Cremonese and Virtus Entella shared the points at Stadio Giovanni Zini, a goalless draw in the fifth round of Serie B. Both sides sat level on five points after five games, each with one victory, two draws and two defeats. The result keeps them locked in the lower half of the table, fifteen and fourteen respectively. To be fair, neither side looked like finding a winner. And here's the thing — by then the match had found its rhythm.
Simone Pontisso came off for Cremonese in the eighteenth minute, replaced by Yuri Rocchetti just before half-time. Fabio Pecchia picked up a yellow card in the thirty-sixth minute, a booking that came as the hosts pushed forward. Adin Ličina and Morten Thorsby entered together at the fifty-eighth, while Stefano Di Mario and Luca Vignali followed at sixty-eight. Tommaso Berti stepped in for the seventy-sixth, and Luigi Cuppone alongside Leonardo Benedetti at eighty. Niccolo Squizzato rounded off the changes at ninety-two.
Federico Baschirotto joined Pecchia on the bench after ninety seconds of extra time, his yellow card arriving late in the contest. The visitors had more chances to work with — two big opportunities compared to Cremonese's one — but could not convert. By then, the match had settled into a pattern neither side could break.
Cremonese held fifty-three percent possession and registered five shots on target, three off target, with one big chance created. Virtus Entella managed forty-seven percent, four shots on target and seven off target, but their two big chances went begging. The hosts completed 468 passes against 399 for the visitors, though accuracy tells a different story. Shots accuracy sat at forty-five percent for Cremonese and just twenty-four for Entella.
The draw extends Cremonese's recent struggles — they had drawn with Cesena and lost to Parma, Modena and Empoli in their previous five. Virtus Entella came off a 4-1 victory over Pisa but had also drawn with Vicenza and lost to Cesena and South Tyrol. Five points from five games keeps both sides looking over their shoulders.
