US Cremonese vs UC Sampdoria, Serie B 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Serie B · 2024-25

US Cremonese

1 – 1

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UC Sampdoria

Sun 22 Dec 2024 · 16:15 UTC Stadio Giovanni Zini 8,331 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 37' Alessandro Bellemo

Franco Vazquez 61' 1–1

Y 41' Leonardo Benedetti

Y 59' Alessandro Bellemo

Y 90' Nikola Sekulov

Overview

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US Cremonese vs UC Sampdoria — Serie B at Stadio Giovanni Zini.

US Cremonese 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
UC Sampdoria 38 games · 44 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Maurizio Mariani
Assistant 1 Domenico Rocca
Assistant 2 Mattia Pascarella (Italy)

10 games this season 🟨 0.8/game ⚽ 4.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Venezia FC	38	82
2	Frosinone Calcio	38	81
3	AC Monza	38	76
4	Palermo FC	38	72
5	US Catanzaro	38	59
6	Modena FC 2018	38	55
7	SS Juve Stabia	38	51
8	Calcio Avellino SSD	38	49
9	Padova Calcio	38	46
10	AC Cesena	38	46
11	Mantova 1911 SSD	38	46
12	Carrarese Calcio	38	44
13	UC Sampdoria	38	44
14	ACD Virtus Entella	38	42
15	Empoli FC	38	41
16	FC Südtirol	38	41
17	SSC Bari	38	40
18	AC Reggiana	38	37
19	Delfino Pescara 1936	38	35
20	Spezia Calcio	38	35

Head-to-Head

US Cremonese 6 games · Avg 2.2 goals UC Sampdoria

Last 5 meetings

2024-12-22 US Cremonese 1–1 UC Sampdoria 2024-02-27 UC Sampdoria 1–2 US Cremonese 2023-09-03 US Cremonese 1–1 UC Sampdoria 2023-04-08 UC Sampdoria 2–3 US Cremonese 2022-10-24 US Cremonese 0–1 UC Sampdoria

Recent Form

US Cremonese

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Dec	UC Sampdoria	H	1–1	D
15 Dec	AS Cittadella	A	0–0	D
08 Dec	AC Reggiana	H	0–2	L
30 Nov	FC Südtirol	A	4–0	W
24 Nov	Frosinone Calcio	H	1–0	W
09 Nov	Mantova 1911 SSD	A	0–1	L

UC Sampdoria

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Dec	US Cremonese	A	1–1	D
14 Dec	Spezia Calcio	H	0–0	D
08 Dec	US Sassuolo Calcio	A	1–5	L
30 Nov	US Catanzaro	H	3–3	D
24 Nov	Palermo FC	A	1–1	D
09 Nov	AC Pisa 1909	A	0–3	L

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. UC Sampdoria kicks off things out of here…
5' Nikolas Ioannou, a Cyprus , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
30' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
35' Michele Castagnetti needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
37' Alessandro Bellemo makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and UC Sampdoria are in front.
41' That is a card for UC Sampdoria. Leonardo Benedetti will be fuming at that decision.
46' Ronaldo Vieira is replacing Leonardo Benedetti for the UC Sampdoria side.
51' UC Sampdoria come into this ranked 15 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
56' named a 3-5-1-1 earlier, and opted for a 3-5-2 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
59' The referee shows UC Sampdoria player a card on 59.
61' Franco Vazquez has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 61 minutes.
66' UC Sampdoria manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ebenezer Akinsanmiro is hanging Matteo Ricci on the field on 66 minute.
71' Luca Zanimacchia is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for US Cremonese so far.
73' A change in the US Cremonese ranks — Tommaso P. Milanese exits the field as Jari Vandeputte enters on 73.
77' US Cremonese ring the changes. Franco Vazquez has done his job and it is now time for Manuel De Luca to step up.
80' UC Sampdoria ring the changes. Massimo Coda has done his job and it is now time for Simone Leonardi to step up.
85' US Cremonese ring the changes. Federico Bonazzoli has done his job and it is now time for Dennis Johnsen to step up.
86' US Cremonese manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Leonardo Sernicola is hanging Luca Zanimacchia on the field on 86 minute.
87' Another substitution for UC Sampdoria to replace Gennaro Tutino by Fabio Borini on 87 minute.
90' Controversy at the stadium! Nikola Sekulov argues furiously but the card stands.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.

Lineups

US Cremonese Lineups

3-5-1-1

Starting XI

19
Michele Castagnetti
20
Franco Vazquez ↓ Manuel De Luca 77'
15
Matteo Bianchetti
1
Andrea Fulignati
90
Federico Bonazzoli ↓ Dennis Johnsen 85'
5
Luca Ravanelli
26
Valentin Antov
98
Luca Zanimacchia ↓ Leonardo Sernicola 86'
62
Tommaso P. Milanese ↓ Jari Vandeputte 73'
4
Tommaso Barbieri ↓ Giacomo Quagliata 86'
18
Michele Collocolo

Bench

Coach Giovanni Stroppa

UC Sampdoria Lineups

3-5-2

Starting XI

7
Alessandro Bellemo
22
Simone Ghidotti
9
Massimo Coda ↓ Simone Leonardi 80'
23
Fabio Depaoli
8
Matteo Ricci ↓ Ebenezer Akinsanmiro 66'
80
Leonardo Benedetti ↓ Ronaldo Vieira 46'
17
Melle Meulensteen
10
Gennaro Tutino ↓ Fabio Borini 87'
18
Lorenzo Venuti
5
Alessandro Riccio
44
Nikolas Ioannou ↓ Nikola Sekulov 66'

Bench

Coach Leonardo Semplici

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Paolo Ghiglione	1
Luka Lochoshvili	1
Estanis Pedrola	1
Charles Pickel	1
Daniele Ghilardi	1
Dennis Johnsen	1
Cesar Falletti	1
Omar Colley	1

Head to Head

US Cremonese Form

2024-12-22 US Cremonese 1–1 UC Sampdoria D 2024-12-15 AS Cittadella 0–0 US Cremonese D 2024-12-08 US Cremonese 0–2 AC Reggiana L 2024-11-30 FC Südtirol 0–4 US Cremonese W 2024-11-24 US Cremonese 1–0 Frosinone Calcio W 2024-11-09 Mantova 1911 SSD 1–0 US Cremonese L

UC Sampdoria Form

2024-12-22 US Cremonese 1–1 UC Sampdoria D 2024-12-14 UC Sampdoria 0–0 Spezia Calcio D 2024-12-08 US Sassuolo Calcio 5–1 UC Sampdoria L 2024-11-30 UC Sampdoria 3–3 US Catanzaro D 2024-11-24 Palermo FC 1–1 UC Sampdoria D 2024-11-09 AC Pisa 1909 3–0 UC Sampdoria L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.42 US Cremonese xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.07 UC Sampdoria xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

US Cremonese46% Draw28% UC Sampdoria26%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.49

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

US Cremonese or Draw

74%

Draw or UC Sampdoria

54%

US Cremonese or UC Sampdoria

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

US Cremonese31% Draw49% UC Sampdoria20%

Actual: UC Sampdoria win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

10.7%

0 – 0

10.3%

2 – 1

8.6%

2 – 0

8.1%

0 – 1

7.7%

1 – 2

6.5%

2 – 2

4.7%

0 – 2

4.6%

3 – 1

4.1%

3 – 0

3.8%

1 – 3

2.3%

Asian Handicap — US Cremonese

Handicap	US Cremonese covers	Push	UC Sampdoria covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	13%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	22%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	16%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	8%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

US Cremonese keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

UC Sampdoria keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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