Soccer betting preview: Cremonese welcomes Benevento in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Zini (20034 seats)

This should be quite a match, with Cremonese at 2nd and Benevento at 6th. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • Cremonese have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cremonese have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Benevento have scored away.

Cremonese and Benevento should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Cremonese form and stats

The complete Serie B stats at home this season for Cremonese are 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Cremonese goalkeeper Mouhamadou Fallou Mbacke Sarr is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 191 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie B.

A nice win for Cremonese last time playing, versus Ternana. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Samuel Di Carmine and Luca Zanimacchia scoring for the victors. Leonardo Sernicola was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.85 out of 10. The defender Sernicola hit one key pass and won 5 of 9 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Vicenza and winning 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Cremonese perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cremonese as a small favourite), we find nine games. Cremonese has won three of these, drawn four and lost two.

Cremonese have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Giovanni Zini with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Cremonese are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Giovanni Zini in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.

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Benevento form and stats

Benevento are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie B, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

There were no winners in Benevento's previous match, a Serie B home game that ended 0-0 vs Perugia (placed 9th). Gaetano Letizia, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.31. Letizia hit two key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.

A 1-1 draw at Como's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Benevento playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Benevento win, two draws and three defeats.

Benevento have scored 3 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. Benevento are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Data for the former four meetings between these two teams are: one win for Cremonese, zero draws and three wins for Benevento. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

BeneventoG. Lapadula
G. Lapadula
4 goals
CremoneseC. Buonaiuto
C. Buonaiuto
2 goals
CremoneseL. Vido
L. Vido
2 goals

Cremonese missing players

Benevento missing players

Cremonese Benevento
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 1 3 7
5 3 1 Won W 1 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
10 7 3 Scored S 2 3 11
5 3 0 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 71%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 57%
43% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 29%
14% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 43%
57% 75% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 43%
29% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 43%
 
4.1 4.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.7 3.6
4.6 5.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.7 5.4
2.7 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 6 3 2.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.4 11 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8 13 13.6
3.4 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 3.7
42% 58% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 25% 42%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • All of Cremonese's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cremonese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cremonese have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cremonese have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Benevento have scored away.
  • 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 Pisa 7 6 1 0 15 4 4 4 0 0 7 1 3 2 1 0 8 3 11 19
2 Cremonese 7 5 0 2 10 5 4 3 0 1 7 3 3 2 0 1 3 2 5 15
3 Brescia 7 4 2 1 19 12 3 1 1 1 9 7 4 3 1 0 10 5 7 14
4 Lecce 7 4 2 1 12 7 3 2 1 0 7 3 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 14
5 Ascoli 7 4 1 2 12 10 3 1 0 2 3 5 4 3 1 0 9 5 2 13
6 Benevento 7 3 3 1 11 6 4 2 2 0 8 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 5 12
7 Cittadella 7 4 0 3 9 10 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 2 2 6 -1 12
8 Frosinone 7 2 4 1 8 5 4 0 3 1 4 5 3 2 1 0 4 0 3 10
9 Perugia 7 2 4 1 8 5 3 0 2 1 4 5 4 2 2 0 4 0 3 10
10 Reggina 7 2 4 1 7 7 4 2 2 0 5 3 3 0 2 1 2 4 0 10
11 Cosenza 7 3 1 3 7 9 3 3 0 0 5 1 4 0 1 3 2 8 -2 10
12 Parma 7 2 3 2 12 10 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 2 1 9 7 2 9
13 Monza 7 2 3 2 7 8 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 0 2 2 2 6 -1 9
14 SPAL 7 2 2 3 12 9 4 2 2 0 11 5 3 0 0 3 1 4 3 8
15 Ternana 7 2 1 4 8 13 4 2 0 2 5 7 3 0 1 2 3 6 -5 7
16 Como 7 1 3 3 8 11 3 0 1 2 1 4 4 1 2 1 7 7 -3 6
17 Crotone 7 0 4 3 9 15 4 0 3 1 5 8 3 0 1 2 4 7 -6 4
18 Alessandria 7 1 1 5 9 16 3 1 0 2 3 6 4 0 1 3 6 10 -7 4
19 Vicenza 7 1 0 6 8 14 3 0 0 3 1 6 4 1 0 3 7 8 -6 3
20 Pordenone 7 0 1 6 4 19 4 0 1 3 3 10 3 0 0 3 1 9 -15 1

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.