Serie A · Sun, 8 Mar 2026 ·
Lecce vs Cremonese — 2 - 1
Stadio Via del Mare · Referee: S. Sozza
Match report
Lecce beat Cremonese 2-1
Lecce beat Cremonese 2-1 in Serie A matchday 28 on Sunday, 8 March 2026 at Stadio Via del Mare. S. Pierotti (22') and N. Stulic (38' pen) scored for Lecce, while F. Bonazzoli (47') found the net for Cremonese. Giuseppe Pezzella (Cremonese, -5') was sent off. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Lecce had 41% of the ball and 9 shots (3 on target) against Cremonese’s 10 (5 on target). Federico Bonazzoli (Cremonese) was the top-rated player with 8.5.
In the headlines this week
Form, table and head-to-head
Match events
- -5'red cardGiuseppe PezzellaRed Card
- 22'goalS. PierottiAssist: A. Gallo
- 37'VAR decisionNikola ŠtulićPenalty confirmed
- 38'penaltyN. StulicPenalty
- 44'yellow cardMatteo BianchettiYellow Card
- 45+4'yellow cardJamil SiebertYellow Card
- 46'substitutionM. BianchettiOff: A. Zerbin
- 46'substitutionJ. VardyOff: M. Djuric
- 46'substitutionJ. VandeputteOff: M. Payero
- 47'goalF. BonazzoliAssist: M. Djuric
- 53'yellow cardMilan ĐurićYellow Card
- 62'substitutionM. ThorsbyOff: D. Okereke
- 65'substitutionN. StulicOff: W. Cheddira
- 74'substitutionG. PezzellaOff: A. Sanabria
- 78'substitutionL. BandaOff: O. Gandelman
- 78'substitutionS. PierottiOff: G. Jean
- 87'VAR decisionMartín PayeroGoal cancelled
- 89'substitutionL. CoulibalyOff: S. Fofana
- 90+6'yellow cardFrancesco FolinoYellow Card
- 90+6'yellow cardSebastiano LupertoYellow Card
Lineups
Lecce
Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Eusebio Di Francesco
Starting XI
- 30W. FalconeG
- 17D. VeigaD
- 5J. SiebertD
- 44Tiago GabrielD
- 25A. GalloD
- 20Y. RamadaniM
- 79O. NgomM
- 50S. PierottiM
- 29L. CoulibalyM
- 19L. BandaM
- 9N. StulicF
Substitutes
- 1C. FruchtlG
- 32J. SamoojaG
- 3C. NdabaD
- 6A. SalaM
- 8S. FofanaM
- 11K. NdriF
- 13M. PerezD
- 14T. J. HelgasonM
- 16O. GandelmanM
- 18G. JeanD
- 23R. SottilF
- 36F. MarchwinskiM
- 99W. CheddiraF
Cremonese
Formation 3-5-2 · Coach Marco Giampaolo
Starting XI
- 1E. AuderoG
- 15M. BianchettiD
- 55F. FolinoD
- 5S. LupertoD
- 4T. BarbieriM
- 2M. ThorsbyM
- 27J. VandeputteM
- 29Y. MalehM
- 3G. PezzellaM
- 10J. VardyF
- 90F. BonazzoliF
Substitutes
- 16M. SilvestriG
- 69L. NavaG
- 7A. ZerbinF
- 9M. DjuricF
- 22R. FlorianiD
- 23F. CeccheriniD
- 30M. FayeD
- 32M. PayeroM
- 33A. GrassiM
- 38W. BondoM
- 77D. OkerekeF
- 99A. SanabriaF
Match statistics
- 41%Possession59%
- 1.60Expected goals (xG)1.06
- 9Total shots10
- 3Shots on target5
- 3Shots off target3
- 3Blocked shots2
- 7Shots inside the box8
- 2Shots outside the box2
- 4Corners4
- 3Offsides2
- 19Fouls27
- 1Yellow cards4
- 0Red cards1
- 4Goalkeeper saves1
- 258Passes355
- 177Accurate passes250
- 69%Pass accuracy70%
- -0.35Goals prevented-0.35
Player statistics
Lecce
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Wladimiro FalconeG | 90 | 7.9 | ||
| 5Jamil SiebertD | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| 17Danilo VeigaD | 90 | 6.6 | ||
| 25Antonino GalloD | 90 | 7.9 | 1 | |
| 44Tiago GabrielD | 90 | 7.7 | ||
| 19Lameck BandaM | 78 | 6.9 | ||
| 20Ylber RamadaniM | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| 29Lassana CoulibalyM | 89 | 6.5 | ||
| 50Santiago PierottiM | 79 | 7.9 | 1 | |
| 79Oumar NgomM | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 9Nikola ŠtulićF | 66 | 6.5 | 1 | |
| 1Christian FrüchtlG | – | – | ||
| 32Jasper SamoojaG | – | – | ||
| 3Corrie NdabaD | – | – | ||
| 13Matías PérezD | – | – | ||
| 18Gaby JeanD | 11 | 6.9 | ||
| 6Alex SalaM | – | – | ||
| 8Sadik FofanaM | 9 | 6.7 | ||
| 14Þórir Jóhann HelgasonM | – | – | ||
| 16Omri GandelmanM | 12 | 6.5 | ||
| 36Filip MarchwińskiM | – | – | ||
| 11Konan N'DriF | – | – | ||
| 23Riccardo SottilF | – | – | ||
| 99Walid CheddiraF | 24 | 6.2 |
Cremonese
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Emil AuderoG | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| 5Sebastiano LupertoD | 90 | 7.0 | ||
| 15Matteo BianchettiD | 45 | 6.0 | ||
| 55Francesco FolinoD | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| 2Morten ThorsbyM | 62 | 6.2 | ||
| 3Giuseppe PezzellaM | 74 | 6.6 | ||
| 4Tommaso BarbieriM | 90 | 7.3 | ||
| 27Jari VandeputteM | 45 | 6.6 | ||
| 29Youssef MalehM | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| 10Jamie VardyF | 45 | 6.3 | ||
| 90Federico BonazzoliFTop rated | 90 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| 16Marco SilvestriG | – | – | ||
| 69Lapo NavaG | – | – | ||
| 22Romano Floriani MussoliniD | – | – | ||
| 23Federico CeccheriniD | – | – | ||
| 30Mikayil FayeD | – | – | ||
| 32Martín PayeroM | 45 | 6.0 | ||
| 33Alberto GrassiM | – | – | ||
| 38Warren BondoM | – | – | ||
| 7Alessio ZerbinF | 45 | 6.7 | ||
| 9Milan ĐurićF | 45 | 7.2 | 1 | |
| 77David OkerekeF | 28 | 6.2 | ||
| 99Antonio SanabriaF | 16 | 6.5 |