CREMONA. Cremonese overcame Como to win 2-1. A goal from L. Zanimacchia was decisive in the 88min. It was Cremonese to strike first with a penalty of Massimo Coda at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 67′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Luca Zanimacchia gave the win to Cremonese in the 88′ minute with a goal. Cremonese was surely superior in terms of ball possession (72%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Gabriel Strefezza received a red card (14′). This red card was one of the reason why Como lost the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Giovanni Zini stadium in Cremona on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Giacomo Camplone with the assistance of Marco Ceccon and Francesco Cortese. The 4th official was Roberto Lovison. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 3.13 degrees Celsius or 37.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Cremonese had a strong ball possession 72% while Como was struggling with a 28% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cremonese was more aggressive with 78 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cremonese won the match.
Cremonese shot 14 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Como shot 3 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Cremonese received 2 yellow cards (Massimo Coda and Michele Castagnetti). Regarding the opposition, Como received 3 yellow cards (Edoardo Goldaniga, Oliver Abildgaard and Lucas Da Cunha).
Also, Como didn’t end the match with 11 players after Gabriel Strefezza (Como) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (14′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cremonese has 56 points to sit in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Como will stays with 52 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Cremonese will play away with Südtirol on the 16th of March with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Südtirol (3 draws).
Como will host Pisa on the 16th of March with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Pisa (3 draws).
Cremonese – Formation
Cremonese started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Giovanni Stroppa decided to play with the following team: Andreas Jungdal
, Valentin Antov , Luca Ravanelli , Matteo Bianchetti , Luca Zanimacchia , Charles Pickel , Michele Castagnetti , César Falletti , Leonardo Sernicola , Franco Vázquez and Massimo Coda .The home team had on the bench: Michele Collocolo, Daniel Ciofani
, Felix Afena-Gyan, Paolo Ghiglione, Gianluca Saro, Guido Della Rovere, Yuri Rocchetti, Gonzalo Abrego, Giacomo Quagliata , Žan Majer , Luka Lochoshvili and Frank Tsadjout.Substitutions
Cremonese made 5 changes: César Falletti for Giacomo Quagliata (79′), Michele Castagnetti for Žan Majer (79′), Leonardo Sernicola for Daniel Ciofani (79′), Massimo Coda for Paolo Ghiglione (90′) and Franco Vázquez for Gonzalo Abrego (90′).
Player of the match: Luca Zanimacchia
The most impressive player for Cremonese was Luca Zanimacchia.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 28 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 11 crosses.Como – Formation
Como started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Francesc Fàbregas i Soler played with: Adrian Semper
, Alessio Iovine , Edoardo Goldaniga , Cas Odenthal , Marco Sala , Alessandro Bellemo , Oliver Abildgaard , Gabriel Strefezza , Simone Verdi , Lucas Da Cunha and Alessandro Gabrielloni .They had on the bench: Marco Curto, Moutir Chajia, Mauro Vigorito, Nicholas Gioacchini
, Matthias Braunöder , Fabio Rispoli, Nikolas Ioannou , Samuel Ballet, Jean-Pierre Nsame, Tommaso Cassandro , Federico Barba and Tommaso Fumagalli.Substitutions
Como made 5 changes: Alessio Iovine for Tommaso Cassandro (74′), Alessandro Bellemo for Matthias Braunöder (46′), Simone Verdi for Nicholas Gioacchini (46′), Marco Sala for Nikolas Ioannou (83′) and Alessandro Gabrielloni for Federico Barba (86′).
Player of the match: Marco Sala
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Como was Marco Sala.
His rating is
with 13 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Spezia – Südtirol – 2-1
- Pisa – Ternana – 1-0
- Modena – FeralpiSalò – 2-3
- Cremonese – Como – 2-1
- Cosenza – Cittadella – 0-0
- Catanzaro – Reggiana – 0-1