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
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
Standings
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 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
, Cristiano Piccini , Daniele Ghilardi , Facundo González , Gerard Yepes , Fabio Depaoli , Leonardo Benedetti , Ebrima Darboe , Simone Giordano , Agustín Álvarez and Manuel De Luca .The home team had on the bench: Antonio Barreca
, Kristoffer Askildsen , Valerio Verre, Elia Tantalocchi, Nicola Ravaglia, Stefano Girelli , Francesco Conti, Samuel Lukisa , 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
with 1 goal, 44 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4.Cremonese – Formation
Cremonese started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Giovanni Stroppa played with: Andreas Jungdal
, Valentin Antov , Luca Ravanelli , Luka Lochoshvili , Luca Zanimacchia , Žan Majer , Charles Pickel , Dennis Johnsen , Giacomo Quagliata , Frank Tsadjout and César Falletti .They had on the bench: Luca Marrone, Daniel Ciofani, Felix Afena-Gyan, Matteo Bianchetti, Paolo Ghiglione
, Franco Vázquez , Gianluca Saro, Guido Della Rovere, Yuri Rocchetti, Gonzalo Abrego, Massimo Coda 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′).
Player of the match: Dennis Johnsen
The most impressive player for Cremonese was Dennis Johnsen.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 32 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Catanzaro – Bari 1908 – 2-0
- Ascoli – Brescia – 1-1
- Sampdoria – Cremonese – 1-2
- Reggiana – Südtirol – 1-1
- Parma – Cosenza – 1-1
- Palermo – Ternana – 2-3
- Lecco – Como – 0-3