Serie B fixture guide and facts: Lecce fight Cremonese

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 23.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Via del Mare (33876 seats)

A total of 18 sets of matches are done and both Lecce and Cremonese are doing great. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Lecce have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Serie B
  • Cremonese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's quite the trip for Cremonese when visiting Lecce as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

There have been limited time to rest for the home side, as they had a Coppa Italia fixture only three days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Roma.

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Lecce form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 8 Serie B games here at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare for Lecce. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. The Lecce fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare and will expect new points from this game. Lecce has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Lecce lost their last game at Roma after a 1-3 scoreline. Calabresi was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.21 out of 10. The defender Calabresi scored one goal and won 6 of 9 duels.

Before that match, a Serie B win away at Pordenone.

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

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lecce, as the Serie B home game vs Vicenza is only three days away.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 8 games), Lecce's attacking play is working. Lecce are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.

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Cremonese form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie B matches, Cremonese have produced an overall stat of 5-1-3 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Cremonese hope to make it five in this match.

Cremonese had fun at their own home (Stadio Comunale Via del Mare) last time out, beating Como 2-0. Báez and Buonaiuto scored. Báez, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.63. Báez scored one goal.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Ascoli with the score of 4-1.

Cremonese 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, five draws and five defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

Cremonese are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

The most recent reported scoreline between these contenders is the Cremonese - Lecce 3-0 played previously this season. Head to head numbers (for the previous seven meetings): Lecce won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Cremonese managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / three

Top Goalscorers

LecceM. Coda
M. Coda
8 goals
LecceG. Strefezza Rebelato
G. Strefezza Rebelato
8 goals
CremoneseC. Buonaiuto
C. Buonaiuto
6 goals

Lecce missing players

Cremonese missing players

Lecce Cremonese
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 1 Played P 2 9 19
9 5 1 Won W 0 5 10
7 3 0 Drew D 0 1 5
2 0 0 Lost L 2 3 4
30 19 3 Scored S 0 13 29
15 7 0 Conceded C 2 8 17
83% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 79%
50% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 37%
28% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 16%
11% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
44% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 47%
44% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 32%
28% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 21%
 
5.3 5.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 4.4
4.1 3.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 3.4 4.6
2.1 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.8 16.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 14 13.9 13.6
5.8 6.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.6 4.5
29% 39% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 34%
 
9.3 7 3 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.4 11.4
3.3 2.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 2.9 3.8
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cremonese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cremonese haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lecce have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Lecce have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lecce have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Lecce have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Serie B
  • Lecce have the the best goal difference (+12) at home in Serie B

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pisa 19 11 5 3 27 15 10 6 3 1 13 7 9 5 2 2 14 8 12 38
2 Brescia 19 11 4 4 32 20 9 3 3 3 13 12 10 8 1 1 19 8 12 37
3 Benevento 19 10 5 4 33 18 10 6 2 2 21 11 9 4 3 2 12 7 15 35
4 Cremonese 19 10 5 4 29 17 10 5 4 1 16 9 9 5 1 3 13 8 12 35
5 Lecce 18 9 7 2 30 15 8 5 3 0 19 7 10 4 4 2 11 8 15 34
6 Monza 19 8 8 3 27 21 9 7 2 0 19 9 10 1 6 3 8 12 6 32
7 Frosinone 19 7 10 2 31 18 10 3 6 1 15 10 9 4 4 1 16 8 13 31
8 Cittadella 18 8 5 5 21 18 9 5 2 2 14 8 9 3 3 3 7 10 3 29
9 Ascoli 19 8 5 6 26 26 9 2 3 4 8 13 10 6 2 2 18 13 0 29
10 Perugia 19 6 10 3 21 18 9 3 4 2 10 9 10 3 6 1 11 9 3 28
11 Como 19 6 7 6 25 24 9 3 3 3 10 8 10 3 4 3 15 16 1 25
12 Parma 18 5 8 5 21 21 8 2 4 2 6 6 10 3 4 3 15 15 0 23
13 Ternana 19 6 5 8 29 31 10 4 1 5 15 16 9 2 4 3 14 15 -2 23
14 Reggina 19 6 5 8 16 26 10 3 2 5 9 15 9 3 3 3 7 11 -10 23
15 SPAL 19 5 6 8 23 27 10 2 4 4 17 17 9 3 2 4 6 10 -4 21
16 Alessandria 18 5 2 11 19 29 9 3 1 5 6 12 9 2 1 6 13 17 -10 17
17 Cosenza 18 4 4 10 15 29 9 4 1 4 9 9 9 0 3 6 6 20 -14 16
18 Crotone 18 2 5 11 20 32 10 2 4 4 13 16 8 0 1 7 7 16 -12 11
19 Pordenone 19 1 5 13 15 38 10 1 3 6 9 18 9 0 2 7 6 20 -23 8
20 Vicenza 17 2 1 14 15 32 8 0 1 7 6 15 9 2 0 7 9 17 -17 7

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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.