Once the curtain has fallen on the thirty-sixth day of the Serie B championship, we can now take a look at the ranking that this last round has left us with. A draw in the “San Nicola” away game against Parma was enough to achieve the arithmetic promotion to Serie A, given Venezia’s defeat on the Catanzaro pitch which allowed the Calabrians to continue their chase towards fourth place. The Crociati, at the top of the rankings from matchday one to today, will now have to worry about defending their lead, given that Como – with the success achieved against Cittadella – is now only 3 points away from the gialloblù. By virtue of the overall calculation of the direct clashes in favor of the ducal team, Mister Fabio Pecchia’s men will need another victory in the next two matches in order to become champions of the cadet tournament. In any case, the people from Como managed to secure the direct category jump, now thanks to the 4 points advantage they had over the lagoon players. The victory against Pisa allows Cremonese to defend fourth place on the grid and abruptly distances the Tuscans from eighth place currently occupied by Brescia after the overtaking achieved by Sampdoria at the expense of the swallows in the round just concluded. SudTirol, Reggiana, Cosenza and CIttadella will be called to fight until the last day to hope to get back into the play-off zone, while for Modena, after the defeat against Reggiana, they can consider themselves excluded from the tussle we have just told you about spoke. An important victory for Spezia against Palermo, which allows the Ligurians to move up to +3 on sixteenth position. Tied at 37 points are Ascoli, Ternana and Bari, the last teams in the running for salvation. With Lecco already relegated, Feralpisalò are also almost completely done for, having taken note of the delay over their opponents in front which has now become considerable with 180 minutes left in the championship. Below we report the updated Serie B standings after the thirty-six rounds played so far:
74 PARMA
71 Como
67 Venice
63 Cremonese
60 Catanzaro
52 Palermo
49* Sampdoria
48 Brescia
46 South Tyrol
46 Reggio Emilia
45 Cosenza
45 Pisa
45 Citadel
43 Modena
40 Spice
37 Ascoli
37 Ternana
37 Bari
33 FeralpiSalò
26 Lecco
LEGEND:
Promoted
Play-offs
Play-outs
Relegated
* 2 penalty points
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