Cremonese look to Stadio Giovanni Zini supporters for inspiration before Virtus Entella match

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 05.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Zini (20034 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Serie B, Cremonese holding 19th place and Virtus Entella lying 18th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Cremonese has the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Serie B
  • Virtus Entella has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Serie B

Cremonese and Virtus Entella 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.

This pitch has grass, which is not Virtus Entella's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Virtus Entella have performed like this: Played 38 matches resulting in 9 wins, 13 draws and 16 defeats with the goal stats 48-56 (scored/conceded).

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Cremonese form and stats

Three Serie B home games done for Cremonese, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches.

Cremonese travelled for their previous game, a trip to Reggiana that ended 1-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Salernitana (1-2).

The hometeam coach P. Bisoli made a successful contribution in the game against Reggiana, bringing on Luca Strizzolo who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cremonese handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, four draws and seven defeats.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Cremonese as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie B match thankfully also at home. Brescia are visiting.

Cremonese have scored 0 goals here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. Cremonese's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Virtus Entella form and stats

The visitors are W0-D4-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B. Entella has built quite a streak of draws from their away games now, as four in a row has ended all square. Will this streak be broken in today's game?

Virtus Entella might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. SPAL proved too strong as Virtus Entella slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Comunale Chiavari. Prior to that match, the Entella manager V. Vivarini faced defeat when travelling to Torino and losing 0-2.

Entella are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Virtus Entella as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: one - five - three (Cremonese wins - draws - Virtus Entella wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Virtus EntellaM. Mancosu
M. Mancosu
3 goals
CremoneseL. Valzania
L. Valzania
2 goals
Virtus EntellaG. De Luca
G. De Luca
2 goals

Cremonese missing players

Virtus Entella missing players

Cremonese Virtus Entella
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 1 4 9
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
4 1 0 Drew D 1 4 5
4 2 1 Lost L 0 0 4
5 0 0 Scored S 1 3 5
10 3 1 Conceded C 1 3 14
88% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 50% 78%
62% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 67%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 22%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 44%
12% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 22%
50% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 56%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 3.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
15.2 11.3 3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.2 8.9
4.1 2.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.2 2.4
15% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 23% 23%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cremonese has the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Serie B
  • Cremonese have failed to score a single goal at home.
  • Cremonese have yet to win a game.
  • Virtus Entella has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Serie B
  • Virtus Entella has the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Serie B
  • Virtus Entella have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Virtus Entella have not yet lost a game away.
  • Virtus Entella have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Virtus Entella have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cremonese have scored home.
  • Virtus Entella have yet to win a 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 Salernitana 9 6 2 1 15 7 5 4 1 0 11 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 8 20
2 Lecce 9 5 3 1 22 10 4 2 2 0 12 4 5 3 1 1 10 6 12 18
3 Empoli 9 5 3 1 16 9 5 3 2 0 10 4 4 2 1 1 6 5 7 18
4 SPAL 9 5 3 1 14 8 4 3 1 0 8 3 5 2 2 1 6 5 6 18
5 Venezia 9 5 2 2 14 7 5 4 0 1 9 3 4 1 2 1 5 4 7 17
6 Frosinone 9 5 1 3 8 7 5 2 1 2 2 4 4 3 0 1 6 3 1 16
7 Cittadella 8 4 2 2 16 9 4 2 1 1 8 4 4 2 1 1 8 5 7 14
8 Chievo 8 4 2 2 9 6 4 2 0 2 5 4 4 2 2 0 4 2 3 14
9 Monza 8 3 4 1 8 5 4 2 1 1 4 2 4 1 3 0 4 3 3 13
10 Pordenone 9 2 6 1 11 10 4 0 4 0 7 7 5 2 2 1 4 3 1 12
11 Brescia 8 2 3 3 11 12 5 1 3 1 9 7 3 1 0 2 2 5 -1 9
12 Cosenza 9 1 5 3 6 8 5 0 3 2 3 5 4 1 2 1 3 3 -2 8
13 Reggiana 8 2 2 4 9 17 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 1 0 3 4 12 -8 8
14 Vicenza 7 1 4 2 11 12 3 0 3 0 6 6 4 1 1 2 5 6 -1 7
15 Reggina 9 1 4 4 8 12 4 1 1 2 4 4 5 0 3 2 4 8 -4 7
16 Pisa 8 1 4 3 13 20 3 0 2 1 3 6 5 1 2 2 10 14 -7 7
17 Ascoli 8 1 2 5 5 10 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 0 1 3 2 5 -5 5
18 Virtus Entella 9 0 5 4 5 14 5 0 1 4 2 11 4 0 4 0 3 3 -9 5
19 Cremonese 8 0 4 4 5 10 3 0 1 2 0 3 5 0 3 2 5 7 -5 4
20 Pescara 9 1 1 7 6 19 5 1 1 3 4 7 4 0 0 4 2 12 -13 4

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.