Football tips: Cremonese vs Pordenone - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Fri 31.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Zini (20034 seats)

Cremonese will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Pordenone.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Cremonese are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Pordenone are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Cremonese form and stats

7 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Cremonese have to build on here at Stadio Giovanni Zini in the Serie B.

A good away victory last time out for Cremonese, who won 2-1 against Juve Stabia (placed 18th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Spezia.

Cremonese has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 18 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 17 from 18 matches.

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Pordenone form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Pordenone playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.

Pordenone delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Salernitana (placed 9th) in their previous match; a Serie B game. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Ascoli.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Pordenone have scored 21 goals in 18 league games away. Pordenone struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 32 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Pordenone - Cremonese 1-0. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - two - three (Cremonese wins - draws - Pordenone wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PordenoneL. Strizzolo
L. Strizzolo
8 goals
CremoneseS. Palombi
S. Palombi
6 goals
CremoneseD. Ciofani
D. Ciofani
5 goals

Cremonese missing players

Pordenone missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cremonese Pordenone
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
12 7 2 Won W 2 5 16
12 5 1 Drew D 2 4 9
13 6 2 Lost L 2 9 12
40 20 3 Scored S 6 21 46
41 17 4 Conceded C 10 32 44
84% 83% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
59% 50% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 83% 73%
32% 28% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 61% 49%
19% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 28% 16%
16% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
43% 33% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 61% 49%
32% 44% 40% Clean Sheets C S 17% 11% 32%
41% 39% 60% Failed to Score F T 33% 28% 24%
 
4.5 4.7 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5.1 4.6
5.2 5 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.7 5.5
2.6 2.3 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.6
6 3 1 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
502 262 47 Total Shots T S 86 230 506
175 87 18 Shots on Target S O 25 69 150
23% 23% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 30% 31%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cremonese has the fewest points from losing position (4)
  • Pordenone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pordenone haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 37 25 8 4 63 25 19 14 4 1 39 9 18 11 4 3 24 16 38 83
2 Crotone 37 20 8 9 63 38 19 12 5 2 33 14 18 8 3 7 30 24 25 68
3 Spezia 37 16 10 11 52 39 19 10 4 5 30 18 18 6 6 6 22 21 13 58
4 Pordenone 37 16 9 12 46 44 19 11 5 3 25 12 18 5 4 9 21 32 2 57
5 Cittadella 37 16 7 14 46 47 19 7 4 8 23 26 18 9 3 6 23 21 -1 55
6 Chievo 37 13 14 10 47 38 18 9 4 5 28 18 19 4 10 5 19 20 9 53
7 Pisa 37 14 11 12 48 44 19 10 5 4 28 20 18 4 6 8 20 24 4 53
8 Frosinone 37 14 11 12 40 37 18 10 4 4 28 17 19 4 7 8 12 20 3 53
9 Salernitana 37 14 10 13 52 48 18 10 6 2 34 21 19 4 4 11 18 27 4 52
10 Empoli 37 13 12 12 45 48 19 7 8 4 26 23 18 6 4 8 19 25 -3 51
11 Cremonese 37 12 12 13 40 41 18 7 5 6 20 17 19 5 7 7 20 24 -1 48
12 Virtus Entella 37 12 12 13 44 47 18 8 6 4 19 15 19 4 6 9 25 32 -3 48
13 Venezia 37 11 14 12 34 39 18 4 6 8 15 23 19 7 8 4 19 16 -5 47
14 Ascoli 37 13 7 17 48 54 18 9 5 4 27 20 19 4 2 13 21 34 -6 46
15 Pescara 37 12 9 16 48 54 19 7 8 4 31 23 18 5 1 12 17 31 -6 45
16 Perugia 37 12 9 16 37 46 19 7 5 7 19 19 18 5 4 9 18 27 -9 45
17 Cosenza 37 11 10 16 47 48 18 5 5 8 18 21 19 6 5 8 29 27 -1 43
18 Juve Stabia 37 11 8 18 46 60 19 9 3 7 30 29 18 2 5 11 16 31 -14 41
19 Trapani 37 10 13 14 46 60 18 7 6 5 25 20 19 3 7 9 21 40 -14 41
20 Livorno 37 5 6 26 30 65 18 3 2 13 19 40 19 2 4 13 11 25 -35 21

Table
  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 37 25 8 4 63 25 19 14 4 1 39 9 18 11 4 3 24 16 38 83
2 Crotone 37 20 8 9 63 38 19 12 5 2 33 14 18 8 3 7 30 24 25 68
3 Spezia 37 16 10 11 52 39 19 10 4 5 30 18 18 6 6 6 22 21 13 58
4 Pordenone 37 16 9 12 46 44 19 11 5 3 25 12 18 5 4 9 21 32 2 57
5 Cittadella 37 16 7 14 46 47 19 7 4 8 23 26 18 9 3 6 23 21 -1 55
6 Chievo 37 13 14 10 47 38 18 9 4 5 28 18 19 4 10 5 19 20 9 53
7 Pisa 37 14 11 12 48 44 19 10 5 4 28 20 18 4 6 8 20 24 4 53
8 Frosinone 37 14 11 12 40 37 18 10 4 4 28 17 19 4 7 8 12 20 3 53
9 Salernitana 37 14 10 13 52 48 18 10 6 2 34 21 19 4 4 11 18 27 4 52
10 Empoli 37 13 12 12 45 48 19 7 8 4 26 23 18 6 4 8 19 25 -3 51
11 Cremonese 37 12 12 13 40 41 18 7 5 6 20 17 19 5 7 7 20 24 -1 48
12 Virtus Entella 37 12 12 13 44 47 18 8 6 4 19 15 19 4 6 9 25 32 -3 48
13 Venezia 37 11 14 12 34 39 18 4 6 8 15 23 19 7 8 4 19 16 -5 47
14 Ascoli 37 13 7 17 48 54 18 9 5 4 27 20 19 4 2 13 21 34 -6 46
15 Pescara 37 12 9 16 48 54 19 7 8 4 31 23 18 5 1 12 17 31 -6 45
16 Perugia 37 12 9 16 37 46 19 7 5 7 19 19 18 5 4 9 18 27 -9 45
17 Cosenza 37 11 10 16 47 48 18 5 5 8 18 21 19 6 5 8 29 27 -1 43
18 Juve Stabia 37 11 8 18 46 60 19 9 3 7 30 29 18 2 5 11 16 31 -14 41
19 Trapani 37 10 13 14 46 60 18 7 6 5 25 20 19 3 7 9 21 40 -14 41
20 Livorno 37 5 6 26 30 65 18 3 2 13 19 40 19 2 4 13 11 25 -35 21

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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.