CREMONA. Cremonese was in the end too good for Spezia with the goal of Leonardo Sernicola (12′), Luca Zanimacchia (29′) and Massimo Coda (52′).
The match was played at the Stadio Giovanni Zini stadium in Cremona on Sunday and it started at 8:15 am local time. The referee was Davide Di Marco who was helped by Paolo Laudato and Claudio Barone. The 4th official was Enrico Gigliotti. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 7.88 degrees Celsius or 46.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Cremonese was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Spezia that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Spezia was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Cremonese managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
Cremonese shot 21 times, 12 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Spezia shot 17 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Cremonese received 3 yellow cards (Valentin Antov, Michele Collocolo and Charles Pickel). On the other side, Spezia received 1 yellow card (Lukas Mühl).
Also, Spezia didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cremonese will have 19 points to sit in the 6th place. On the other side, Spezia will stay with 8 points like Lecco to sit in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Cremonese will play away against Bari 1908 on the 6th of April with a 5-0 head to head statistic in favor of Bari 1908 (1 draw).
Spezia will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 2nd of March with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Spezia (4 draws).
Cremonese – Formation
Cremonese
79'
81'
12'
Cremonese started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Giovanni Stroppa decided to play with the following team: Mouhamadou Sarr , Valentin Antov , Luca Ravanelli , Matteo Bianchetti , Leonardo Sernicola , Charles Pickel , Michele Castagnetti , Cristian Buonaiuto , Luca Zanimacchia , Massimo Coda and Franco Vázquez .
The home team had on the bench: Michele Collocolo , Daniel Ciofani, Alessandro Tuia , Luca Valzania , Paolo Ghiglione, Andreas Jungdal, Gonzalo Abrego , Giacomo Quagliata , Luka Lochoshvili, Frank Tsadjout, David Okereke and Andrea Bertolacci.
Substitutions
Cremonese made 5 changes: Franco Vázquez for Michele Collocolo (62′), Cristian Buonaiuto for David Okereke (70′), Luca Zanimacchia for Giacomo Quagliata (78′), Matteo Bianchetti for Alessandro Tuia (79′) and Charles Pickel for Gonzalo Abrego (71′).
Best player: Leonardo Sernicola
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cremonese was Leonardo Sernicola.
His rating is with 1 goal, 28 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.
Spezia – Formation
Spezia
90'
Spezia started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Massimiliano Alvini played with: Bartlomiej Dragowski , Kelvin Amian , Lukas Mühl , Dimitrios Nikolaou , Salvatore Elia , Salvatore Esposito , Francesco Cassata , Arkadiusz Reca , Szymon Zurkowski , Francesco Pio Esposito and Mirko Antonucci .
These were the players on the bench: Jeroen Zoet, João Moutinho , Tio Cipot, Raimonds Krollis, Giovanni Corradini, Luca Moro, Filippo Bandinelli , Pietro Candelari , Petko Hristov, Nicolò Bertola , Rachid Kouda and Daniele Verde .
Substitutions
Spezia made 5 changes: Lukas Mühl for Nicolò Bertola (46′), Francesco Cassata for Rachid Kouda (57′), Salvatore Elia for Pietro Candelari (78′), Mirko Antonucci for Daniele Verde (64′) and Szymon Zurkowski for Filippo Bandinelli (57′).
Best player: Bartlomiej Dragowski
The player that probably impressed the most for Spezia was the goalkeeper: Bartlomiej Dragowski. His rating is 8.67. He performed 9 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
