Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Cremonese 4th with 67 points, Ascoli 17th with 41, 26 apart. Ascoli ranked 6th in the league on five-round form, well above their 17th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Ascoli 1 scored and 1.11 conceded per game, Cremonese 1.32 and 0.84, with the league averaging 1.26.
Cremonese's unbeaten run stood at 5, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 5/15 points for Ascoli, 13/15 for Cremonese.
Across 11 recorded meetings, Ascoli have 3 wins to Cremonese's 3, with 5 draws, at 2.27 goals per meeting. Only 9% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals have risen lately: 3.2 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.27 across the full history.
The match was played at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca in Ascoli Piceno (capacity 20,550). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.