Spezia-Catanzaro and Lecco-Cremonese are valid for the twenty-third day of the Serie B championship: where to watch them on TV and streaming, probable formations and predictions
A victory that Spezia had been missing for a very long time: it came away, on the difficult field of Pisa, and now the standings say that the Ligurians can even hope to get out of the playout zone. Objectively, the men at coach D’Angelo’s disposal would undoubtedly deserve another kind of ranking. But the start was so bad that it led not only to exoneration but also to a half-revolution in this January market.
Catanzaro however on its own side is a formation that has done well away, always. Few empty exits for the Vivarini-coached troop, which dreams of going out with a victory. The Giallorossi have the qualities, few arguments, and they should still be able to score a positive result.
In the other match in this article, Cremonese is starting with all the favorable odds. All of them. Stroppa’s team-which is obviously hoping that Parma will win against Venezia to stretch into third place-is sending several signals to all the other teams dreaming of direct promotion. Let’s say that the guests are on paper much stronger than Lecco (who come to this match after taking five goals from Feralpi) and are proving it on the field as well. So? So the external victory is almost out of the question.
The prediction of Spezia-Catanzaro
A tie game. At another time perhaps we would have said that Spezia would have the favor of the prediction, but the ranking and the championship played up to the moment tells us otherwise. Catanzaro is a strong team that has what it takes to return to Calabria with a positive result.
The likely lineups
SPEZIA (3-4-2-1): Zoet; Trenco, Hristov, Nikolaou; Mateju, Cassata, Esposito, Vignali; Cipot, Verde: Falcinelli.
CATANZARO (4-4-2): Fulignati; Situm, Scognamillo, Antonini, Veroli; Sounas, Pompetti, Verna, Vandeputte; Iemmello, Biasci.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1
The prediction of Lecco-Cremonese
An away win is almost a foregone conclusion: Cremonese clearly stronger than Lecco and guests definitely on form. A match that could perhaps even see only one lineup score, the visitors of course. But about who will take the three points in the end there can’t really be any doubts.
The likely lineups
LECCO (3-4-2-1): Bardi; Sampirisi, Rozzio, Marcandalli; Fiamozzi, Kabashi, Bianco, Pierangolo; Girma, Antiste; Varela.
CREMONESE (3-5-2): Jungdal; Antov, Lochoschivili, Bianchetti; Sernicola, Abrego, Castagnetti, Majer, Zanimacchia; Falletti, Coda.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 0-2
