The league table in Serie B tells a story about these teams so far, with Cittadella leading Cremonese by 14 points. Match preview to follow:
- Cittadella has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Serie B
- Cremonese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Cittadella have less rest than Cremonese in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie B game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Chievo, so at least Cittadella are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Cittadella form and stats
Cittadella have performed here at Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato this season with 6 wins from 9 Serie B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
No payout for Cittadella in their previous match, an away game at Chievo that ended in defeat 1-2. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Venezia (0-1).
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 Cittadella have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won seven times, drawn three and lost four.
Cittadella have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato with 17 goals in 9 league matches. Cittadella have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cremonese form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cremonese so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Cremonese played 1-1 against SPAL in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Pescara at their stadium, the result 2-0.
As mentioned above, Cremonese drew the match against SPAL. Manager F. Pecchia brought on Daniel Ciofani to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
We have checked recent matches where Cremonese have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were two victories, six draws and ten defeats.
Cremonese have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 9 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Cremonese have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Cremonese - Cittadella 0-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Cittadella, four draws and three wins for Cremonese. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Gargiulo 6 goals | R. Ogunseye 5 goals |   L. Strizzolo 4 goals |
Cittadella missing players
Cremonese missing players
| Cittadella | Cremonese | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 31 | 17 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 74% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 68% |
| 47% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 47% |
| 42% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.3 | 15.1 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 22.5 | 15.6 | 15.1 |
| 5.4 | 6.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 30% | 30% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 23% | 21% |
- Cittadella has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Serie B
- Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cittadella have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cittadella have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cittadella 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 away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Empoli | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 38 |
| 2 | Monza | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 34 |
| 3 | Salernitana | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 34 |
| 4 | Cittadella | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 33 |
| 5 | SPAL | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Chievo | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Lecce | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| 8 | Venezia | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Pordenone | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 |
| 10 | Frosinone | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Pisa | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 23 |
| 12 | Vicenza | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Brescia | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 21 |
| 14 | Cremonese | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 15 | Reggina | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 18 |
| 16 | Reggiana | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 18 |
| 17 | Cosenza | 19 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 18 | Virtus Entella | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 17 |
| 19 | Pescara | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -17 | 16 |
| 20 | Ascoli | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -12 | 14 |