Serie B · Matchweek 1
Empoli
EMP
1–0Full time
Cremonese
CRE
How they playPossession, press, how they create
Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.
47%Possession43%
34%Territory42%
34%From set plays28%
0.06Chance quality0.14
5.3%Directness5.8%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 4 for Empoli, 4 for Cremonese.
Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90
Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 37 of 100 matches, not the full season.