Serie B information and guide: Spezia modest favourite to get the better of Pisa

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi (20194 seats)

Spezia are banking on their home advantage to help them to do well in this game hosting Pisa. Who will win at Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi?

Insights:
  • Spezia have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Serie B
  • Pisa have the most clean sheets (3) away in Serie B

This looks to be an entertaining match with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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Spezia form and stats

Spezia have played three Serie B home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

Spezia are returning here after visiting FeralpiSalo and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Antonucci and Esposito scored the goal(s). A big relief, as that was the first league victory after going winless in six matches in a row. Midfield player Esposito got a match rating of 8.31 in that game, the max score being 10. Esposito scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 49 successful passes (of 57 total).

Before that, Spezia drew at home versus Brescia.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Spezia handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Spezia has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {1 goals} from 3 games.

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Pisa form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Pisa playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.

Pisa's previous game was their home loss versus Cosenza (1-2). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Late heartbreak for Pisa in the Cosenza match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Defender Beruatto was the best team player with a rating of 7.92. Beruatto served one assist, hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Reggiana that ended 0-0.

We have checked recent matches where Pisa have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 5 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Pisa as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Pisa have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive games without defeat (4-2-0) when facing Spezia.

Top Goalscorers

SpeziaL. Moro
L. Moro
2 goals
SpeziaS. Esposito
S. Esposito
1 goals
SpeziaA. Reca
A. Reca
1 goals

Spezia missing players

Pisa missing players

Spezia Pisa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 3 4 7
1 0 0 Won W 2 2 2
2 1 1 Drew D 1 1 2
4 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
6 1 0 Scored S 3 3 6
11 3 0 Conceded C 0 2 7
86% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 86%
57% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 71%
57% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 43%
14% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 75% 43%
57% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 29%
 
5.1 6.7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 4
4.1 5.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.8 4.4
3.4 3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.5 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
13.9 12 12 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.5 10.4
4.3 3.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.3
20% 10% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 21% 26%
 
10.4 11.3 11 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 12.8 12.1
3.9 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 2.8 3
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Pisa have scored at least twice as many goals away as Spezia have scored home.
  • Pisa have the most clean sheets (3) away in Serie B
  • Spezia have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Serie B
  • Spezia have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Serie B
  • Spezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (9) in Serie B
  • Spezia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Spezia have yet to win a game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Parma 8 6 2 0 16 4 5 3 2 0 7 2 3 3 0 0 9 2 12 20
2 Palermo 7 5 1 1 12 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 4 3 1 0 7 2 8 16
3 Venezia 8 4 3 1 11 6 4 2 1 1 6 4 4 2 2 0 5 2 5 15
4 Catanzaro 8 4 3 1 14 13 4 2 1 1 6 7 4 2 2 0 8 6 1 15
5 Como 7 4 2 1 10 7 3 2 1 0 5 3 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 14
6 Modena 7 3 3 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 12
7 Cittadella 8 3 3 2 7 9 4 2 1 1 3 4 4 1 2 1 4 5 -2 12
8 Cosenza 8 3 2 3 11 9 4 1 1 2 7 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 11
9 Südtirol 7 2 4 1 12 9 3 1 2 0 6 4 4 1 2 1 6 5 3 10
10 Cremonese 8 2 4 2 9 9 5 0 3 2 4 6 3 2 1 0 5 3 0 10
11 Brescia 5 2 3 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 9
12 Bari 1908 8 1 6 1 7 7 4 0 4 0 4 4 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 9
13 Pisa 7 2 2 3 6 7 3 0 1 2 3 5 4 2 1 1 3 2 -1 8
14 Ascoli 8 2 2 4 9 11 3 2 0 1 5 1 5 0 2 3 4 10 -2 8
15 Reggiana 8 1 4 3 7 12 3 0 2 1 3 5 5 1 2 2 4 7 -5 7
16 Ternana 8 1 2 5 7 10 5 1 2 2 5 4 3 0 0 3 2 6 -3 5
17 Spezia 7 1 2 4 6 11 3 0 1 2 1 3 4 1 1 2 5 8 -5 5
18 FeralpiSalo 8 1 1 6 4 15 4 0 1 3 2 6 4 1 0 3 2 9 -11 4
19 Sampdoria 8 1 2 5 7 12 4 0 0 4 3 8 4 1 2 1 4 4 -5 3
20 Lecco 5 0 1 4 5 10 3 0 0 3 4 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 -5 1

Read more about Serie B

Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.