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US Cremonese vs Empoli FC, Serie A 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

Serie A · 2022-23
US Cremonese
1 – 0
Full Time
Empoli FC
Fri 14 Apr 2023 · 16:30 UTC Stadio Giovanni Zini HT 45' · FT 45'
Leonardo Sernicola 15' Y

Overview

Match Preview

US Cremonese vs Empoli FC — Serie A at Stadio Giovanni Zini.

Match Details

  • Referee Marco Di Bello
  • Referee Daniele Orsato
  • Referee Antonio Di Martino
  • Referee Gamal Mokhtar
  • Referee
  • Referee Luca Zufferli (Italy)
3 games this season 🟨 3.7/game ⚽ 12.0 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AS Roma 5 13
2 FC Internazionale Milano 5 13
3 SS Lazio 5 13
4 Cagliari Calcio 5 12
5 AC Milan 5 11
6 Frosinone Calcio 5 10
7 Juventus FC 5 10
8 Como 1907 5 10
9 SSC Napoli 5 7
10 US Sassuolo Calcio 5 7
11 Atalanta BC 5 6
12 US Lecce 5 6
13 Udinese Calcio 5 4
14 Torino FC 5 4
15 Parma Calcio 1913 5 4
16 AC Monza 5 4
17 ACF Fiorentina 5 4
18 Bologna FC 1909 5 2
19 Genoa CFC 5 1
20 Venezia FC 5 0

Head-to-Head

1
2
US Cremonese 3 games · Avg 1.3 goals Empoli FC
Last 5 meetings
2023-04-14 US Cremonese 1–0 Empoli FC 2022-11-11 Empoli FC 2–0 US Cremonese

Recent Form

US Cremonese
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Apr Empoli FC H 1–0 W
08 Apr UC Sampdoria A 3–2 W
01 Apr Atalanta BC H 1–3 L
18 Mar AC Monza A 1–1 D
12 Mar ACF Fiorentina H 0–2 L
06 Mar US Sassuolo Calcio A 2–3 L
Empoli FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Apr US Cremonese A 0–1 L
07 Apr AC Milan A 0–0 D
03 Apr US Lecce H 1–0 W
17 Mar Atalanta BC A 1–2 L
11 Mar Udinese Calcio H 0–1 L
04 Mar AC Monza A 1–2 L

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at Stadio Giovanni Zini. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 4' Goal! Cyriel Dessers scores his 86 goal in 324 matches.
  • 9' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 14' US Cremonese seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 15' Leonardo Sernicola catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 15.
  • 20' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 25' Nicolo Cambiaghi is a natural forward and has been asked to do a very specific job for US Cremonese tonight.
  • 30' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both US Cremonese and Empoli FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 35' It’s high time Davide Ballardini made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 40' A tactical swap from Empoli FC — Sebastian Walukiewicz on, Koni De Winter off on 40 minutes.
  • 45' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 50' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His US Cremonese side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 52' A change in the US Cremonese ranks — Luka Lochoshvili exits the field as Emanuel Aiwu enters on 52.
  • 57' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both US Cremonese and Empoli FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 62' It is a substitution in Empoli FC team. Tyronne Ebuehi is replaced by Petar Stojanovic on 62 minute.
  • 67' Another substitution for US Cremonese to replace Pablo Galdames by Marco Benassi on 67 minute.
  • 68' The whistle greets Cyriel Dessers as he departs to be replaced by David Okereke.
  • 73' Tommaso Baldanzi has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 78' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 79' Time for substitution for Empoli FC. Filippo Bandinelli is replaced by Liam Henderson.
  • 84' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 85' Fresh legs for US Cremonese! Giacomo Quagliata comes on to replace Frank Tsadjout.
  • 90' Emanuele Valeri needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

US Cremonese Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Davide Ballardini

Empoli FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Paolo Zanetti

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.04 US Cremonese xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.02 Empoli FC xG
I would bet for: US Cremonese or Draw 70% + Under 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct
US Cremonese40% Draw31% Empoli FC29%
Actual: US Cremonese win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes43% 0% No57%
Avg goals/match: 2.06
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 85%
15%
± 1.5 61%
39%
± 2.5 34%
66%
± 3.5 16%
84%
± 4.5 7%
93%

Double Chance

US Cremonese or Draw
70%
Draw or Empoli FC
60%
US Cremonese or Empoli FC
69%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
US Cremonese23% Draw54% Empoli FC23%
Actual: US Cremonese win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
15.1%
1 – 1
14.5%
1 – 0
Actual
0 – 1
11.6%
2 – 1
6.8%
1 – 2
6.7%
2 – 0
6.6%
0 – 2
6.3%
2 – 2
3.6%
3 – 1
2.4%
1 – 3
2.3%
3 – 0
2.3%

Asian Handicap — US Cremonese

Handicap US Cremonese covers Push Empoli FC covers
-2.5 4% — 96%
-2 4% 9% 87%
-1.5 13% — 87%
-1 13% 20% 66%
-0.5 34% — 66%
+0.5 67% — 33%
+1 67% 20% 13%
+1.5 87% — 13%
+2 87% 9% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

US Cremonese keeps clean sheet
37% ✗
Empoli FC keeps clean sheet
36% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.