CREMONA. Lecce tops Cremonese with a 2-0 win with a goal from F. Baschirotto (58′) and a goal from G. Strefezza (69′). Cremonese lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Stadio Giovanni Zini stadium in Cremona on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Orsato with the help of Alessandro Lo Cicero and Mauro Vivenzi. The 4th official was Alberto Santoro. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13 degrees Celsius or 55.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Cremonese had a strong ball possession 58% while Lecce was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lecce had a more offensive attitude with 52 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lecce won the match.
Cremonese shot 12 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lecce shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Cremonese received 1 yellow card (Charles Pickel). On the opposite side, Lecce received 3 yellow cards (L. Colombo, Kristoffer Askildsen and Kristoffer Askildsen).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Cremonese will stay with 8 points to remain in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Lecce will have 23 points like Juventus and Sassuolo to sit in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Cremonese will play away with Torino on the 20th of February with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of Torino (2 draws).
Lecce will play away agasint Inter on the 5th of March with a 8-1 head to head statistic in favor of Inter (2 draws).
Cremonese – Formation
Cremonese
74'
45'
Cremonese started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Davide Ballardini decided to play with the following team: Marco Carnesecchi , Alex Ferrari , Vlad Chiricheş , Johan Vásquez , Leonardo Sernicola , Charles Pickel , Soualiho Meïté , Marco Benassi , Emanuele Valeri , Daniel Ciofani and Cyriel Dessers .
The home team had on the bench: Emanuel Aiwu , Pablo Galdames , David Okereke, Mouhamadou Sarr, Matteo Bianchetti, Frank Tsadjout , Paolo Ghiglione, Gianluca Saro, Michele Castagnetti and Felix Afena-Gyan .
Substitutions
Cremonese made 5 changes: Charles Pickel for Michele Castagnetti (46′), Daniel Ciofani for Pablo Galdames (60′), Emanuele Valeri for Felix Ohene Afena-Gyan (60′), Marco Benassi for Frank Tsadjout (66′) and Vlad Chiriches for Emanuel Aiwu (74′).
Best player: Alex Ferrari
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cremonese was Alex Ferrari.
His rating is with 62 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12.
Lecce – Formation
Lecce
58'
Lecce started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Marco Baroni played with: Wladimiro Falcone , Valentin Gendrey , Federico Baschirotto , Samuel Umtiti , Antonino Gallo , Alexis Blin , Morten Hjulmand , Joan González , Gabriel Strefezza , Lorenzo Colombo and Federico Di Francesco .
They had on the bench: Giuseppe Pezzella, Kristoffer Askildsen , Simone Romagnoli, Mats Lemmens, Tommaso Cassandro, Rémi Oudin , Pietro Ceccaroni, Lameck Banda , Alessandro Tuia, Joel Voelkerling Persson, Marco Bleve, Federico Brancolini and Þórir Jóhann Helgason.
Lecce could not rely on the presence of Kristoffer Askildsen (injured) and Rémi Oudin (injured).
Substitutions
Lecce made 5 changes: Alexis Blin for Kristoffer Askildsen (39′), Federico Di Francesco for Lameck Banda (74′), Gabriel Strefezza for Remi Oudin (74′), Joan González for Thórir Helgason (86′) and L. Colombo for Joel Voelkerling Persson (87′).
Best player: Morten Hjulmand
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lecce was Morten Hjulmand even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 39 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
