The hosts are heading into the match on the back of a 3-1 defeat to Atlanta this weekend, while Fiorentina secured a narrow 1-0 win over Inter Milan.
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Serie A rock-bottom side Cremonese will host Fiorentina in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final tie at Giovanni Zini Stadium on Wednesday night. The hosts are heading into the match on the back of a 3-1 defeat to Atlanta this weekend, while Fiorentina secured a narrow 1-0 win over Inter Milan. Cremonese overcame the likes of Ternana, Modena, Napoli and Roma to reach this in the competition, while Viola got the better of Sampdoria and Torino in the previous round fixtures.
⚜️ MATCHDAY ⚜️
🆚 Cremonese
🏆 Coppa Italia
⏰ 21:00 CET
🏟 Stadio Giovanni Zini
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Cremonese are undoubtedly the dark horse in this edition of Coppa Italia. The Violins became only the second team since 2004 to go winless during the first half of the Serie A season. The Tigers are currently rooted to the bottom of the Italian top flight standings, having collected just 13 points from 28 games, 12 points adrift of safety. Last time out, the Grey and Reds suffered their 17th league-defeat of the season against Atlanta, despite the fact that Daniel Siofani found the back of the net from the penalty spot in the second half. On a positive not, Cremonese defeated Roma 2-1 in the Coppa Italia quarter-final thanks to Cyriel Dessers’ opener in the half-hour mark and an own goal by Zeki Celik in the second half.
Fiorentina, on the other hand, are heading into the match on the back of an eight-game winning streak across all competitions. Viola secured a narrow 1-0 league-win over Inter this weekend, thanks to Giacomo Bonaventura’s lone goal in the second-half. It was Fiorentina’s 11th top flight victory of the season and the result lifted them to ninth spot in the Serie A standings, with 40 points to their name from 28 matches, just eight shy of the top six. Last month, Vincezo Italiano’s side defeated Cremonese 2-0 in the league, courtesy of goals from Rolando Mandragora and Arthur Cabral. Fiorentina have never lost to Cremonese in 11 encounters, while winning seven times. The six-time Coppa Italia winners are certainely the favourties to go through to the final this season, but don’t be surprised if the Tigers secure yet another shock victory.
Cremonese probable starting lineup: Carnesecchi, Vasquez, Bianchetti, Aiwu, Sernicola, Benassi, Pickel, Meite, Valeri, Tsadjout, Okereke
Fiorentina probable starting lineup: Terracciano, Dodo, Milenkovic, Igor, Biraghi, Amrabat, Bonaventura, Gonzalez, Castrovilli, Saponara, Cabral
Cremonese
| Opponents | Score |
| Atlanta | 1-3 (L) |
| Spal | 2-2 (D) |
| Monza | 1-1 (D) |
| Fiorentina | 0-2 (L) |
| Sassuolo | 3-2 (L) |
Fiorentina
| Opponents | Score |
| Inter | 0-1 (W) |
| Lecce | 1-0 (W) |
| Sivasspor | 1-4 (W) |
| Cremonese | 0-2 (W) |
| Sivasspor | 1-0 (W) |
| Last 5 match-results | Score |
| Fiorentina beat Cremonese | 0-2 |
| Fiorentina beat Cremonese | 3-2 |
| Fiorentina beat Cremonese | 7-1 |
| Cremonese draw Fiorentina | 0-0 |
| Fiorentina beat Cremonese | 3-2 |
The Coppa Italia match between Cremonese and Fiorentina will take place at Giovanni Zini Stadium on Thursday at 12:30 am IST.
| Cremonese vs Fiorentina | Key Details |
| Date | April 5 (Italy) |
| Venue | Giovanni Zini Stadium |
| Kickoff time in Italy | 9:00 pm (Wednesday) |
| Kickoff time in India | 12:30 am (Thursday) |
The live telecast of the Coppa Italia match between Cremonese and Fiorentina will be available on Canale 5 and Mediaset Infinity in Italy.
