Struggling Cremonese will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Hellas Verona in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Cremonese and Hellas Verona 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.
Cremonese form and stats
7 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Cremonese, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Serie B, has to build on here at Stadio Giovanni Zini.Cremonese drew their last game, 1-1 away at Venezia (placed 15th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Benevento in a game that was won 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 seven games. Cremonese has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 0. A quite possible distraction for the home team is the Cremonese - Livorno game in the Serie B only three days away. That match is played on a neutral venue.
The Cremonese fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 15 in 14 matches. Cremonese have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.
Hellas Verona form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.There were no winners in Hellas Verona's previous match, a Serie B home game that ended 1-1 vs Ascoli (placed 12th). Prior to that result Hellas Verona won their away game at Perugia. The scoreline was 2-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 24 similar matches played by Hellas Verona in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Hellas Verona, 4 draws and 14 defeats. After this away game Hellas Verona return home for a Serie B game against Brescia. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Hellas Verona have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, 14 away games. 18 goals have been conceded by Hellas Verona in these games.
Head 2 Head
Cremonese and Hellas Verona have met before this season: Hellas Verona - Cremonese 1-1. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's 0 Cremonese victories, 1 draw and 3 Hellas Verona wins.Top Goalscorers
  G. Pazzini 10 goals |  S. Di Carmine 5 goals / 2 assists |   A. Piccolo 3 goals / 3 assists |
Cremonese missing players
Hellas Verona missing players
| Cremonese | Hellas Verona | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | Played | 14 | 28 |
| 81% | 79% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 96% |
| 63% | 43% | Over 1.5 | 86% | 79% |
| 22% | 14% | Over 2.5 | 43% | 50% |
| 15% | 7% | Over 3.5 | 29% | 21% |
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 7% | 7% |
| 33% | 14% | Both teams to score | 71% | 64% |
| 44% | 71% | Clean Sheet | 21% | 21% |
| 41% | 36% | Failed To Score | 7% | 18% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Brescia | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 56 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 50 |
| 2 | Palermo | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 49 |
| 3 | Hellas Verona | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 41 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 46 |
| 4 | Lecce | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 45 |
| 5 | Pescara | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 45 |
| 6 | Benevento | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 43 |
| 7 | Perugia | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 41 |
| 8 | Cittadella | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 40 |
| 9 | Spezia | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 40 |
| 10 | Salernitana | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -6 | 34 |
| 11 | Cosenza | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -7 | 34 |
| 12 | Ascoli | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 32 |
| 13 | Cremonese | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -2 | 31 |
| 14 | Livorno | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -6 | 30 |
| 15 | Venezia | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 28 |
| 16 | Foggia | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -5 | 27 |
| 17 | Crotone | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 27 |
| 18 | Padova | 28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -12 | 23 |
| 19 | Carpi | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 27 | -23 | 22 |
