Cremonese vs Benevento 2-0

Cremonese beat Benevento 2-0 at Stadio Giovanni Zini, with Tommaso Berti and Marco Nasti scoring either side of the break. Nasti settled it with a late strike after Benevento had been kept at arm’s length for much of the second half.

Berti opened the scoring in the 44th minute, finishing from Federico Bonazzoli to make it 1-0. Benevento then made three changes on 45 minutes, sending on Francesco Salvemini, Luigi Cherubini and Pietro Beruatto after taking off G. Mignani, Davide Lamesta and Raffaele Romano. Cremonese went in 1-0 up at half-time.

Cremonese made two changes on 62 minutes, with D. Stückler and Marco Nasti coming on for Federico Bonazzoli and Jari Vandeputte, and Benevento introduced Simone Verdi for Antonis Siatounis on 63 minutes. Nasti, who came on in the 62nd minute, sealed it in the 87th minute without an assist, making it 2-0. The home side also had Adin Ličina on at 77 minutes and Fellipe Jack on at 85 minutes, while Benevento used Emanuele Schimmenti at 83 minutes. Benevento had more of the ball and more corners, while Cremonese took the result and finished with the sharper return in front of goal, as shown by the xG numbers.

Benevento had 62% possession and 583 passes to Cremonese’s 38% and 350, while the visitors also led 7-1 for corners. Cremonese matched them for shots at 12 apiece, had 3 shots on target to Benevento’s 4, and produced 2.03 xG against 1.05. Benevento were offside 3 times, Cremonese not once, and the home side made 3 saves to Benevento’s 1.

Benevento’s yellow cards went to Raffaele Romano in the 26th minute, Mattia Maita in the 35th and Simone Verdi in the 90th minute. Cremonese were booked three times as well, with Adin Ličina on 80 minutes, D. Stückler on 82 minutes and Tommaso Berti in the second minute of stoppage time. Fabio Pecchia was also booked in the 83rd minute.