Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Cremonese welcomes Virtus Entella

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)

It's the second chance for points this season as Cremonese and Virtus Entella battle it out.

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 stadium uses grass, unlike Virtus Entella's home stadium. The visitors last 35 games on grass have ended in 9 wins, 12 draws and 14 losses.

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Cremonese form and stats

Happy days for Cremonese in their previous game, a Serie B match away at Venezia that ended with a 2-1 victory. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Hellas Verona.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Cremonese's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won 2 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Last season, Cremonese's league statistics were 12 wins, 13 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Serie C: Girone A. Over these 36 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 33. Playing at home last season Cremonese managed 9-6-3 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 6 conceded.

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Virtus Entella form and stats

Virtus Entella are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Serie B against Livorno. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Carrarese.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Virtus Entella playing away, we found six games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 5 home wins.

Let's have a look at how Virtus Entella performed last season in the Serie C: Girone A: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 23 victories, 9 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 61 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 25/15 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 1 Cremonese victory, 4 draws and 2 Virtus Entella wins. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

V. Mogoș
2 goals
M. Mancosu
1 goals

Cremonese missing players

Virtus Entella missing players

Cremonese Virtus Entella
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 4
6 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 4
3 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Cremonese Last season Virtus Entella
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
1 0   Played   0 1
1 0   Won   0 1
0 0   Drew   0 0
0 0   Lost   0 0
2 0   Scored   0 1
1 0   Conceded   0 0
100% 0%   Over 0.5   0% 100%
100% 0%   Over 1.5   0% 0%
100% 0%   Over 2.5   0% 0%
0% 0%   Over 3.5   0% 0%
0% 0%   Over 4.5   0% 0%
100% 0%   BTTS   0% 0%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets   0% 100%
0% 0%   Failed To Score   0% 0%
 
5 0   Corners For (avg)   0 4
6 0   Corners Against (avg)   0 4
3 0   Yellow Cards (avg)   0 2
0 0   Red Cards   0 0

Cremonese
All Serie C: Girone A Serie B Coppa Italia Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-05-19 SB Cremonese 0 - 0 Brescia
11-05-19 SB Perugia 3 - 1 Cremonese
11-08-19 CI Cremonese 4 - 0 Virtus Francavilla
18-08-19 CI Hellas Verona 1 - 1 Cremonese
24-08-19 SB Venezia 1 - 2 Cremonese
31-08-19 SB Cremonese 19:00 Virtus Entella
14-09-19 SB Pisa 13:00 Cremonese
21-09-19 SB Cremonese 13:00 Crotone
24-09-19 SB Trapani 13:00 Cremonese
28-09-19 SB Cremonese 13:00 Ascoli
Virtus Entella
All Serie C: Girone A Serie B Coppa Italia Serie C Club Friendlies Coppa Italia
All Home Away
04-05-19 Se Virtus Entella 1 - 0 Carrarese
21-07-19 CF Virtus Entella 8 - 0 Gemonese
11-08-19 CI Virtus Entella 1 - 2 Sudtirol
17-08-19 CF Virtus Entella 3 - 2 Gozzano
24-08-19 SB Virtus Entella 1 - 0 Livorno
31-08-19 SB Cremonese 19:00 Virtus Entella
14-09-19 SB Virtus Entella 13:00 Frosinone
21-09-19 SB Pescara 13:00 Virtus Entella
24-09-19 SB Virtus Entella 13:00 Venezia
28-09-19 SB Benevento 13:00 Virtus Entella

  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 Pordenone 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Spezia 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Ascoli 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Salernitana 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Cremonese 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Empoli 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Perugia 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Virtus Entella 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Benevento 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Cosenza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Crotone 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Pisa 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Chievo 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Juve Stabia 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Venezia 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Livorno 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Pescara 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
18 Trapani 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
19 Cittadella 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Frosinone 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season 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 36 18 13 5 69 42 18 13 3 2 39 19 18 5 10 3 30 23 27 67
2 Lecce 36 19 9 8 66 45 18 13 4 1 38 15 18 6 5 7 28 30 21 66
3 Benevento 36 17 9 10 61 45 18 10 3 5 37 24 18 7 6 5 24 21 16 60
4 Pescara 36 14 13 9 50 46 18 11 5 2 28 17 18 3 8 7 22 29 4 55
5 Hellas Verona 36 13 13 10 49 46 18 8 7 3 30 22 18 5 6 7 19 24 3 52
6 Cittadella 36 12 15 9 49 38 18 9 5 4 38 20 18 3 10 5 11 18 11 51
7 Spezia 36 14 9 13 53 46 18 10 5 3 31 18 18 4 4 10 22 28 7 51
8 Perugia 36 14 8 14 49 49 18 9 2 7 28 22 18 5 6 7 21 27 0 50
9 Cremonese 36 12 13 11 37 33 18 9 6 3 19 6 18 3 7 8 18 27 4 49
10 Cosenza 36 11 13 12 34 42 18 7 8 3 20 15 18 4 5 9 14 27 -8 46
11 Palermo 36 16 15 5 57 38 18 8 9 1 31 16 18 8 6 4 26 22 19 43
12 Crotone 36 11 10 15 40 42 18 6 8 4 24 18 18 5 2 11 16 24 -2 43
13 Ascoli 36 10 13 13 40 56 18 7 7 4 25 24 18 3 6 9 15 32 -16 43
14 Livorno 36 9 12 15 38 51 18 7 5 6 18 18 18 2 7 9 20 33 -13 39
15 Venezia 36 8 14 14 35 46 18 6 8 4 22 22 18 2 6 10 13 24 -11 38
16 Salernitana 36 10 8 18 41 57 18 8 3 7 26 25 18 2 5 11 15 32 -16 38
17 Foggia 36 10 13 13 44 49 18 8 8 2 31 23 18 2 5 11 13 26 -5 37
18 Padova 36 5 16 15 36 49 18 3 10 5 14 15 18 2 6 10 22 34 -13 31
19 Carpi 36 7 8 21 39 67 18 3 6 9 19 30 18 4 2 12 20 37 -28 29
Last season 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 Virtus Entella 38 23 9 6 61 26 19 14 4 1 36 11 19 9 5 5 25 15 35 78
2 Piacenza 38 23 8 7 59 34 19 14 1 4 31 16 19 9 7 3 28 18 25 77
3 Pisa 38 20 12 6 50 29 19 9 9 1 24 12 19 11 3 5 26 17 21 72
4 Pro Vercelli 38 19 10 9 48 29 19 8 9 2 21 9 19 11 1 7 27 20 19 67
5 Robur Siena 38 17 15 6 59 41 19 12 4 3 29 14 19 5 11 3 30 27 18 66
6 Carrarese 38 20 5 13 70 46 19 13 1 5 41 19 19 7 4 8 29 27 24 65
7 Arezzo 38 16 16 6 50 34 19 9 10 0 30 15 19 7 6 6 20 19 16 64
8 Pro Patria 38 16 9 13 44 38 19 11 5 3 29 17 19 5 4 10 15 21 6 57
9 Novara 38 12 17 9 47 36 19 5 8 6 25 21 19 7 9 3 22 15 11 53
10 Cuneo 38 12 14 12 30 36 19 7 9 3 15 9 19 5 5 9 15 27 -6 50
11 Lucchese 38 10 18 10 46 40 19 6 8 5 28 21 19 4 10 5 18 19 6 48
12 Pontedera 38 11 15 12 35 40 19 6 9 4 22 21 19 5 6 8 13 19 -5 48
13 Juventus U23 38 13 6 19 44 48 19 8 4 7 26 22 19 5 2 12 18 26 -4 45
14 Alessandria 38 9 18 11 36 43 19 3 8 8 17 24 19 6 10 3 19 19 -7 45
15 Arzachena 38 13 2 23 31 54 19 8 2 9 17 23 19 5 0 14 14 31 -23 41
16 Olbia 38 9 11 18 40 50 19 4 6 9 14 20 19 5 5 9 26 30 -10 38
17 Pistoiese 38 9 9 20 39 50 19 5 3 11 18 27 19 4 6 9 21 23 -11 36
18 Gozzano 38 6 15 17 35 47 19 3 5 11 17 28 19 3 10 6 18 19 -12 33
19 Albissola 38 7 10 21 34 59 19 5 4 10 21 28 19 2 6 11 13 31 -25 31
20 Pro Piacenza 38 5 1 32 18 96 19 2 1 16 8 50 19 3 0 16 10 46 -78 16

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