Serie B match preview and statistics: Cremonese fight Monza

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 27.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Zini (20034 seats)

The visiting Monza side should be favourites in this visit to Cremonese, as the away team holds a 8 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Monza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Cremonese and Monza 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

Overall Serie B stats at home this season for Cremonese are 2-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).

Cremonese enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Pordenone's place. The match ended 2-1 with Daniel Ciofani and Žan Celar scoring. Ahead of that match, Cremonese won a home game hosting Cosenza (1-0).

There will be little rest for Cremonese after this match as they are travelling to Reggina for a Serie B game in only three days.

The Cremonese fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Cremonese have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Monza form and stats

2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Monza in their Serie B matches away.

The supporters enjoyed Monza's previous game versus Ascoli (placed 19th), a Serie B 2-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Pescara wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.

A new game in only three days for Monza, the Serie B home match versus Salernitana. Busy days.

The visiting Monza have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. As opposed to that, Monza have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Cremonese-Monza H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Cremonese zero wins, Monza one win, one draw. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CremoneseL. Strizzolo
L. Strizzolo
4 goals
MonzaD. Carvalho
D. Carvalho
4 goals
MonzaK. Boateng
K. Boateng
4 goals

Cremonese missing players

Monza missing players

Cremonese Monza
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 2 7 14
3 2 0 Won W 0 2 6
6 3 0 Drew D 0 3 5
5 2 1 Lost L 2 2 3
15 8 0 Scored S 2 8 20
18 9 2 Conceded C 6 9 12
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 86%
64% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 79%
43% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 36%
21% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 14%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 14%
57% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 43%
14% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 50%
36% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
15.3 13.7 17 Shots (avg) S ( 15.5 13.4 14.4
4.4 4.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 5.5
25% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 25% 26%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Monza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Salernitana 14 8 4 2 20 12 8 6 2 0 15 5 6 2 2 2 5 7 8 28
2 Empoli 14 7 6 1 23 12 7 4 3 0 11 4 7 3 3 1 12 8 11 27
3 Cittadella 13 8 2 3 25 11 7 5 1 1 14 4 6 3 1 2 11 7 14 26
4 SPAL 14 7 5 2 19 10 7 5 2 0 13 3 7 2 3 2 6 7 9 26
5 Frosinone 14 7 3 4 15 13 7 3 2 2 5 6 7 4 1 2 10 7 2 24
6 Monza 14 6 5 3 20 12 7 4 2 1 12 3 7 2 3 2 8 9 8 23
7 Venezia 14 6 5 3 18 12 7 4 1 2 9 5 7 2 4 1 9 7 6 23
8 Lecce 14 5 6 3 27 19 7 2 4 1 16 11 7 3 2 2 11 8 8 21
9 Chievo 13 5 5 3 17 12 6 3 1 2 9 5 7 2 4 1 8 7 5 20
10 Brescia 14 4 6 4 22 20 7 3 3 1 15 9 7 1 3 3 7 11 2 18
11 Pisa 14 4 6 4 21 27 7 2 4 1 8 9 7 2 2 3 13 18 -6 18
12 Pordenone 14 3 8 3 14 14 7 0 6 1 9 10 7 3 2 2 5 4 0 17
13 Vicenza 13 3 7 3 19 21 6 1 5 0 10 9 7 2 2 3 9 12 -2 16
14 Cremonese 14 3 6 5 15 18 7 2 3 2 8 9 7 1 3 3 7 9 -3 15
15 Reggiana 13 4 3 6 15 22 6 2 2 2 9 7 7 2 1 4 6 15 -7 15
16 Cosenza 14 2 7 5 10 11 7 0 4 3 3 6 7 2 3 2 7 5 -1 13
17 Pescara 14 3 3 8 14 25 8 2 2 4 10 13 6 1 1 4 4 12 -11 12
18 Reggina 14 2 5 7 13 22 7 2 1 4 8 10 7 0 4 3 5 12 -9 11
19 Ascoli 14 1 3 10 10 24 6 1 1 4 3 10 8 0 2 6 7 14 -14 6
20 Virtus Entella 14 0 5 9 9 29 7 0 1 6 4 17 7 0 4 3 5 12 -20 5

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.