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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Tue 01.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ciro Vigorito (12847 seats)

Fasten your seatbelt before the show! The leading heroes are Benevento and Cremonese, 3 points is the objective and 90 minutes the duration.

Insights:
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cremonese is in the best form (4-2-0) in Serie B

It's no vacation for neither Benevento nor Cremonese as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Benevento form and stats

The Serie B statistics playing at home this season for Benevento are 7-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Benevento are confident in defense, having played 271 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A strong away win for Benevento against Perugia the last match, as Forte were on target. Glik, defender, was given a rating of 8.05/10 in that game, top of the team. Glik hit one key pass and won 4 of 9 duels.

Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Como.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Benevento have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost one.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Benevento at home in the league. 26 on target and 13 scored by the opposition; from 13 matches.

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Cremonese form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Cremonese play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Ternana (placed 14th). Gaetano got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, top player of the team. Gaetano scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Vicenza.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Cremonese in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Cremonese, five draws and six defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Cremonese are hosting Brescia in the Serie B only four 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 13 games. Cremonese are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the squads faced each other previously this season; Cremonese - Benevento 1-1. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Benevento victories, one draw and one Cremonese win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BeneventoG. Lapadula
G. Lapadula
10 goals
CremoneseC. Buonaiuto
C. Buonaiuto
7 goals
BeneventoR. Insigne
R. Insigne
6 goals

Benevento missing players

Cremonese missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Benevento Cremonese
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 13 26
13 7 1 Won W 0 7 14
7 3 1 Drew D 0 2 7
6 3 1 Lost L 3 4 5
41 26 3 Scored S 1 18 40
23 13 2 Conceded C 4 11 23
88% 77% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
69% 69% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 62% 77%
35% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 46% 42%
27% 46% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 19%
19% 31% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
38% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 50%
42% 46% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 35%
31% 38% 67% Failed to Score F T 67% 31% 23%
 
5.4 5.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 4.6
5.8 5 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 4.2 4.8
2.1 2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.4 16.7 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 13 13.4
4 4.2 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 4.2 4.3
39% 47% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 33% 36%
 
12.4 11.7 12 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 11.4 11.9
4.1 4.1 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.3 3.8
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cremonese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cremonese is in the best form (4-2-0) in Serie B

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cremonese 26 14 7 5 40 23 13 7 5 1 22 12 13 7 2 4 18 11 17 49
2 Brescia 26 13 9 4 40 25 13 4 6 3 19 16 13 9 3 1 21 9 15 48
3 Lecce 25 12 10 3 41 22 13 8 4 1 28 12 12 4 6 2 13 10 19 46
4 Benevento 26 13 7 6 41 23 13 7 3 3 26 13 13 6 4 3 15 10 18 46
5 Pisa 25 12 10 3 32 19 13 6 6 1 15 9 12 6 4 2 17 10 13 46
6 Monza 25 12 8 5 40 27 12 9 2 1 25 11 13 3 6 4 15 16 13 44
7 Frosinone 25 10 11 4 40 25 13 5 6 2 21 12 12 5 5 2 19 13 15 41
8 Perugia 26 10 11 5 29 22 13 4 5 4 13 11 13 6 6 1 16 11 7 41
9 Ascoli 25 11 6 8 35 31 12 3 4 5 12 15 13 8 2 3 23 16 4 39
10 Cittadella 25 10 8 7 28 26 12 5 3 4 15 12 13 5 5 3 13 14 2 38
11 Como 26 8 11 7 33 35 13 4 6 3 15 12 13 4 5 4 18 23 -2 35
12 Parma 26 7 11 8 33 30 13 4 5 4 17 12 13 3 6 4 16 18 3 32
13 Reggina 25 9 5 11 22 33 12 5 2 5 12 15 13 4 3 6 10 18 -11 32
14 Ternana 26 8 7 11 37 42 13 5 1 7 18 19 13 3 6 4 19 23 -5 31
15 SPAL 26 6 9 11 31 41 13 3 5 5 23 21 13 3 4 6 8 20 -10 27
16 Alessandria 26 6 5 15 27 41 13 4 3 6 11 16 13 2 2 9 16 25 -14 23
17 Cosenza 26 5 8 13 24 41 13 5 2 6 13 15 13 0 6 7 11 26 -17 23
18 Vicenza 26 4 6 16 25 43 13 2 4 7 13 20 13 2 2 9 12 23 -18 18
19 Crotone 25 2 9 14 25 42 13 2 6 5 16 20 12 0 3 9 9 22 -17 15
20 Pordenone 26 2 6 18 19 51 13 1 4 8 11 24 13 1 2 10 8 27 -32 12

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 Cremonese 26 14 7 5 40 23 13 7 5 1 22 12 13 7 2 4 18 11 17 49
2 Brescia 26 13 9 4 40 25 13 4 6 3 19 16 13 9 3 1 21 9 15 48
3 Lecce 25 12 10 3 41 22 13 8 4 1 28 12 12 4 6 2 13 10 19 46
4 Benevento 26 13 7 6 41 23 13 7 3 3 26 13 13 6 4 3 15 10 18 46
5 Pisa 25 12 10 3 32 19 13 6 6 1 15 9 12 6 4 2 17 10 13 46
6 Monza 25 12 8 5 40 27 12 9 2 1 25 11 13 3 6 4 15 16 13 44
7 Frosinone 25 10 11 4 40 25 13 5 6 2 21 12 12 5 5 2 19 13 15 41
8 Perugia 26 10 11 5 29 22 13 4 5 4 13 11 13 6 6 1 16 11 7 41
9 Ascoli 25 11 6 8 35 31 12 3 4 5 12 15 13 8 2 3 23 16 4 39
10 Cittadella 25 10 8 7 28 26 12 5 3 4 15 12 13 5 5 3 13 14 2 38
11 Como 26 8 11 7 33 35 13 4 6 3 15 12 13 4 5 4 18 23 -2 35
12 Parma 26 7 11 8 33 30 13 4 5 4 17 12 13 3 6 4 16 18 3 32
13 Reggina 25 9 5 11 22 33 12 5 2 5 12 15 13 4 3 6 10 18 -11 32
14 Ternana 26 8 7 11 37 42 13 5 1 7 18 19 13 3 6 4 19 23 -5 31
15 SPAL 26 6 9 11 31 41 13 3 5 5 23 21 13 3 4 6 8 20 -10 27
16 Alessandria 26 6 5 15 27 41 13 4 3 6 11 16 13 2 2 9 16 25 -14 23
17 Cosenza 26 5 8 13 24 41 13 5 2 6 13 15 13 0 6 7 11 26 -17 23
18 Vicenza 26 4 6 16 25 43 13 2 4 7 13 20 13 2 2 9 12 23 -18 18
19 Crotone 25 2 9 14 25 42 13 2 6 5 16 20 12 0 3 9 9 22 -17 15
20 Pordenone 26 2 6 18 19 51 13 1 4 8 11 24 13 1 2 10 8 27 -32 12

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Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.