Prediction: Cremonese vs Como

Prediction: Como to win 2-0

Best Odds: 13/2

Bookmaker: Zetbet

Cremonese and Como will lock horns with each other in Serie A this weekend. The match between Marco Giampaolo’s side and Cesc Fabregas’s team will be held at Stadio Giovanni Zini and is scheduled to kick off at 7:45pm UK time on Sunday.

Cremonese

Cremonese are a modest club in Serie A that won promotion from Serie B at the end of last season. Grigiorossi finished fourth in Serie B last season and clinched promotion via the playoffs.

Marco Giampaolo’s side were expected to struggle for survival in Serie A this season, and it has proved to be so. Cremonese are third from bottom in the league table at the moment with 35 points from 37 games, just a point behind 17th-placed Lecce.

Cremonese will head into the Serie A game against Como this weekend on the back of a 1-0 victory over Udinese away from home in Serie A. It came after a 3-0 victory over Pisa at Stadio Giovanni Zini in the league, which followed a 2-1 defeat to Lazio at home in Serie A.

Team News:

Cremonese are likely to line up in a 3-5-2 formation against Como. Emil Audero will be in goal and will have Filippo Terracciano, Matteo Bianchetti and Sebastiano Luperto in front of him in defence. Tommaso Barbieri, Morten Thorsby, Alberto Grassi, Youssef Maleh and Giuseppe Pezzella will be the five midfielders. Federico Bonazzoli and Jamie Vardy will be the two forwards.

Como

Como are a modest club in Italy who are doing way better than expected at the moment. I Biancoblu finished 10th in the Serie A table last season, despite being expected to go down to Serie B straight after winning promotion from the top flight of Italian football.

Cesc Fabregas’s side are doing exceptionally well right now. Como are currently fifth in the Serie A table with 68 points from 37 matches, just a point behind fourth-placed AS Roma, who occupy the fourth and final UEFA Champions League spot.

Como will head into the Serie A game against Cremonese at Stadio Giovanni Zini this weekend on the back of a 1-0 victory over Parma at home in the league. It came after a 1-0 victory over Hellas Verona on the road in Serie A, which followed a goalless draw with Napoli at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia in the league.

Team News:

Como are likely to line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation against Cremonese. Jean Butez will be in goal for Cesc Fabregas’s side. Ignace van der Brempt, Jacobo Ramon, Marc-Oliver Kempf and Alberto Moreno will be the four defenders. Lucas Da Cunha and Maximo Perrone will be the two holding midfielders. Maxence Caqueret, Martin Baturina and Assane Diao will be the three attacking midfielders. Anastasios Douvikas will lead the line for Como.

Key Factors to Consider

• Cremonese have won 2 and lost 3 of their last 6 Serie A games.
• Cremonese have lost 19 of their 37 Serie A games.
• Como have won 3 and lost 2 of their last 6 Serie A matches.
• Como have scored 19 of their 37 Serie A matches this season.
• Anastasios Douvikas has scored 13 goals and given 1 assist in 37 Serie A appearances for Como this campaign.

Conclusion

Cremonese are in real danger of getting relegated to Serie A at the end of the season, and Como are likely to pick up all three points from the match with relative ease.

Prediction: Como to win 2-0

Best Odds: 13/2

Bookmaker: Zetbet