadio Olimpico in the Serie A.

Happy days for Lazio in their previous game, a fixture away at Udinese (placed 12th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Alberto (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.42/10. Alberto hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 75 successful passes (of 86 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lecce that ended 2-2.

It should be added that a glance at the 15 latest league games reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

The Lazio fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 18 league matches. Lazio have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cremonese form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cremonese so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 1-8-9 (win-draw-lose).

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Bologna with 1-5 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Bologna was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Attacker Ciofani got a player rating of 7.2 in the game. "Man of the match" Ciofani scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Juventus's place.

Cremonese are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 18 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cremonese's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 35 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The teams have faced each other before in this season, with the result Cremonese - Lazio 0-4 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (Lazio wins - draws - Cremonese wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Immobile with 3 goals scored against Cremonese in these 2 matches.

Top Goalscorers

LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
12 goals
LazioM. Zaccagni
M. Zaccagni
10 goals
LazioF. Anderson Pereira Gomes
F. Anderson Pereira Gomes
9 goals

Lazio missing players

Cremonese missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lazio Cremonese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
20 10 3 Won W 0 1 4
8 4 2 Drew D 2 8 12
8 4 1 Lost L 3 9 20
55 29 12 Scored S 3 19 32
28 16 7 Conceded C 10 35 66
92% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
72% 72% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 81%
42% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 47%
25% 33% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 39% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
33% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 67% 56%
56% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
19% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 39%
 
4.4 4.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.3 3.9
4.6 4.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.2 5.5
2.2 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.7 2.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.4 12.6 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 12.5 12.8
4.2 4.7 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 3.6
36% 34% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 31% 25%
 
12.6 12.1 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 17.8 16.3 15.6
3.3 3.8 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 6.9 6.2
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Cremonese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cremonese have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cremonese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cremonese have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Serie A
  • Cremonese have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Serie A
  • Cremonese have the most conceded goals in the first half (32) in Serie A
  • Cremonese haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lazio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Serie A
  • Lazio have the most clean sheets (20) in Serie A

  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 36 27 5 4 73 26 18 13 3 2 38 15 18 14 2 2 35 11 47 86
2 Juventus 35 21 6 8 54 28 18 13 3 2 38 14 17 8 3 6 16 14 26 69
3 Lazio 36 20 8 8 55 28 18 10 4 4 29 16 18 10 4 4 26 12 27 68
4 Inter 36 21 3 12 67 40 18 13 0 5 34 12 18 8 3 7 33 28 27 66
5 Milan 36 18 10 8 60 42 18 12 4 2 38 19 18 6 6 6 22 23 18 64
6 Atalanta 36 18 7 11 59 43 18 9 3 6 33 24 18 9 4 5 26 19 16 61
7 Roma 35 17 8 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 24 12 18 7 6 5 21 21 12 59
8 Monza 36 14 10 12 46 46 18 7 5 6 25 21 18 7 5 6 21 25 0 52
9 Fiorentina 36 13 11 12 48 41 18 8 6 4 28 21 18 5 5 8 20 20 7 50
10 Bologna 36 13 11 12 48 45 18 7 8 3 22 12 18 6 3 9 26 33 3 50
11 Torino 36 13 11 12 38 40 18 5 7 6 15 18 18 8 4 6 23 22 -2 50
12 Udinese 36 11 13 12 45 44 18 6 9 3 30 19 18 5 4 9 15 25 1 46
13 Sassuolo 36 12 8 16 44 56 18 8 4 6 23 20 18 4 4 10 21 36 -12 44
14 Empoli 35 9 12 14 32 45 17 7 4 6 18 20 18 2 8 8 14 25 -13 39
15 Salernitana 35 8 14 13 43 56 18 6 6 6 27 24 17 2 8 7 16 32 -13 38
16 Lecce 36 7 12 17 30 43 18 3 8 7 16 21 18 4 4 10 14 22 -13 33
17 Spezia 36 6 13 17 30 56 18 4 8 6 18 26 18 2 5 11 12 30 -26 31
18 Hellas Verona 36 7 9 20 29 55 18 6 2 10 19 31 18 1 7 10 10 24 -26 30
19 Cremonese 36 4 12 20 32 66 18 3 4 11 13 31 18 1 8 9 19 35 -34 24
20 Sampdoria 36 3 9 24 22 67 18 1 6 11 10 26 18 2 3 13 12 41 -45 18

Lazio:
Table
  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 36 27 5 4 73 26 18 13 3 2 38 15 18 14 2 2 35 11 47 86
2 Juventus 35 21 6 8 54 28 18 13 3 2 38 14 17 8 3 6 16 14 26 69
3 Lazio 36 20 8 8 55 28 18 10 4 4 29 16 18 10 4 4 26 12 27 68
4 Inter 36 21 3 12 67 40 18 13 0 5 34 12 18 8 3 7 33 28 27 66
5 Milan 36 18 10 8 60 42 18 12 4 2 38 19 18 6 6 6 22 23 18 64
6 Atalanta 36 18 7 11 59 43 18 9 3 6 33 24 18 9 4 5 26 19 16 61
7 Roma 35 17 8 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 24 12 18 7 6 5 21 21 12 59
8 Monza 36 14 10 12 46 46 18 7 5 6 25 21 18 7 5 6 21 25 0 52
9 Fiorentina 36 13 11 12 48 41 18 8 6 4 28 21 18 5 5 8 20 20 7 50
10 Bologna 36 13 11 12 48 45 18 7 8 3 22 12 18 6 3 9 26 33 3 50
11 Torino 36 13 11 12 38 40 18 5 7 6 15 18 18 8 4 6 23 22 -2 50
12 Udinese 36 11 13 12 45 44 18 6 9 3 30 19 18 5 4 9 15 25 1 46
13 Sassuolo 36 12 8 16 44 56 18 8 4 6 23 20 18 4 4 10 21 36 -12 44
14 Empoli 35 9 12 14 32 45 17 7 4 6 18 20 18 2 8 8 14 25 -13 39
15 Salernitana 35 8 14 13 43 56 18 6 6 6 27 24 17 2 8 7 16 32 -13 38
16 Lecce 36 7 12 17 30 43 18 3 8 7 16 21 18 4 4 10 14 22 -13 33
17 Spezia 36 6 13 17 30 56 18 4 8 6 18 26 18 2 5 11 12 30 -26 31
18 Hellas Verona 36 7 9 20 29 55 18 6 2 10 19 31 18 1 7 10 10 24 -26 30
19 Cremonese 36 4 12 20 32 66 18 3 4 11 13 31 18 1 8 9 19 35 -34 24
20 Sampdoria 36 3 9 24 22 67 18 1 6 11 10 26 18 2 3 13 12 41 -45 18

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.