LECCE. Lecce bested Cremonese to win 2-1. An own goal from C. Okoli was decisive in the 90min. It was Lecce to strike first with a goal of A. Gallo at the 14′. Then it was a goal in the 15′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, C. Okoli gave the win to Lecce in the 90′ minute with an own goal. Lecce was definitely better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Via del Mare stadium in Lecce on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Chiffi with the collaboration of Alessio Berti and Filippo Bercigli. The 4th official was Maria Marotta. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.4 degrees Celsius or 47.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Lecce had a superior ball possession 62% while Cremonese was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lecce had a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lecce won the match.
Lecce shot 15 times, 3 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Cremonese shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Lecce received 3 yellow cards (G. Strefezza, K. Dermaku and F. Lucioni). Regarding the opposition, Cremonese received 3 yellow cards (E. Valeri, L. Valzania and L. Strizzolo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Lecce will have 37 points to sit in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Cremonese will stay with 35 points like Benevento and Monza to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Lecce will play away against Como on the 5th of February with a 0-0 head to head.
Cremonese will host Monza on the 6th of February with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Monza (0 draws).
Lecce – Formation
Lecce
58'
84'
14'
Lecce started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Marco Baroni decided to play with the following team: Gabriel , Valentin Gendrey , Fabio Lucioni , Kastriot Dermaku , Antonino Gallo , Morten Hjulmand , Gabriel Strefezza , Žan Majer , Mario Gargiulo , Francesco Di Mariano and Massimo Coda .
The home team had on the bench: Marcin Listkowski , John Bjorkengren, Alexis Blin, Paolo Faragò , Antonio Barreca, Alexandru Borbei, Arturo Calabresi , Brayan Vera, Jasper Samooja, Emin Hasic, Marco Olivieri and Þórir Jóhann Helgason .
Substitutions
Lecce made 5 changes: F. Di Mariano for M. Listkowski (66′), Z. Majer for T. Helgason (66′), M. Gargiulo for P. Farago (78′), V. Gendrey for A. Calabresi (84′) and M. Coda for M. Olivieri (84′).
Best player: Antonino Gallo
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lecce was Antonino Gallo.
His rating is with 1 goal, 57 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.
Cremonese – Formation
Cremonese
Cremonese started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Fabio Pecchia played with: Marco Carnesecchi , Alessandro Fiordaliso , Caleb Okoli , Luca Ravanelli , Emanuele Valeri , Luca Valzania , Gianluca Gaetano , Luca Zanimacchia , Nicolò Fagioli , Jaime Báez and Daniel Ciofani .
These were the players on the bench: Alessandro Crescenzi , Enrico Alfonso, Paolo Bartolomei , Marco Zunno, Dennis Politic, Luca Strizzolo , Luca Vido , Mouhamadou Sarr and Andrea Meroni.
Substitutions
Cremonese made 4 changes: A. Fiordaliso for P. Bartolomei (55′), L. Valzania for L. Vido (55′), N. Fagioli for A. Crescenzi (71′) and L. Zanimacchia for L. Strizzolo (84′).
Best player: Daniel Ciofani
The player that probably impressed the most for Cremonese was Daniel Ciofani.
His rating is with 1 goal, 20 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 15.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
