Fiorentina beats Cremonese 3-2. HIGHLIGHTS

FIRENZE. Fiorentina prevailed over Cremonese.

By
John Ross
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Fiorentina beats Cremonese 3-2. HIGHLIGHTS

FIRENZE. Fiorentina bested Cremonese. Fiorentina was surely better in terms of ball possession (75%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

G. Escalante received a red card (44′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Cremonese lost the match.

The match was played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi stadium in Firenze on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Juan Luca Sacchi who had the assistance of Damiano Margani and Pietro Dei Giudici. The 4th official was Manuel Volpi. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.9 degrees Celsius or 89.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 31%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Fiorentina

3 - 2

Team 1

Cremonese

  • ! 75 Ball Possession 25
Shots
  • 28 Total 14
  • 10 On Target 4
  • 18 Off Target 10
  • 7 Shots blocked 5
  • 136 Attack 66
  • 65 Dangerous attack 21
  • 121 Ball safe 71
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 11 Corners 4
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 10 Total 19
  • 0 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 6 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Fiorentina was in firm control of the ball 75% while Cremonese was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 28 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fiorentina won the match​.

Fiorentina shot 28 times, 10 on target, 18 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cremonese shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Fiorentina didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Cremonese received 3 yellow cards (V. Chiriches, P. Ghiglione and D. Okereke).

Also, Cremonese didn’t end the match with 11 players after G. Escalante (Cremonese) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (44′).

Match Timeline

9'
Giacomo Bonaventura(goal)C. Kouame
16'
19'
34'
44'
46'
46'
Giacomo Quagliata- sub ->V. Chiriches
62'
Paolo Ghiglione- Yellow
65'
Cristian Buonaiuto- sub ->C. Pickel
68'
Cristian Buonaiuto(goal)
Dodô- sub ->M. Benassi
71'
71'
Rolando Mandragora- sub ->S. Amrabat
78'
78'
82'
82'
Nicolás González- sub ->R. Sottil
86'
87'
Rolando Mandragora(goal)S. Zurkowski
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Napoli
90
38
Lazio
74
38
Inter
72
38
Milan
70
38
Atalanta
64
38
Roma
63
38
Juventus
62
38
Fiorentina
56
38
Bologna
54
38
Torino
53
38
Monza
52
38
Udinese
46
38
Sassuolo
45
38
Empoli
43
38
Salernitana
42
38
Lecce
36
38
Spezia
31
38
Hellas Verona
31
38
Cremonese
27
38
Sampdoria
19
38

After this match, Fiorentina has points to occupy the 0th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Cremonese stays with points (0th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Fiorentina will host Juventus on the 3rd of September with a 22-6 head to head record in favor of Juventus (12 draws).

Cremonese will play away agasint Inter on the 30th of August with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Fiorentina – Formation

Fiorentina
G
Pierluigi Gollini 95.Italy
6.4
D
Cristiano Biraghi  3.Italy
8.0
D
Lucas Martínez Quarta 28.Argentina
7.1
D
Nikola Milenković 4.Serbia
7.2
D
Marco Benassi 24.Italy
7.4
71'
M
Giacomo Bonaventura 5.Italy
7.3
Goals16'
M
Sofyan Amrabat 34.Morocco
6.8
78'
M
Youssef Maleh 14.Morocco
6.6
71'
F
Luka Jović 7.Serbia
7.8
Goals34'
F
Christian Kouamé 99.Ivory Coast
7.2
78'
F
Riccardo Sottil 33.Italy
7.8
86'
Substitutes
G
Pietro Terracciano 1.Italy
G
Michele Cerofolini 31.Italy
D
Matija Nastasic 55.Serbia
D
Lorenzo Venuti 23.Italy
D
Dodô 2.Brazil
6.4
71'
D
Aleksa Terzic 15.Serbia
M
Riccardo Saponara 8.Italy
6.2
78'
M
Alfred Duncan 32.Ghana
M
Jonathan Ikoné 11.France
M
A. Bianco 42.Italy
M
Rolando Mandragora 38.Italy
7.6
78' Goals90'
M
Szymon Żurkowski 27.Poland
6.2
71'
F
Nicolás González 22.Argentina
6.5
86'
F
Arthur Cabral 9.Brazil

Fiorentina started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Pierluigi Gollini (6.4), Marco Benassi (7.4), Nikola Milenković (7.2), Lucas Martínez Quarta (7.1), Cristiano Biraghi (8.0), Giacomo Bonaventura (7.3), Sofyan Amrabat (6.8), Youssef Maleh (6.6), Christian Kouamé (7.2), Luka Jović (7.8) and Riccardo Sottil (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Riccardo Saponara (6.2), Alfred Duncan, Pietro Terracciano, Matija Nastasić, Michele Cerofolini, Jonathan Ikoné, Nicolás González (6.5), Alessandro Bianco, Arthur Cabral, Rolando Mandragora (7.6), Lorenzo Venuti, Szymon Żurkowski (6.2), Dodô (6.4) and Aleksa Terzić.

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 5 changes: M. Benassi for Dodo (71′), Y. Maleh for S. Zurkowski (71′), S. Amrabat for R. Mandragora (78′), C. Kouame for R. Saponara (78′) and R. Sottil for N. Gonzalez (86′).

Best player: Cristiano Biraghi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fiorentina was Cristiano Biraghi even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 99 passes (89% accurate) and 8 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 16 crosses.

Cremonese – Formation

Cremonese
G
Andrei Radu 97.Romania
7.6
D
Vlad Chiricheș 21.Romania
6.7
46' 9'
D
Matteo Bianchetti  15.Italy
7.3
D
Johan Vásquez 5.Mexico
6.4
M
Paolo Ghiglione 18.Italy
7.0
82' 62'
M
Leonardo Sernicola 17.Italy
6.5
46'
M
Gonzalo Escalante 32.Argentina
5.4
44'
M
Charles Pickel 6.Switzerland
6.6
65'
F
Cyriel Dessers 90.Nigeria
6.6
F
David Okereke 77.Nigeria
7.4
87' 82' Goals19'
F
Luca Zanimacchia 98.Italy
7.2
Substitutes
G
Mouhamadou Sarr  45.Senegal
G
Gianluca Saro 13.Italy
D
Emanuel Aiwu 4.Austria
6.8
82'
D
Giacomo Quagliata 33.Italy
7.1
46'
D
Maissa Ndiaye 60.Senegal
M
Cristian Buonaiuto 10.Italy
6.6
65' Goals68'
M
Tommaso Milanese 62.Italy
M
C. Acella 23.Italy
M
Santiago Ascacíbar 8.Argentina
6.5
46'
F
Jaime Báez 7.Uruguay
F
S. Di Carmine 11.Italy
6.7
87'
F
Daniel Ciofani 9.Italy
F
Frank Tsadjout 74.Italy

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

Massimiliano Alvini played with: Andrei Radu (7.6), Matteo Bianchetti (7.3), Vlad Chiricheş (6.7), Johan Vásquez (6.4), Paolo Ghiglione (7.0), Charles Pickel (6.6), Gonzalo Escalante (5.4), Leonardo Sernicola (6.5), Luca Zanimacchia (7.2), Cyriel Dessers (6.6) and David Okereke (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Cristian Buonaiuto (6.6), Mouhamadou Sarr, Gianluca Saro, Jaime Báez, Tommaso Milanese, Samuel Di Carmine (6.7), Daniel Ciofani, Frank Tsadjout, Christian Acella, Santiago Ascacibar (6.5), Emanuel Aiwu (6.8), Giacomo Quagliata (7.1) and Maissa Codou Ndiaye.

Substitutions

Cremonese made 5 changes: L. Sernicola for S. Ascacibar (46′), V. Chiriches for G. Quagliata (46′), C. Pickel for C. Buonaiuto (65′), P. Ghiglione for E. Aiwu (82′) and D. Okereke for S. Di Carmine (87′).

Best player: Andrei Radu​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cremonese was the goalkeeper: Andrei Radu. His rating is 7.63. He performed 8 saves.

Results of the day

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