CREMONA. Cremonese prevails over Como with a 2-0 win with a goal from C. Buonaiuto (4′) and a goal from J. Baez (75′).

The match was played at the Stadio Giovanni Zini stadium in Cremona on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Matteo Gariglio with the support of Alessio Saccenti and Gabriele Nuzzi. The 4th official was Ermes Cavaliere. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.5 degrees Celsius or 52.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Cremonese was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Como that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Cremonese was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cremonese won the match​.

Cremonese shot 16 times, 9 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Como shot 13 times, 2 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Cremonese received 3 yellow cards (C. Okoli, G. Gaetano and M. Castagnetti). On the other side, Como received 2 yellow cards (L. Vignali and V. Parigini).

Also, Como didn’t finish the match with 11 players after L. Vignali (Como) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (57′).

Standings

After this match, Cremonese will have 35 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Como will stay with 25 points to sit in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Cremonese will play away with Lecce on the 23rd of January with a 2-2 head to head stats.

Como will host Crotone on the 22nd of January with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Crotone (1 draw).

Cremonese – Formation

Cremonese started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Fabio Pecchia decided to play with the following team: Marco Carnesecchi (7.4), Leonardo Sernicola (7.3), Matteo Bianchetti (7.4), Caleb Okoli (7.4), Emanuele Valeri (7.3), Michele Castagnetti (7.1), Gianluca Gaetano (6.6), Luca Zanimacchia (7.2), Francesco Deli (6.3), Cristian Buonaiuto (7.3) and Luca Vido (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Samuel Di Carmine (6.5), Nicolò Fagioli (6.7), Luca Ravanelli, Riccardo Collodel, Daniel Nicolas Frey, Mouhamadou Sarr, Paolo Bartolomei, Marco Zunno, Alessandro Fiordaliso (6.2), Luca Valzania (6.8), Enrico Alfonso and Jaime Báez (7.4).

Substitutions

Cremonese made 5 changes: L. Vido for J. Baez (46′), F. Deli for L. Valzania (46′), G. Gaetano for S. Di Carmine (65′), C. Buonaiuto for N. Fagioli (70′) and L. Sernicola for A. Fiordaliso (86′).

Best player: Caleb Okoli​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cremonese was Caleb Okoli even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 45 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Como – Formation

Como started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Giacomo Gattuso played with: Davide Facchin (7.8), Luca Vignali (5.8), Marco Varnier (7.1), Matteo Solini (6.4), Andrea Cagnano (7.2), Alessio Iovine (6.8), Ismail H’Maidat (6.9), Tommaso Arrigoni (7.1), Vittorio Parigini (6.9), Alberto Cerri (6.4) and Antonino La Gumina (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Pierre Bolchini, Lorenzo Peli, Davide Bertoncini, Alessandro Gabrielloni (6.5), Nicholas Ioannou (6.4), Zito Luvumbo, Massimiliano Gatto (6.8), Nicholas Allievi, Edoardo Bovolon (6.2) and Luca Zanotti.

Substitutions

Como made 4 changes: I. H’Maidat for M. Gatto (66′), V. Parigini for E. Bovolon (66′), A. La Gumina for A. Gabrielloni (79′) and A. Cagnano for N. Ioannou (79′).

Best player: Davide Facchin​

The player that probably impressed the most for Como was the goalkeeper: Davide Facchin. His rating is 7.83. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie B.​

• Cremonese – Como – 2-0
• Pisa – Frosinone – 1-3
• Reggina – Brescia – 0-2