CREMONA. Cremonese defeats Brescia 1-0 after G. Abrego scored just 1 goal (30′). Cremonese was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
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 Alberto Santoro with the help of Paolo Laudato and . The 4th official was Dario Di Francesco. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 0.89 degrees Celsius or 33.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Cremonese had a superior ball possession 68% while Brescia was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cremonese was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cremonese won the match.
Cremonese shot 10 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Brescia shot 5 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Cremonese received 3 yellow cards (Franco Vázquez, Gonzalo Abrego and Žan Majer). Regarding the opposition, Brescia didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Cremonese has 41 points like Venezia to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Brescia will stays with 29 points to hold in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Cremonese will play away against Lecco on the 3rd of February with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Cremonese (0 draws).
Cremonese – Formation
Cremonese
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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 , Matteo Bianchetti , Luka Lochoshvili , Leonardo Sernicola , Michele Collocolo , Žan Majer , César Falletti , Luca Zanimacchia , Massimo Coda and Franco Vázquez .
The home team had on the bench: Daniel Ciofani, Felix Afena-Gyan, Paolo Ghiglione, Michele Castagnetti , Gianluca Saro, Yuri Rocchetti, Gonzalo Abrego , Giacomo Quagliata , Frank Tsadjout , David Okereke and Alessandro Livieri.
Cremonese could not rely on the presence of Gonzalo Abrego (injured).
Substitutions
Cremonese made 5 changes: Michele Collocolo for Gonzalo Abrego (11′), Franco Vázquez for David Okereke (79′), César Falletti for Giacomo Quagliata (79′), Massimo Coda for Frank Tsadjout (64′) and Žan Majer for Michele Castagnetti (65′).
Player of the match: Gonzalo Abrego
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cremonese was Gonzalo Abrego.
His rating is with 1 goal, 44 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was extraordinary also because he started the contest from the bench before entering in the 11′.
Brescia – Formation
Brescia
Brescia started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
Rolando Maran played with: Lorenzo Andrenacci , Lorenzo Dickmann , Andrea Papetti , Davide Adorni , Massimiliano Mangraviti , Dimitri Bisoli , Tom Van De Looi , Massimo Bertagnoli , Nicolas Galazzi , Birkir Bjarnason and Gabriele Moncini .
These were the players on the bench: Matthieu Huard, Fabrizio Paghera, Mohamed Fares , Flavio Bianchi , Alexander Jallow, Riccardo Fogliata, Giacomo Olzer , Michele Avella, Matteo Ferro and Michele Besaggio .
Substitutions
Brescia made 5 changes: Dimitri Bisoli for Michele Besaggio (78′), Nicolas Galazzi for Flavio Bianchi (46′), Andrea Papetti for Mohamed Fares (67′), Birkir Bjarnason for Giacomo Olzer (67′) and Tom Van De Looi for Matteo Ferro (88′).
Player of the match: Michele Besaggio
The player that probably impressed the most for Brescia was Michele Besaggio.
His rating is with 5 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was extraordinary also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 78′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Bari 1908 – Reggiana – 0-2
- Cremonese – Brescia – 1-0
- Venezia – Ternana – 1-0
- Südtirol – Cosenza – 0-1
- Pisa – Spezia – 2-3
- Modena – Parma – 3-0
- FeralpiSalò – Lecco – 5-1
- Como – Ascoli – 0-2
