The league table in Serie B tells a story about these teams so far, with Virtus Entella leading Cremonese by 8 points. Match preview to follow:
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Cremonese's home stadium. The visitors last five games on artificial turf have ended in 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.
Virtus Entella form and stats
Virtus Entella are steadily winning Serie B games and points here at Stadio Comunale di Chiavari. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
An away draw last time out for Virtus Entella, facing Livorno in a game that ended 4-4. A strong away win before that one, visiting Cittadella and winning 3-1.
Late drama in the game against Livorno as Virtus Entella were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until M. Pellizzer popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. A goal frenzy last time out for Virtus Entella, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Livorno. Fun stuff to watch!
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Virtus Entella have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won 5 Drawn 3 Lost 3.
The Virtus Entella fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. Defensively Virtus Entella have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cremonese form and stats
There's been little loot from Cremonese's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Serie B. Cremonese only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Cremonese have lost on their last two travels.
The attacking players of Cremonese have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 262 minutes.
There were no winners in Cremonese's previous match, a Serie B home game that ended 0-0 vs Venezia (placed 15th). A 0-4 defeat away at Lazio before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Cremonese in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Cremonese, 8 draws and 5 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cremonese as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. Cremonese have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Cremonese - Virtus Entella 0-1, played this season. Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Virtus Entella, 4 draws and 1 win for Cremonese. Over 2,5 goals: 1 time; under 2,5 goals: 7 games.Top Goalscorers
  G. De Luca 6 goals |  A. Schenetti 4 goals |  F. Poli 3 goals |
Virtus Entella missing players
Cremonese missing players
| Virtus Entella | Cremonese | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 25 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 22 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 20 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 84% |
| 75% | 56% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 58% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 50% | 22% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 42% |
| 40% | 67% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 26% |
| 15% | 22% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 47% |
| 5 | 5.8 | 4.6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 264 | 126 | 69 | Total Shots | T S | 39 | 116 | 266 |
| 89 | 43 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 40 | 92 |
| 28% | 21% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 14% |
- Cremonese has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Cremonese has the fewest matches over the total-line (4)
- Cremonese has the fewest scored goals (13)
- Cremonese has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5)
- Cremonese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cremonese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Virtus Entella have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benevento | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | Pordenone | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 35 |
| 3 | Crotone | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Virtus Entella | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 30 |
| 5 | Cittadella | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 30 |
| 6 | Chievo | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Salernitana | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 29 |
| 8 | Frosinone | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | Ascoli | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Perugia | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Juve Stabia | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Pescara | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 13 | Spezia | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 14 | Pisa | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 15 | Venezia | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Empoli | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -6 | 23 |
| 17 | Cremonese | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 22 |
| 18 | Cosenza | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 19 | Trapani | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -15 | 18 |
| 20 | Livorno | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | -14 | 13 |