Cremonese favourites for feisty fight facing Monza

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 06.February
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Zini (20034 seats)

Serie B: Two participants who have played well so far. Get to know Cremonese - Monza with this broad preview!

Insights:
  • All of Cremonese's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Cremonese form and stats

The complete Serie B statistics playing at home this season for Cremonese are 5-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Cremonese bring valid hopes of a third.

Cremonese are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Lecce. Ciofani, a striker, was the champion player for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 7.74 (out of 10). Ciofani scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Cremonese had a home game versus Como which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 Cremonese have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won seven times, drawn six and lost five.

Cremonese have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Giovanni Zini with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Cremonese have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Monza form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Monza so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-3 (win-draw-lose).

The supporters enjoyed Monza's previous game versus Reggina (placed 14th), a 1-0 win played at home. Midfield player Mazzitelli was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.64/10. Mazzitelli served one assist, hit one key pass and had 35 successful passes (of 41 total).

A draw for Monza before that, at their own venue hosting Perugia (2-2).

Goals are few and far between in Monza's away league games. Only 8 goals from 10 travels. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Monza in these games.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the sides faced each other previously this campaign; Monza - Cremonese 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Cremonese zero wins, one draw and Monza four victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MonzaD. Carvalho
D. Carvalho
7 goals
CremoneseC. Buonaiuto
C. Buonaiuto
6 goals
CremoneseD. Ciofani
D. Ciofani
4 goals

Cremonese missing players

Monza missing players

Cremonese Monza
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 4 10 20
10 5 1 Won W 1 1 9
5 4 2 Drew D 0 6 8
5 1 0 Lost L 3 3 3
30 16 5 Scored S 4 8 28
19 9 2 Conceded C 8 12 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 70%
40% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 30% 40%
15% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 10% 30%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
50% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 60%
30% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 30% 35%
20% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 30% 15%
 
4.5 4.5 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5.9 5.5
4.9 5.7 7.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.2 4.5
2.2 2.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 3 2.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 3 5 5
 
13.3 13.4 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.5 10.6
4.3 4.4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.7 3.3
35% 36% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 30% 42%
 
11.6 12.3 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 12.1 11.9
3.8 4.6 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.1 3.6
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • All of Cremonese's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 Lecce 20 11 7 2 34 17 10 7 3 0 23 9 10 4 4 2 11 8 17 40
2 Pisa 20 11 6 3 27 15 10 6 3 1 13 7 10 5 3 2 14 8 12 39
3 Brescia 20 11 5 4 33 21 10 3 4 3 14 13 10 8 1 1 19 8 12 38
4 Benevento 20 10 5 5 33 20 10 6 2 2 21 11 10 4 3 3 12 9 13 35
5 Cremonese 20 10 5 5 30 19 10 5 4 1 16 9 10 5 1 4 14 10 11 35
6 Monza 20 9 8 3 28 21 10 8 2 0 20 9 10 1 6 3 8 12 7 35
7 Frosinone 20 8 10 2 32 18 10 3 6 1 15 10 10 5 4 1 17 8 14 34
8 Ascoli 20 9 5 6 29 27 9 2 3 4 8 13 11 7 2 2 21 14 2 32
9 Cittadella 20 8 7 5 25 22 10 5 3 2 15 9 10 3 4 3 10 13 3 31
10 Perugia 20 6 10 4 21 19 10 3 4 3 10 10 10 3 6 1 11 9 2 28
11 Como 20 6 8 6 26 25 10 3 4 3 11 9 10 3 4 3 15 16 1 26
12 Parma 20 5 9 6 22 23 10 2 5 3 7 8 10 3 4 3 15 15 -1 24
13 Ternana 20 6 6 8 30 32 10 4 1 5 15 16 10 2 5 3 15 16 -2 24
14 Reggina 20 6 5 9 16 27 10 3 2 5 9 15 10 3 3 4 7 12 -11 23
15 SPAL 20 5 7 8 23 27 11 2 5 4 17 17 9 3 2 4 6 10 -4 22
16 Alessandria 20 6 2 12 22 31 10 4 1 5 8 12 10 2 1 7 14 19 -9 20
17 Cosenza 20 4 5 11 17 33 10 4 1 5 10 12 10 0 4 6 7 21 -16 17
18 Crotone 20 2 7 11 22 34 10 2 4 4 13 16 10 0 3 7 9 18 -12 13
19 Vicenza 20 3 2 15 21 38 10 1 2 7 11 19 10 2 0 8 10 19 -17 11
20 Pordenone 20 2 5 13 16 38 10 1 3 6 9 18 10 1 2 7 7 20 -22 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.