CREMONA. Cremonese prevails over Lecco 1-0 after M. Castagnetti scored just 1 goal (20′).
The match was played at the Stadio Giovanni Zini stadium in Cremona on Saturday and it started at 6:00 am local time. The referee was Giacomo Camplone with the help of Marco D’Ascanio and Marco Ceolin. The 4th official was Luca Cherchi. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 2.49 degrees Celsius or 36.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Cremonese had a superior ball possession 55% while Lecco was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cremonese was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cremonese won the match.
Cremonese shot 16 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Lecco shot 11 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Cremonese received 4 yellow cards (Luca Zanimacchia, Michele Castagnetti, Franco Vázquez and Valentin Antov). On the other side, Lecco received 2 yellow cards (Alessandro Bianconi and Mats Lemmens).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Cremonese will have 25 points to hold in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Lecco will stay with 12 points to hold in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Cremonese will play away with Bari 1908 on the 6th of April with a 5-0 head to head record in favor of Bari 1908 (1 draw).
Lecco will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 10th of February with a 0-0 head to head statistic.
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 , Leonardo Sernicola , Charles Pickel , Michele Castagnetti , Cristian Buonaiuto , Luca Zanimacchia , Massimo Coda and Franco Vázquez .
The home team had on the bench: Nikola Sekulov, Michele Collocolo , Daniel Ciofani, Luca Valzania , Paolo Ghiglione , Gianluca Saro, Yuri Rocchetti, Gonzalo Abrego , Giacomo Quagliata , Žan Majer, Luka Lochoshvili and David Okereke .
Substitutions
Cremonese made 5 changes: Luca Zanimacchia for Giacomo Quagliata (61′), Cristian Buonaiuto for Gonzalo Abrego (62′), Charles Pickel for Michele Collocolo (67′), Leonardo Sernicola for Paolo Ghiglione (85′) and Massimo Coda for David Okereke (85′).
Player of the match: Michele Castagnetti
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cremonese was Michele Castagnetti.
His rating is with 1 goal, 68 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.
Lecco – Formation
Lecco started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Emiliano Bonazzoli played with: Umberto Saracco , Franco Lepore , Vedran Celjak , Alessandro Bianconi , Alessandro Caporale , Duccio Degli Innocenti , Alessandro Sersanti , Artur Ioniță , Giovanni Crociata , Andrija Novakovich and Nicolò Buso .
These were the players on the bench: Luca Giudici, Umberto Eusepi , Mattia Tordini , Luca Bonadeo, Matteo Battistini, Lorenzo Pinzauti, Francesco Donati, Luca Marrone, Davide Guglielmotti , Vittorio Agostinelli, Mats Lemmens and Giorgio Galli .
Substitutions
Lecco made 5 changes: Alessandro Sersanti for Mattia Tordini (72′), Nicolò Buso for Mats Lemmens (57′), Andrija Novakovich for Umberto Eusepi (80′), Artur Ioniță for Giorgio Galli (80′) and Franco Lepore for Davide Guglielmotti (81′).
Player of the match: Giovanni Crociata
The player that probably impressed the most for Lecco was Giovanni Crociata.
His rating is with 38 passes (81% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 13. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Bari 1908 – Venezia – 0-3
- Pisa – Brescia – 1-1
- Reggiana – Ascoli – 1-1
- Parma – Modena – 1-1
- Cremonese – Lecco – 1-0
- Como – FeralpiSalò – 2-1
- Cittadella – Südtirol – 2-1