CREMONA. Cremonese recovers against Palermo with a penalty kick on the M. Brunori 18′ and a goal on the F. Ranocchia 44′. Palermo was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%)
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 Davide Massa with the support of Pietro Dei Giudici and Giuseppe Di Giacinto. The 4th official was Niccolò Turrini. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was freezing at -5.11 degrees Celsius or 22.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Palermo had a superior ball possession 56% while Cremonese was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Palermo was more pushing with 58 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Palermo to win the encounter.
Cremonese shot 17 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Palermo shot 16 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Cremonese received 1 yellow card (Michele Castagnetti). On the other side, Palermo received 3 yellow cards (Filippo Ranocchia, Giuseppe Aurelio and Francesco Di Mariano).
(Cremonese) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (16′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Cremonese has 47 points to sit in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Palermo will has 46 points like Como to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Cremonese will play away with Sampdoria on the 27th of February with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Sampdoria (1 draw).
Palermo will host Ternana on the 27th of February with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Palermo (4 draws).
Cremonese – Formation
Cremonese
16'
80'
13'
49'
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 , Luca Zanimacchia , Charles Pickel , Michele Castagnetti , Dennis Johnsen , Leonardo Sernicola , Massimo Coda and Franco Vázquez .
The home team had on the bench: Luca Marrone, César Falletti , Daniel Ciofani, Felix Afena-Gyan, Paolo Ghiglione , Gianluca Saro, Guido Della Rovere, Gonzalo Abrego, Giacomo Quagliata , Žan Majer , Luka Lochoshvili and Frank Tsadjout .
Substitutions
Cremonese made 5 changes: Dennis Johnsen for Paolo Ghiglione (73′), Luca Zanimacchia for Giacomo Quagliata (73′), Massimo Coda for Frank Tsadjout (74′), Franco Vázquez for César Falletti (80′) and Michele Castagnetti for Žan Majer (80′).
Player of the match: Andreas Jungdal
The most impressive player for Cremonese was the goalkeeper: Andreas Jungdal. His rating is 8.16. He performed 6 saves.
Palermo – Formation
Palermo
Palermo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Eugenio Corini played with: Mirko Pigliacelli , Salim Diakité , Ionuț Nedelcearu , Pietro Ceccaroni , Giuseppe Aurelio , Filippo Ranocchia , Claudio Gomes , Jacopo Segre , Francesco Di Mariano , Matteo Brunori and Federico Di Francesco .
They had on the bench: Simon Graves Jensen, Leo Štulac, Leonardo Mancuso , Roberto Insigne , Adnan Kanurić, Ivan Marconi, Aljosa Vasic, Alessio Buttaro, Edoardo Soleri , Liam Henderson, Chaka Traorè and Mamadou Coulibaly .
Substitutions
Palermo made 5 changes: Filippo Ranocchia for Edoardo Soleri (68′), Francesco Di Mariano for Roberto Insigne (57′), Matteo Brunori for Leonardo Mancuso (79′), Federico Di Francesco for Chaka Traorè (79′) and Claudio Gomes for Mamadou Coulibaly (79′).
Player of the match: Salim Diakité
The player that probably impressed the most for Palermo was Salim Diakité.
His rating is with 42 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Südtirol – Bari 1908 – 1-0
- Brescia – Reggiana – 0-0
- Ternana – Lecco – 0-0
- Pisa – Venezia – 1-2
- FeralpiSalò – Ascoli – 0-1
- Cremonese – Palermo – 2-2
- Como – Parma – 1-1
- Cittadella – Catanzaro – 1-2
