CREMONA - US Cremonese drew 2-2 with Cesena in the Serie B Regular Season - 4 match, played on Saturday 12 September 2026 at 17:30 UTC. The result leaves the grigiorossi in 16th place with 3 points from 3 games (1W-0D-2L), continuing a recent form of WLL.
Cesena took the lead in the 22nd minute through Cristian Shpendi, assisted by Dimitri Bisoli. The same striker doubled the advantage from the penalty spot in the 59th minute, making it 2-0 despite Cremonese enjoying 60% possession.
Fabio Pecchia's side responded after the break: Michele Collocolo pulled one back in the 75th minute with an assist from Federico Bonazzoli, and five minutes later, in the 80th, Bonazzoli equalised with an assist from Sebastiano Luperto. Goalkeeper Federico Agazzi made no saves, while Cesena's keeper made three.
Discipline-wise, Cesena collected four yellow cards (Antonio Fiori at 39', Mihajlo Ilic at 45+3', Jacopo Gelli at 77' and Gianluca Frabotta at 80'), with Cremonese receiving just one - a caution for Federico Bonazzoli at 90'. Cesena attempted 8 shots (2 on target) compared to Cremonese's 19 (6 on target), winning 5 corners to Cremonese's 4.
Substitutions saw Cremonese make five changes: Salvatore Elia came on at 58' for Jari Vandeputte, followed at 59' by Morten Thorsby (for Tommaso Berti) and Michele Collocolo (for Alessandro Vogliacco). Federico Baschirotto replaced Yuri Rocchetti at 66', and Manuel De Luca entered for Simone Pontisso at 70'. For Cesena, Gianluca Frabotta replaced Xavier Druiventak at 61', Marco Dalla Vecchia and Luca D'Andrea came on for Massimiliano Mangraviti and Antonio Fiori at 70', and Alessandro Debenedetti entered for Matteo Guidi at 87'.
With this draw, Cremonese remain six points behind league leaders Palermo and now turn their attention to the away fixture against Hellas Verona, currently 15th, on 19 December 2026. Pecchia's side has scored 3 goals this season but conceded 5.
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