Cremonese steals a 2-1 win against Como. HIGHLIGHTS

CREMONA. Cremonese beat Como to win 2-1. A goal from L. Zanimacchia was decisive in the 88min.

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John Ross
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Cremonese steals a 2-1 win against Como. HIGHLIGHTS

CREMONA. Cremonese overcame Como to win 2-1. A goal from L. Zanimacchia was decisive in the 88min. It was Cremonese to strike first with a penalty of Massimo Coda at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 67′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Luca Zanimacchia gave the win to Cremonese in the 88′ minute with a goal. Cremonese was surely superior in terms of ball possession (72%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

Gabriel Strefezza received a red card (14′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Como lost the match.

The match was played at the Stadio Giovanni Zini stadium in Cremona on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Giacomo Camplone with the assistance of Marco Ceccon and Francesco Cortese. The 4th official was Roberto Lovison. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 3.13 degrees Celsius or 37.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Cremonese

2 - 1

Team 1

Como

  • ! 72 Ball Possession 28
Shots
  • 14 Total 4
  • 3 On Target 2
  • 8 Off Target 1
  • 3 Shots blocked 1
  • 124 Attack 59
  • 78 Dangerous attack 26
  • 65 Ball safe 64
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 1
  • 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 17 Total 9
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Cremonese had a strong ball possession 72% while Como was struggling with a 28% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cremonese was more aggressive with 78 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cremonese won the match​.

Cremonese shot 14 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Como shot 3 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Cremonese received 2 yellow cards (Massimo Coda and Michele Castagnetti). Regarding the opposition, Como received 3 yellow cards (Edoardo Goldaniga, Oliver Abildgaard and Lucas Da Cunha).

Also, Como didn’t end the match with 11 players after Gabriel Strefezza (Como) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (14′).

Match Timeline

14'
Gabriel Strefezza- Red
13'
Gabriel Strefezza(VAR_CARD)
31'
Lucas Da Cunha- Yellow
Massimo Coda(penalty)
45'
46'
M. Braunöder- sub ->Alessandro Bellemo 
46'
Nicholas Gioacchini- sub ->Simone Verdi
46'
Oliver Abildgaard- Yellow
Michele Castagnetti- Yellow
64'
67'
Lucas Da Cunha(goal)
Massimo Coda- Yellow
67'
74'
Tommaso Cassandro- sub ->Alessio Iovine
Giacomo Quagliata- sub ->César Falletti
79'
Daniel Ciofani- sub ->Leonardo Sernicola
79'
Zan Majer- sub ->Michele Castagnetti
79'
83'
Nikolas Ioannou- sub ->Marco Sala
86'
Federico Barba- sub ->Alessandro Gabrielloni
Luca Zanimacchia(goal)Franco Vázquez
88'
Paolo Ghiglione- sub ->Massimo Coda
90'
Gonzalo Abrego- sub ->Franco Vázquez
90'
90'
Edoardo Goldaniga- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Parma
73
35
Como
68
35
Venezia
67
35
Cremonese
60
35
Catanzaro
57
35
Palermo
52
35
Brescia
47
35
Sampdoria
46
35
Pisa
45
35
Cittadella
45
35
Südtirol
43
35
Modena
43
35
Reggiana
43
35
Cosenza
42
35
Ascoli
37
35
Ternana
37
35
Spezia
37
35
Bari 1908
36
35
FeralpiSalò
32
35
Lecco
26
35

After this match, Cremonese has 56 points to sit in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Como will stays with 52 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Cremonese will play away with Südtirol on the 16th of March with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Südtirol (3 draws).

Como will host Pisa on the 16th of March with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Pisa (3 draws).

Cremonese – Formation

Cremonese
G
A. Jungdal 22.Denmark
6.4
D
Luca Ravanelli 5.Italy
7.0
D
Matteo Bianchetti  15.Italy
7.0
D
Valentin Antov 26.Bulgaria
7.7
M
Charles Pickel 6.Switzerland
7.1
M
César Falletti 7.Uruguay
7.0
79'
M
Leonardo Sernicola 17.Italy
7.0
79'
M
Michele Castagnetti 19.Italy
7.7
79' 64'
M
Franco Vázquez 20.Argentina
7.9
90'
M
Luca Zanimacchia 98.Italy
8.1
Goals88'
F
Massimo Coda 90.Italy
7.0
90' 67' Goals45'
Substitutes
G
Gianluca Saro 21.Italy
D
Paolo Ghiglione 18.Italy
90'
D
Yuri Rocchetti 31.Italy
D
Giacomo Quagliata 33.Italy
6.4
79'
D
Luka Lochoshvili 44.Georgia
M
Michele Collocolo 8.Italy
M
Gonzalo Abrego 32.Argentina
90'
M
Zan Majer 37.Slovenia
6.8
79'
F
Daniel Ciofani 9.Italy
6.4
79'
F
Felix Afena-Gyan 11.Ghana
F
Frank Tsadjout 74.Italy

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 (6.4), Valentin Antov (7.7), Luca Ravanelli (7.0), Matteo Bianchetti (7.0), Luca Zanimacchia (8.1), Charles Pickel (7.1), Michele Castagnetti (7.7), César Falletti (7.0), Leonardo Sernicola (7.0), Franco Vázquez (7.9) and Massimo Coda (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Michele Collocolo, Daniel Ciofani (6.4), Felix Afena-Gyan, Paolo Ghiglione, Gianluca Saro, Guido Della Rovere, Yuri Rocchetti, Gonzalo Abrego, Giacomo Quagliata (6.4), Žan Majer (6.8), Luka Lochoshvili and Frank Tsadjout.

Substitutions

Cremonese made 5 changes: César Falletti for Giacomo Quagliata (79′), Michele Castagnetti for Žan Majer (79′), Leonardo Sernicola for Daniel Ciofani (79′), Massimo Coda for Paolo Ghiglione (90′) and Franco Vázquez for Gonzalo Abrego (90′).

Player of the match: Luca Zanimacchia​

The most impressive player for Cremonese was Luca Zanimacchia.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 28 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 11 crosses.

Como – Formation

Como
G
Adrian Semper 1.Croatia
6.4
D
Edoardo Goldaniga 2.Italy
6.4
90'
D
Marco Sala 3.Italy
7.1
83'
D
Alessio Iovine 6.Italy
6.8
74'
D
Cas Odenthal 26.Netherlands
6.6
M
Alessandro Bellemo  14.Italy
6.6
46'
M
Gabriel Strefezza 21.Brazil
3.1
14'
M
Oliver Abildgaard 28.Denmark
6.7
46'
M
Lucas Da Cunha 33.France
7.0
31' Goals67'
M
Simone Verdi 90.Italy
7.0
46'
F
Alessandro Gabrielloni 9.Italy
6.7
86'
Substitutes
G
Mauro Vigorito 22.Italy
D
Marco Curto 5.Italy
D
Nikolas Ioannou 44.Cyprus
6.3
83'
D
Tommaso Cassandro 84.Italy
6.6
74'
D
Federico Barba 93.Italy
6.3
86'
M
Moutir Chajia 7.Belgium
M
M. Braunöder 27.Austria
7.0
46'
F
Nicholas Gioacchini 23.France
6.4
46'
F
Samuel Ballet 70.Switzerland
F
Jean-Pierre Nsame 77.Cameroon
F
Tommaso Fumagalli 99.Italy

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

Francesc Fàbregas i Soler played with: Adrian Semper (6.4), Alessio Iovine (6.8), Edoardo Goldaniga (6.4), Cas Odenthal (6.6), Marco Sala (7.1), Alessandro Bellemo  (6.6), Oliver Abildgaard (6.7), Gabriel Strefezza (3.1), Simone Verdi (7.0), Lucas Da Cunha (7.0) and Alessandro Gabrielloni (6.7).

They had on the bench: Marco Curto, Moutir Chajia, Mauro Vigorito, Nicholas Gioacchini (6.4), Matthias Braunöder (7.0), Fabio Rispoli, Nikolas Ioannou (6.3), Samuel Ballet, Jean-Pierre Nsame, Tommaso Cassandro (6.6), Federico Barba (6.3) and Tommaso Fumagalli.

Substitutions

Como made 5 changes: Alessio Iovine for Tommaso Cassandro (74′), Alessandro Bellemo  for Matthias Braunöder (46′), Simone Verdi for Nicholas Gioacchini (46′), Marco Sala for Nikolas Ioannou (83′) and Alessandro Gabrielloni for Federico Barba (86′).

Player of the match: Marco Sala​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Como was Marco Sala.

His rating is 7.1 with 13 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie B.​