Alessandria will hope that their home advantage is enough to get some points from this demanding meeting, against high-octane Cremonese.
- Alessandria have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cremonese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both contenders have had time to rest since their last match. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face match!
Alessandria form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie B, Alessandria have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games.
It's back home for Alessandria, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating SPAL away with the result 3-2. Simone Corazza, Andrea Arrighini and Riccardo Chiarello found the net in that victory. The attacker Riccardo Chiarello was declared "man of the match" for Alessandria with the rating of 7.65/10. Chiarello scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Alessandria lost 0-2 at home to Ternana.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Alessandria as they are travelling to their away game against Pordenone in the Serie B. That match is three days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Alessandria here at Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Alessandria defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Cremonese form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Cremonese, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Reggina (placed 6th) in the Serie B last time out. Gianluca Gaetano came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Reggina last time out, making the manager F. Pecchia feel like a tactical genius. Attacker Cristian Buonaiuto got a player rating of 8.22 in the game. "Man of the match" Buonaiuto scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs SPAL.A quick return to home after this game, as Cremonese are hosting Frosinone in the Serie B only three days away.
Cremonese have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored. 6 goals have been conceded by Cremonese in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous six meetings featuring these contenders: Alessandria won one, Cremonese were winners in two and we saw three draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Corazza 6 goals |  C. Buonaiuto 4 goals | R. Chiarello 2 goals |
Alessandria missing players
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| Alessandria | Cremonese | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 24 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 77% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 8% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 46% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 31% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 5.8 | 8.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 14.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 14 | 12.8 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 28% | 21% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 39% |
| 13.2 | 11.5 | 17.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
- Alessandria have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Alessandria haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cremonese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cremonese haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brescia | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Pisa | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Lecce | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Frosinone | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Cremonese | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Reggina | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Ascoli | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 8 | Monza | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Perugia | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Cittadella | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Benevento | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 12 | Como | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 19 |
| 13 | Ternana | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 14 | Parma | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 17 |
| 15 | Cosenza | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -6 | 15 |
| 16 | SPAL | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 17 | Alessandria | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Crotone | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 8 |
| 19 | Vicenza | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -15 | 4 |
| 20 | Pordenone | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -20 | 3 |