Serie A | Cremonese 2-0 Lecce: Sanabria ends 14-month drought

The visitors came up with the closest goalscoring opportunity of the first half after just two minutes. Medon Brisha supplied a wicked low cross in off the right flank, but Nikola Stulic did not react quickly enough and managed to clear the crossbar from five yards out. 

Berisha had a chance of his own midway through the first period, stinging the palms of Emil Audero with a bouncing half-volley within the area: The shot was straight at the stopper despite its power, though. 

Cremonese came out firing after the interval and were rewarded almost immediately. Jari Vandeputte tried to nick possession right on the edge of the area but took a tumble and sparked immediate penalty appeals from his teammates. 

Waved away in the 48th minute, the decision was later referred to VAR and it took until the 52nd for the spot-kick to be awarded. Bonazzoli stepped up and found the bottom-right corner of the net, squeezing past Falcone, who dived the right way. 

La Cremo doubled their advantage and put the three points within touching distance in the 78th minute: Jamie Vardy laid off to Alessio Zerbin on the touchline, who crossed in for Sanabria to head home on the edge of the six-yard box. The Paraguayan had not scored in Serie A for 14 months, dating back to a 3-2 loss for Torino against Cagliari in October 2024. 

There are still several games left to play before the 14th round of Serie A fixtures draws to a close, but as things stand, the newly-promoted Cremonese are currently up to an impressive ninth place in the standings with 20 points after 14 matches. Lecce are seven points behind them in 14th. 

Cremonese 2-0 Lecce

Bonazzoli 53’, Sanabria 78’. 

07-12-2025 11:30 MatchDay 14 Stadio Giovanni Zini

Cremonese

Lecce Live 2 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

45+3'

Lameck Banda 2nd half

Federico Bonazzoli

53'     Antonio Sanabria (Assist: Alessio Zerbin)

78'     Cremonese Lecce

Starting lineups

1

Emil Audero Goalkeeper 6

Federico Baschirotto Defender 15 Matteo Bianchetti Defender 22 Romano Floriani Mussolini Defender 4 Tommaso Barbieri Defender 24

Filippo Terracciano Midfielder 27 Jari Vandeputte Midfielder 68' 32 Martín Payero Midfielder 38

Warren Bondo Midfielder 68' 90

Federico Bonazzoli Attacker 74' 10

Jamie Vardy Attacker 30

Wladimiro Falcone Goalkeeper 25

Antonino Gallo Defender 17 Danilo Veiga Defender 4 Kialonda Gaspar Defender 44 Tiago Gabriel Defender 29

Lassana Coulibaly Midfielder 10 Medon Berisha Midfielder 77' 20

Ylber Ramadani Midfielder 77' 19

Lameck Banda Attacker 46' 9 Nikola Stulic Attacker 67' 50 Santiago Pierotti Attacker

67'

Substitutes

69 Lapo Nava Goalkeeper 16

Marco Silvestri Goalkeeper 23

Federico Ceccherini Defender 11

Dennis Johnsen Attacker 20

Franco Vázquez Midfielder 8

Mattia Valoti Midfielder 19

Jeremy Sarmiento Midfielder 14 Faris Moumbagna Attacker 48 Dachi Lordkipanidze Midfielder 55 Francesco Folino Defender 33

Alberto Grassi Midfielder 68' 7 Alessio Zerbin Attacker 68' 99

Antonio Sanabria Attacker 74' 93 Youssef Maleh Midfielder 14 Thórir Jóhann Helgason Midfielder 32 Jasper Samooja Goalkeeper 7 Tete Morente Attacker 3 Corrie Ndaba Defender 21 Christ-Owen Kouassi Defender 5 Jamil Siebert Defender 23

Riccardo Sottil Attacker 46' 22

Francesco Camarda Attacker 67' 11

Konan N’Dri Attacker 67' 77 Mohamed Kaba Midfielder 77' 6

Álex Sala Midfielder

77'