Cremonese vs Lecce prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2023-02-03 14:00.
Cremonese couldn't preserve a 11th-minute lead whilst falling to a 2-1 loss to Inter Milan last Saturday, missing a chance to post their first Serie A (SA) win of the season. The result gave them the unwanted record of being the second newly-promoted team in the history of the competition to have not won in the first 20 matches of a season (D8, L12), keeping them rock bottom in the standings.
The ten-point gap to 17th-placed Spezia is already looking like an insurmountable mountain for the hosts who are also near the bottom of the charts both in goals scored (15) and goals conceded (35) this SA season. Despite three consecutive home league losses coming into this match, there’s something to hang on to for Cremonese as all three defeats have come by a single-goal margin.
Lecce also suffered a 2-1 defeat in their previous outing, as their loss to Salernitana on Friday extended their winless run in the league to four games (D2, L2), though there’s no cause for alarm yet as they remain seven points above the bottom three. The visitors are now looking to avoid three SA losses in a row for the first time this term and can take comfort from the twin 1-1 stalemates on the previous two occasions that they avoided three consecutive losses.
Recent H2H form suggests Lecce’s hopes might not be misplaced, having lost just two of their last 13 competitive matches against Cremonese (W8, D3). Lecce have also lost just one of their last four away league games (W1, D2) but may have to quickly address their scoring woes after failing to find the net in consecutive away trips.
Players to watch: A goal for David Okereke could spark early action as his last five SA strikes have been Cremonese’s first of the game, whilst all five came in matches that saw goals at both ends. Gabriel Strefezza could beat him to the punch after scoring Lecce’s first goal with five of his last six SA strikes, and they too were all recorded in matches that produced goals from both teams.
Hot stat: Six of Cremonese’s last ten SA matches have remained goalless at the break.