Venezia vs Cremonese Prediction & Betting Tips - Serie B

Prediction published on 02/06/2024, 06:04  by Sridhar in Football Predictions

With a place in Serie A on the line, Venezia and Cremonese face off in the second leg of the Serie B promotion playoffs. The second leg to be played at the Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo on Sunday will start on an even keel, as the teams drew 0-0 in the first leg. If this match ends in a draw, it would be an advantage for Venezia, as they finished ahead of Cremonese and will be promoted to Serie A if they draw here. That said, Venezia will be under pressure, as they don’t want to get lost in this spectrum and lose their initiative to win. With seven wins out of their last ten matches, it would be safe to say that the hosts are in the best of their form. It gets better when they play at this venue, having won their last four home games in a row. All four saw them score exactly two goals, but it’s their inability to keep clean sheets that could come back to bite them here. The hosts defeated Palermo (3-1 aggregate) in the semis after finishing third in the regular season.

Cremonese finished fourth in the regular season, which means, as per rules, they will have to win this tie to achieve promotion. Any other result would see them crash out of the playoffs. They got past Catanzaro (6-3 aggregate) in the semis after finishing fourth in the regular season. Interestingly, that tie saw them finish 2-2 in the first leg at home before winning 4-2 away from home in the second leg. Those results, followed by the 0-0 draw in the first leg of this final, meant the visitors were unbeaten in six straight games, winning and drawing three each. Their away form isn’t quite encouraging, though, as Cremonese have drawn three of their last four trips, losing the other.