The visiting Benevento side should be favourites in this visit to Cremonese, as the away team holds a 36 point advantage from their 28 league games this season.
The hosts Cremonese saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Serie B. That game was an away game at Ascoli, so at least Cremonese are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Cremonese form and stats
The story so far in the Serie B for Cremonese at their home stadium (Stadio Giovanni Zini) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
A good away victory last time out for Cremonese, who won 3-1 against Ascoli (placed 16th). In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Frosinone.
The Cremonese fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 13 matches. Cremonese have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Benevento form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (54) in Serie B, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Serie B. Things are running smoothly for Benevento who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 19 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Pescara. Benevento are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.
Benevento are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Serie B against Pescara (placed 14th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Perugia at their stadium, the result 2-1.
As you can tell from the results above, Benevento was very dominant against Pescara, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Riccardo Improta, Marco Sau, Gabriele Moncini and Roberto Insigne providing the goals.
Benevento are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 13 away games so far. Benevento are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Benevento - Cremonese 2-0. Cremonese-Benevento H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Cremonese one win, Benevento two wins, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Viola 9 goals |  M. Sau 8 goals |
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| Cremonese | Benevento | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 54 |
| 33 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 86% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 64% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 77% | 79% |
| 32% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 38% | 39% |
| 21% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 15% | 25% |
| 18% | 23% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 46% | 46% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 39% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 54% | 57% |
| 39% | 31% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 15% | 7% |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 390 | 202 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 156 | 406 |
| 137 | 72 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 59 | 147 |
| 23% | 25% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 34% | 37% |
- Benevento has the fewest conceded goals (15)
- Benevento has the fewest conceded goals (9) away
- Benevento has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5)
- Benevento has the most clean sheets (16)
- Benevento has the most clean sheets (7) away
- Benevento has the most points (30) away
- Benevento has the most scored goals (54)
- Benevento has the most scored goals in the first half (25)
- Benevento has the most scored goals in the second half (29)
- Benevento has the the best goal difference (+11) away
- Benevento has the the best goal difference (+39)
- Benevento have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Benevento is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Cremonese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Benevento | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 54 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 39 | 69 |
| 2 | Crotone | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 49 |
| 3 | Frosinone | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 47 |
| 4 | Pordenone | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 45 |
| 5 | Spezia | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 44 |
| 6 | Cittadella | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 43 |
| 7 | Salernitana | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 42 |
| 8 | Chievo | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| 9 | Empoli | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -1 | 40 |
| 10 | Virtus Entella | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | -1 | 38 |
| 11 | Pisa | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 36 |
| 12 | Perugia | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -7 | 36 |
| 13 | Juve Stabia | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -8 | 36 |
| 14 | Pescara | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -6 | 35 |
| 15 | Cremonese | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 33 |
| 16 | Ascoli | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 30 | -7 | 32 |
| 17 | Venezia | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -7 | 32 |
| 18 | Cosenza | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -6 | 24 |
| 19 | Trapani | 28 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 33 | -21 | 24 |
| 20 | Livorno | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 17 | -22 | 18 |