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Delightful dogfight as daring Chievo duels with determined Cremonese

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Marc Antonio Bentegodi (42160 seats)

With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Chievo fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Cremonese.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Chievo and Cremonese.

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Chievo form and stats

12 points is a decent return from 6 Serie B games here at Marc Antonio Bentegodi for Chievo. The data says 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. After failing to beat Pordenone here at Marc Antonio Bentegodi, Chievo has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Chievo's last game was hosting Cremonese (placed 16th) and winning 1-0. Heartbreak before that as Chievo lost 0-1 at Trapani's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Chievo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 0.

A decent goal production from Chievo in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Cremonese form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cremonese so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).

Cremonese play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Chievo (placed 8th). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Empoli in the Coppa Italia.

Cremonese are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cremonese as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Cremonese have conceded 11 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

ChievoR. Meggiorini
R. Meggiorini
4 goals
ChievoF. Đorđević
F. Đorđević
3 goals
ChievoJ. Segre
J. Segre
3 goals

Chievo missing players

Cremonese missing players

Chievo Cremonese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 0 Played P 3 8 15
6 4 0 Won W 0 1 4
6 3 0 Drew D 2 3 5
3 0 0 Lost L 1 4 6
20 11 0 Scored S 3 5 10
16 6 0 Conceded C 6 12 17
93% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 87%
80% 86% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 60%
33% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 20%
13% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 12% 7%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 7%
60% 71% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 40%
27% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 27%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 47%
 
4.7 5.6 0 Corners For (avg) C F 3.7 3.6 4.5
3.9 2.6 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.3 5.4 5
2.3 1.6 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.4
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
 
200 109 0 Total Shots T S 45 94 199
69 37 0 Shots on Target S O 18 32 69
29% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 16% 14%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Chievo has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
  • Chievo have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Chievo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chievo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cremonese have scored away.
  • Chievo have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Chievo have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Chievo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cremonese has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
  • Cremonese has the fewest scored goals (10)
  • Cremonese has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
  • Cremonese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cremonese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cremonese have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benevento 15 10 4 1 25 8 8 7 1 0 18 2 7 3 3 1 7 6 17 34
2 Cittadella 15 7 4 4 18 17 8 4 2 2 11 11 7 3 2 2 7 6 1 25
3 Crotone 14 6 4 4 22 16 8 4 3 1 14 8 6 2 1 3 8 8 6 22
4 Pordenone 14 6 4 4 21 17 7 5 2 0 12 2 7 1 2 4 9 15 4 22
5 Perugia 14 6 4 4 17 18 7 4 2 1 10 6 7 2 2 3 7 12 -1 22
6 Ascoli 15 6 3 6 24 20 7 5 1 1 14 7 8 1 2 5 10 13 4 21
7 Pescara 15 6 3 6 26 23 8 3 3 2 16 11 7 3 0 4 10 12 3 21
8 Chievo 14 5 6 3 19 16 6 3 3 0 10 6 8 2 3 3 9 10 3 21
9 Empoli 15 5 6 4 18 20 8 4 3 1 12 7 7 1 3 3 6 13 -2 21
10 Pisa 14 5 5 4 20 17 7 4 2 1 14 8 7 1 3 3 6 9 3 20
11 Frosinone 14 5 5 4 17 14 7 5 2 0 14 3 7 0 3 4 3 11 3 20
12 Spezia 15 5 4 6 20 19 8 3 2 3 11 9 7 2 2 3 9 10 1 19
13 Virtus Entella 14 5 4 5 14 15 7 4 2 1 7 4 7 1 2 4 7 11 -1 19
14 Salernitana 15 5 4 6 18 20 7 2 4 1 9 8 8 3 0 5 9 12 -2 19
15 Venezia 15 4 6 5 16 18 7 2 1 4 5 9 8 2 5 1 11 9 -2 18
16 Cremonese 14 4 5 5 10 16 7 3 2 2 5 5 7 1 3 3 5 11 -6 17
17 Juve Stabia 14 4 2 8 14 23 7 3 1 3 10 12 7 1 1 5 4 11 -9 14
18 Cosenza 14 2 7 5 15 16 7 1 4 2 7 7 7 1 3 3 8 9 -1 13
19 Trapani 15 3 4 8 15 27 7 1 3 3 6 8 8 2 1 5 9 19 -12 13
20 Livorno 15 3 2 10 12 21 7 3 0 4 11 12 8 0 2 6 1 9 -9 11

Read more about Serie B

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.