Venezia and Cremonese have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Serie B.
- Cremonese haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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.
Venezia form and stats
5 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Venezia have to build on here at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo in the Serie B.
It's back home for Venezia, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Frosinone away with the result 2-1. Francesco Di Mariano and Francesco Forte found the net in that victory. Before that, Venezia played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Vicenza.
This is expected to be a close game, with Venezia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Venezia as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Venezia has won seven of these, drawn eight and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Venezia as they are travelling to their away game against Pescara in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.
The Venezia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. Venezia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Cremonese form and stats
There's been little loot from Cremonese's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the Serie B. Cremonese only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.
The supporters enjoyed Cremonese's previous game versus Pisa (placed 11th), a Serie B 2-1 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Cittadella.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Cremonese in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Cremonese, six draws and six defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Cremonese are hosting Lecce in the Serie B only four days away.
Cremonese have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Cremonese in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Cremonese - Venezia 0-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Venezia, four draws and three wins for Cremonese. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  F. Forte 10 goals | M. Aramu 4 goals |  D. Ciofani 4 goals |
Venezia missing players
Cremonese missing players
| Venezia | Cremonese | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 26 |
| 81% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 71% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 71% |
| 38% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 30% | 33% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 10% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 43% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | 52% |
| 43% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 33% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 13.2 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 16.7 | 15.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 26% | 24% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 22% | 22% |
- Cremonese 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 | Empoli | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 42 |
| 2 | Monza | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Chievo | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Salernitana | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 36 |
| 5 | Cittadella | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
| 6 | SPAL | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Venezia | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 8 | Lecce | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 31 |
| 9 | Pordenone | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 |
| 10 | Frosinone | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 28 |
| 11 | Pisa | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Vicenza | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 25 |
| 13 | Cremonese | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 23 |
| 14 | Brescia | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 15 | Reggina | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Cosenza | 21 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -2 | 21 |
| 17 | Ascoli | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 20 |
| 18 | Reggiana | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -16 | 18 |
| 19 | Virtus Entella | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 17 |
| 20 | Pescara | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -21 | 16 |