GENOVA. Cremonese succeeded in reverse the scoreline against Sampdoria.
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Doveri with the collaboration of Ciro Carbone and Alessandro Giallatini. The 4th official was Matteo Marchetti. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 12 degrees Celsius or 53.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Sampdoria was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Cremonese that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cremonese had a more offensive attitude with 37 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cremonese won the match.
Sampdoria shot 13 times, 9 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Cremonese shot 17 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Sampdoria received 3 yellow cards (Dejan Stankovic, Mehdi Léris and Marios Ikonomou). Talking about the opposition, Cremonese received 3 yellow cards (Matteo Bianchetti, Leonardo Sernicola and Felix Afena-Gyan).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Sampdoria will stay with 15 points to hold in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Cremonese will have 16 points to remain in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sampdoria will play away with Fiorentina on the 30th of April with a 15-9 head to head statistic in favor of Fiorentina (11 draws).
Cremonese will host Hellas Verona on the 30th of April with a 5-1 head to head record in favor of Hellas Verona (3 draws).
Sampdoria – Formation

Sampdoria started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Dejan Stankovic decided to play with the following team: Nicola Ravaglia
, Alessandro Zanoli , Bram Nuytinck , Bruno Amione , Tommaso Augello , Harry Winks , Tomás Rincón , Mehdi Léris , Michaël Cuisance , Filip Đuričić and Manolo Gabbiadini .The home team had on the bench: Marios Oikonomou, Flavio Paoletti, Elia Tantalocchi, Martin Turk, Sam Lammers
, Emirhan İlkhan, Lorenzo Malagrida, Fabio Quagliarella, Jesé Rodríguez , Gerard Yepes Laut and Nicola Murru .Substitutions
Sampdoria made 4 changes: Michaël Cuisance for Sam Lammers (46′), Alessandro Zanoli for Marios Oikonomou (76′), Tommaso Augello for Nicola Murru (88′) and Filip Djuricic for Jesé Rodríguez (88′).
Best player: Tommaso Augello
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sampdoria was Tommaso Augello.
His rating is
with 43 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.Cremonese – Formation

Cremonese started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Davide Ballardini played with: Marco Carnesecchi
, Alex Ferrari , Matteo Bianchetti , Luka Lochoshvili , Paolo Ghiglione , Soualiho Meïté , Michele Castagnetti , Giacomo Quagliata , Cristian Buonaiuto , Cyriel Dessers and Frank Tsadjout .These were the players on the bench: Alberto Basso Ricci, Felix Afena-Gyan, Daniel Ciofani, Gianluca Saro, Emanuel Aiwu, Pablo Ignacio Galdames Millán, Emanuele Valeri, Johan Felipe Vásquez Ibarra, Mouhamadou Fallou Mbacke Sarr, Charles Pickel and Leonardo Sernicola.
Cremonese could not rely on the presence of Charles Pickel (injured) and Felix Afena-Gyan (injured).
Substitutions
Cremonese made 5 changes: Frank Tsadjout for Daniel Ciofani (68′), Alex Ferrari for Leonardo Sernicola (68′), Paolo Ghiglione for Emanuele Valeri (68′), G. Quagliata for Charles Pickel (73′) and Daniel Ciofani for Felix Ohene Afena-Gyan (81′).
Best player: Giacomo Quagliata
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cremonese was Giacomo Quagliata even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 27 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Hellas Verona – Sassuolo – 2-1
- Torino – Roma – 0-1
- Udinese – Monza – 2-2
- Lazio – Juventus – 2-1
- Sampdoria – Cremonese – 2-3
- Fiorentina – Spezia – 1-1
- Atalanta – Bologna – 0-2