Cremonese beats Sampdoria 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

GENOVA. Cremonese beat Sampdoria to win 2-1.

February 28, 2024

GENOVA. Cremonese topped Sampdoria to win 2-1. It was Cremonese to strike first with an early goal of Dennis Johnsen at the 5′. Then it was a goal in the 13′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, César Falletti gave the win to Cremonese in the 70′ minute with a goal. Cremonese took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Tuesday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Alessandro Prontera with the assistance of Gaetano Massara and Tiziana Trasciatti. The 4th official was Marco Emmanuele. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was cold at 7.76 degrees Celsius or 45.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.

Match Statistics

Sampdoria

1 - 2

Cremonese

43 Ball Possession 57

Shots

8 Total 22
2 On Target 7
5 Off Target 9
1 Shots blocked 6

74 Attack 97
40 Dangerous attack 97
78 Ball safe 79

0 Penalties 0
3 Corners 10
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

16 Total 16
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Cremonese had a strong ball possession 57% while Sampdoria was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cremonese was more pushing with 97 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cremonese won the match.

Sampdoria shot 8 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Cremonese shot 22 times, 7 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Sampdoria received 2 yellow cards (Daniele Ghilardi and Facundo González). On the opposite side, Cremonese received 4 yellow cards (Valentin Antov, Frank Tsadjout, Charles Pickel and Žan Majer).

Match Timeline

Dennis Johnsen(goal)Luca Ravanelli

Valentin Antov- Yellow

D. Ghilardi(goal)Facundo González

13'

15'

Zan Majer- Yellow

39'

Charles Pickel- Yellow

F. González- Yellow

49'

Kristoffer Askildsen- sub ->Leonardo Benedetti

54'

58'

Frank Tsadjout- Yellow

58'

Massimo Coda- sub ->Frank Tsadjout

70'

César Falletti(goal)

Stefano Girelli- sub ->Fabio Depaoli

73'

79'

Paolo Ghiglione- sub ->Luca Zanimacchia

79'

Franco Vázquez- sub ->César Falletti

Antonio Barreca- sub ->Simone Giordano

84'

S. Ntanda- sub ->Agustín Álvarez

84'

89'

Gonzalo Abrego- sub ->Dennis Johnsen

D. Ghilardi- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Sampdoria stays with 31 points to hold in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Cremonese will has 50 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Sampdoria will play away with FeralpiSalò on the 2nd of March with a 1-1 head to head record.

Cremonese will play away against Modena on the 2nd of March with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Modena (1 draw).

Sampdoria – Formation

Sampdoria

Filip Stankovic 1.Serbia

7.1

F. González 33.Uruguay

7.0

49'

D. Ghilardi 87.Italy

7.3

90'

13'

Cristiano Piccini 2.Italy

7.3

Simone Giordano 21.Italy

6.8

84'

Fabio Depaoli 23.Italy

6.7

73'

Gerard Yepes 28.Spain

7.0

Ebrima Darboe 55.Gambia

7.0

Leonardo Benedetti 80.Italy

6.7

54'

Manuel De Luca 9.Italy

6.7

Agustín Álvarez 19.Uruguay

7.0

84'

Substitutes

E. Tantalocchi 12.Italy

Nicola Ravaglia 22.Italy

G. Leoni 46.Italy

Antonio Barreca 3.Italy

6.6

84'

Kristoffer Askildsen 5.Norway

7.0

54'

Valerio Verre 10.Italy

Stefano Girelli 32.Italy

6.7

73'

S. Ntanda 43.Belgium

6.4

84'

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

The manager Andrea Pirlo decided to play with the following team: Filip Stankovic (7.1), Cristiano Piccini (7.3), Daniele Ghilardi (7.3), Facundo González (7.0), Gerard Yepes (7.0), Fabio Depaoli (6.7), Leonardo Benedetti (6.7), Ebrima Darboe (7.0), Simone Giordano (6.8), Agustín Álvarez (7.0) and Manuel De Luca (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Antonio Barreca (6.6), Kristoffer Askildsen (7.0), Valerio Verre, Elia Tantalocchi, Nicola Ravaglia, Stefano Girelli (6.7), Francesco Conti, Samuel Lukisa (6.4), Gabriele Alesi, Giovanni Leoni and Simone Pozzato.

Sampdoria could not rely on the presence of Kristoffer Askildsen (injured) and Stefano Girelli (injured).

Substitutions

Sampdoria made 4 changes: Leonardo Benedetti for Kristoffer Askildsen (54′), Fabio Depaoli for Stefano Girelli (73′), Simone Giordano for Antonio Barreca (84′) and Agustín Álvarez for Samuel Lukisa (84′).

Player of the match: Daniele Ghilardi

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sampdoria was Daniele Ghilardi.

His rating is 7.3 with 1 goal, 44 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4.

Cremonese – Formation

Cremonese

A. Jungdal 22.Denmark

6.7

Luca Ravanelli 5.Italy

7.5

Valentin Antov 26.Bulgaria

7.0

Luka Lochoshvili 44.Georgia

7.1

Charles Pickel 6.Switzerland

7.5

39'

César Falletti 7.Uruguay

8.1

79'

70'

Giacomo Quagliata 33.Italy

6.7

Zan Majer 37.Slovenia

7.0

15'

Dennis Johnsen 71.Norway

8.9

89'

Luca Zanimacchia 98.Italy

7.5

79'

Frank Tsadjout 74.Italy

7.3

58'

Substitutes

Gianluca Saro 21.Italy

Alessandro Livieri 97.Italy

Luca Marrone 4.Italy

Matteo Bianchetti 15.Italy

Paolo Ghiglione 18.Italy

7.1

79'

Yuri Rocchetti 31.Italy

Franco Vázquez 20.Argentina

6.3

79'

Gonzalo Abrego 32.Argentina

89'

Daniel Ciofani 9.Italy

Felix Afena-Gyan 11.Ghana

Massimo Coda 90.Italy

6.4

58'

Cremonese started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Giovanni Stroppa played with: Andreas Jungdal (6.7), Valentin Antov (7.0), Luca Ravanelli (7.5), Luka Lochoshvili (7.1), Luca Zanimacchia (7.5), Žan Majer (7.0), Charles Pickel (7.5), Dennis Johnsen (8.9), Giacomo Quagliata (6.7), Frank Tsadjout (7.3) and César Falletti (8.1).

They had on the bench: Luca Marrone, Daniel Ciofani, Felix Afena-Gyan, Matteo Bianchetti, Paolo Ghiglione (7.1), Franco Vázquez (6.3), Gianluca Saro, Guido Della Rovere, Yuri Rocchetti, Gonzalo Abrego, Massimo Coda (6.4) and Alessandro Livieri.

Substitutions

Cremonese made 4 changes: Frank Tsadjout for Massimo Coda (58′), César Falletti for Franco Vázquez (79′), Luca Zanimacchia for Paolo Ghiglione (79′) and Dennis Johnsen for Gonzalo Abrego (89′).