Match Report
The table gap was wide: 31 points between Cremonese (4th, 61 pts) and Cosenza (20th, 30 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Cremonese 1.63 scored and 1.16 conceded per game, Cosenza 0.84 and 1.47, with the league averaging 1.23.
Cremonese carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this. 8 games without a win framed Cosenza's arrival. Recent form was uneven: 9/15 points for Cremonese, 2/15 for Cosenza.
The head-to-head ledger counts 11 games: 7 Cremonese wins, 4 for Cosenza, 0 draws, at 1.91 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 64% of the meetings. Historically tight: 18% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Stadio Giovanni Zini, capacity 20,641, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-1.
Goal scorers
Cremonese: Charles Pickel (23'), Franco Vázquez (85'), Dennis Johnsen (90') · Cosenza: Manuel Ricciardi (27')
Key stats
Possession: Cremonese 65% · Cosenza 35% · Total shots: 29-9 · On target: 11-3 · Corners: 14-1