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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: U-Power Stadium (18568 seats)

It's the second possibility for points this campaign as Monza and Cremonese bump heads at U-Power Stadium.

Both participants have had adequate rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an enthusiastic match!

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Monza form and stats

The season before, Monza's league stats were 17 wins, 13 draws and 8 losses, ending with 3rd place in the Serie B. From these 38 matches they scored 51 goals and conceded 33. Appearing as the home side in the previous season Monza managed 9-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 16 conceded.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Monza, as their goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio has completely shut out the opponents for 185 minutes in the Serie B.

An away draw last time out for Monza, facing Reggina in a game that ended 0-0. Midfielder Carlos Augusto was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Augusto hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cittadella (1-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Monza have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost three.

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Cremonese form and stats

Let's have a look at how Cremonese performed last season in the Serie B: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 12 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 44 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 8 with 19/22 goals scored/conceded.

Cremonese had fun at their own home (U-Power Stadium) last time out, beating Lecce 3-0. Luca Valzania, Emanuele Valeri and Cristian Buonaiuto scored. Midfielder Cristian Buonaiuto was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.61. Buonaiuto scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times. Goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi was absolutely vital in the Cremonese victory against Lecce, making six saves.

Before that, Cremonese travelled to Torino (after extra-time, 4-1 on penalties) and returned home with a draw after the Coppa Italia game finished 0-0.

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, six draws and six defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

CremoneseE. Valeri
E. Valeri
1 goals
CremoneseC. Buonaiuto
C. Buonaiuto
1 goals
CremoneseL. Valzania
L. Valzania
1 goals

Monza missing players

Cremonese missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Monza Cremonese
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 13
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 75%
Monza Last season Cremonese
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   19 38
18 10   Won W   5 12
13 6   Drew D   6 12
9 4   Lost L   8 14
53 29   Scored S   19 46
36 16   Conceded C   22 44
90% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
75% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 74%
35% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 45%
15% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 18%
8% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
40% 35%   BTTS BTTS   58% 53%
45% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 24%
25% 20%   Failed to Score F T   26% 29%
 
5.6 6   Corners for (avg) C F   6.2 5.6
4.6 5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.7
2.1 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.4
6 3   Red cards R C   1 5
 
14.5 16.2   Shots (avg) S (   16 15.7
4.7 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.7
28% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 26%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cremonese 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Brescia 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Benevento 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Ascoli 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Cittadella 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Perugia 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Pisa 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Como 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Crotone 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Frosinone 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Parma 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 Monza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Reggina 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Alessandria 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
15 Cosenza 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Pordenone 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 SPAL 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Vicenza 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Ternana 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Lecce 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 +/- P
1 Empoli 38 19 16 3 68 35 19 11 8 0 38 15 19 8 8 3 30 20 33 73
2 Salernitana 38 19 12 7 46 34 19 11 6 2 26 13 19 8 6 5 20 21 12 69
3 Monza 38 17 13 8 51 33 19 9 6 4 27 16 19 8 7 4 24 17 18 64
4 Lecce 38 16 14 8 68 47 19 6 9 4 36 28 19 10 5 4 32 19 21 62
5 Venezia 38 15 14 9 53 39 19 10 3 6 28 19 19 5 11 3 25 20 14 59
6 Cittadella 38 15 12 11 48 35 19 9 7 3 25 14 19 6 5 8 23 21 13 57
7 Chievo 38 14 14 10 50 37 19 10 5 4 29 14 19 4 9 6 21 23 13 56
8 Brescia 38 15 11 12 61 53 19 9 5 5 36 27 19 6 6 7 25 26 8 56
9 SPAL 38 14 14 10 44 42 19 8 6 5 25 19 19 6 8 5 19 23 2 56
10 Reggina 38 12 14 12 42 45 19 8 4 7 20 22 19 4 10 5 22 23 -3 50
11 Frosinone 38 12 14 12 38 42 19 4 9 6 16 21 19 8 5 6 22 21 -4 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 12 14 46 44 19 7 6 6 27 22 19 5 6 8 19 22 2 48
13 Pisa 38 11 15 12 54 59 19 7 10 2 26 19 19 4 5 10 28 40 -5 48
14 Vicenza 38 11 15 12 48 53 19 5 9 5 22 24 19 6 6 7 26 29 -5 48
15 Pordenone 38 10 15 13 40 39 19 5 10 4 27 19 19 5 5 9 13 20 1 45
16 Ascoli 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 8 5 6 18 19 19 3 6 10 19 29 -11 44
17 Cosenza 38 6 17 15 29 47 19 3 9 7 15 20 19 3 8 8 14 27 -18 35
18 Reggiana 38 9 7 22 31 57 19 6 5 8 19 23 19 3 2 14 12 34 -26 34
19 Pescara 38 7 11 20 29 60 19 4 5 10 18 29 19 3 6 10 11 31 -31 32
20 Virtus Entella 38 4 11 23 30 64 19 3 4 12 17 35 19 1 7 11 13 29 -34 23

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 Cremonese 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Brescia 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Benevento 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Ascoli 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Cittadella 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Perugia 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Pisa 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Como 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Crotone 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Frosinone 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Parma 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 Monza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Reggina 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Alessandria 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
15 Cosenza 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Pordenone 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 SPAL 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Vicenza 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Ternana 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Lecce 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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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.