Cremonese now need a miracle to avoid relegation to Serie B, as their defeat to Lazio means Genoa are safe, Cagliari and Fiorentina practically too, so only Lecce are within reach.

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Marco Giampaolo’s men knew they were in a very difficult situation after Lecce secured a 2-1 victory away to Pisa on Friday evening.

That result mathematically guaranteed that both Pisa and Hellas Verona are going down to Serie B this summer, leaving just one spot remaining.

That will be a straight fight between Cremonese and Lecce, but the gap has opened up to four points with just three rounds left to play.

Cremonese hot favourites for relegation

Cremonese’s 2-1 home defeat to Lazio in stoppages leaves them on 28 points, while Lecce are on 32.

Genoa are now mathematically safe on 40 points, while Cagliari and Fiorentina are nine points clear.

At the very most, these teams would go into a play-off, but they can practically breathe easy at this stage.

Going into the final three rounds, Cremonese need to host doomed Pisa, visit Udinese and conclude at home to Como.

Lecce will welcome Juventus, play away to Sassuolo, and their last game is at home with Genoa.

When it comes to Serie A relegation, if two teams are locked together, they go into a play-off over two legs.

If more than two teams are on the same points, then a mini-league is drawn up of their head-to-head results, and the bottom two head into the play-offs.

Serie A Table

Cremonese were heartbroken in stoppages as Lazio turned the game around with Gustav Isaksen and Tijjani Noslin to leave the hosts four points adrift of safety.

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The situation was increasingly desperate for the hosts, who risked being left four points adrift of safety. They had one point from four rounds, with Faris Moumbagna still injured, and Jamie Vardy back in the squad. The Aquile reached the Coppa Italia Final, but Matteo Cancellieri sat out a ban, with Danilo Cataldi, Ivan Provedel and Samuel Gigot injured, plus Kenneth Taylor, Mattia Zaccagni and Mario Gila not fully fit.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Oliver Provstgaard’s header on a Zaccagni free kick flashed inches wide, but Cremonese were forced to change injured Federico Baschirotto after a muscular strain in his right leg.

The hosts took the lead with a goal against the run of play, as Federico Bonazzoli hit a sudden snapshot from outside the box and it took Edoardo Motta by surprise at the base of the near post, with a howler from the goalkeeper.

Alessio Zerbin failed to make the most of an error when Provstgaard’s clearance ricocheted off Patric into his path, and Bonazzoli’s acrobatic attempt was smothered by Motta.

Nicolò Rovella came on for the restart, his first appearance since suffering a fractured clavicle on February 21, and Alessio Romagnoli nodded a corner into the arms of Emil Audero.

Lazio equalised with a classic counter-attack, as Nuno Tavares intercepted a corner inside his own penalty area and ran the entire length of the pitch, rolling across for Tijjani Noslin to then find Gustav Isaksen, sweeping in first-time.

Bonazzoli didn’t make the most of another Motta error playing out from the back, while Provstgaard threw himself in the path of a Vardy strike.

Motta got down to parry a sudden Warren Bondo screamer from distance, but he made a desperate fingertip save on Bondo’s snooker shot in the 90^th minute, Adam Marusic bravely throwing himself in the way to prevent a tap-in on the rebound.

Incredibly, it was Lazio who scored moments later when Noslin completed a give and go with Boulaye Dia to curl a wonderful right-foot finish into the far top corner from just inside the box.

Cremonese 1-2 Lazio

Bonazzoli 29 (C), Isaksen 53 (L), Noslin 92 (L)

04-05-2026 17:30

MatchDay 35

Stadio Giovanni Zini

Cremonese

Lazio

1 - 2

Player statistic

1st half

Federico Bonazzoli (Assist: Romano Floriani Mussolini)		29'
		40'		Oliver Provstgaard

2nd half

		53'		Gustav Isaksen (Assist: Tijjani Noslin)
Tommaso Barbieri		76'
		88'		Nuno Tavares
		90+2'		Tijjani Noslin (Assist: Boulaye Dia)

Match statistic

42

Possession %

58

13

Total shots

8

5

Shots on target

3

4

Shots off target

4

4

Blocked shots

1

3

Corners

3

1

Offsides

4

16

Fouls

13

Cremonese

Lazio

Starting lineups

1

Emil Audero

Goalkeeper

6

Federico Baschirotto

Defender

21'

3

Giuseppe Pezzella

Defender

22

Romano Floriani Mussolini

Defender

68'

5

Sebastiano Luperto

Defender

33

Alberto Grassi

Midfielder

61'

24

Filippo Terracciano

Midfielder

29

Youssef Maleh

Midfielder

7

Alessio Zerbin

Attacker

61'

99

Antonio Sanabria

Attacker

61'

90

Federico Bonazzoli

Attacker

40

Edoardo Motta

Goalkeeper

77

Adam Marusic

Defender

13

Alessio Romagnoli

Defender

17

Nuno Tavares

Defender

25

Oliver Provstgaard

Defender

4

Patric

Defender

46'

27

Daniel Maldini

Midfielder

46'

24

Kenneth Taylor

Midfielder

71'

26

Toma Basic

Midfielder

18

Gustav Isaksen

Attacker

81'

10

Mattia Zaccagni

Attacker

60'

Substitutes

69

Lapo Nava

Goalkeeper

16

Marco Silvestri

Goalkeeper

2

Morten Thorsby

Midfielder

23

Federico Ceccherini

Defender

9

Milan Djuric

Attacker

77

David Okereke

Attacker

18

Michele Collocolo

Midfielder

55

Francesco Folino

Defender

30

Mika Faye

Defender

15

Matteo Bianchetti

Defender

21'

10

Jamie Vardy

Attacker

61'

38

Warren Bondo

Midfielder

61'

32

Martín Payero

Midfielder

61'

4

Tommaso Barbieri

Defender

68'

29

Manuel Lazzari

Defender

3

Luca Pellegrini

Defender

21

Reda Belahyane

Midfielder

20

Petar Ratkov

Attacker

28

Adrian Przyborek

Attacker

99

Giacomo Giacomone

Goalkeeper

72

Nicolò Pannozzo

Goalkeeper

6

Nicolò Rovella

Midfielder

46'

14

Tijjani Noslin

Attacker

46'

9

Pedro

Attacker

60'

7

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru

Midfielder

71'

19

Boulaye Dia

Attacker

81'

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