Cremonese – Cagliari

The match between Cremonese and Cagliari will be productive.

Cremonese have failed to score for the fourth matchday in a row. However, unlike the Lazio game, this ended not in a draw but in a defeat. On Sunday the Grigiorossi faced Fiorentina. The Fiorentina players, who were not in the best position in the table, began attacking from the first minutes. The Lilies had a few decent chances in the first half but could not open the scoring. The second half followed a similar pattern. When it seemed the match would end goalless, Moise Kean entered the action. In the 92nd minute the forward gave his team three points. In the previous round Cremonese were beaten 0-2 by Napoli with little chance. Cagliari narrowly lost last Friday. The Islanders hosted Milan and started the match quite well. The first half saw the sides in an even contest, and the hosts even had several chances to score. Almost immediately after the break the Rossoneri went ahead. Leao's goal did not stop the Devils. Allegri's men saw the game through to a logical victory and left Cagliari with no chance of a draw. The RossoBlu did not have such problems in the previous round. Thus away from home the Islanders defeated Torino. Both Cremonese and Cagliari have a large deficit according to the xGA metric. Statistically the Grigiorossi should have conceded 11.96 more goals. This is almost the biggest deficit in the league, and the fact that Davide Nicola's side has already conceded 21 goals is disheartening. The RossoBlu have a deficit of 5.75 goals according to this metric. It is worth noting that the Islanders score quite a lot on the road. Pizzacane's charges on the road did not score only against Como, Lazio and Napoli. At the same time the RossoBlu have consistently scored in their last four away matches. Thus the team managed to score against Torino (1-2), Atalanta (2-1), Napoli (1-1 in the cup) and Juventus (2-1). Cremonese did not score in only one of their last five matches at Giovanni Zini. The team scored against Lecce (2-0), Roma (1-3), Juventus (1-2) and Atalanta (1-1). An obvious feature of all these matches is their goalscoring. It is hardly likely that Nicola's side will extend their goalless streak to five games. At the same time the recent poor results do not inspire belief that the team will keep their goal intact. The match is likely to be a goals filled affair.