Meeting for the first leg of their Serie B playoff final on Thursday evening, Cremonese and Spezia both hope to book their top-flight return at the second attempt.

Relegated together in 2023, and separated by just five points in this season's standings , the pair first clash at Stadio Zini, before reconvening in La Spezia three days later.

Match preview

Only two teams are left standing at the end of Serie B's labyrinthine promotion playoffs, as each side that started in the preliminary rounds has now been eliminated.

Both Cremonese and Spezia earned direct access to the semis after finishing inside the top four, and having both reached a two-legged decider they will now vie to join Sassuolo and Pisa in Serie A next season.

Cremonese had to overturn a first-leg loss to secu

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