Cosenza vs Pisa betting preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla (24209 seats)

Battling Cosenza are desperate to pull off a surprise win when they host hard-driving Pisa in the next league round. It’s 16th vs 1st and the home crowd will have modest expectations.

Insights:
  • Cosenza have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Pisa have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie B

Cosenza and Pisa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

It's quite the trip for Pisa when visiting Cosenza as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Cosenza form and stats

Cosenza have collected 13 points from their Serie B home games so far after 4-1-3. Three consecutive losses here at Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Cosenza shared the glory with Pordenone in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Andrea Tiritiello was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.74 out of 10. The defender Tiritiello won 12 of 14 duels.

Ahead of that match, Cosenza lost 0-2 at home to Cremonese.

Cosenza has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cosenza have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Pisa form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Pisa, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie B, playing as the away team in the Serie B this season. Pisa has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Pisa goalkeeper Nicolas David Andrade is eager to challenge this, with his 198 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Sibilli scored in Pisa's previous match, the home game against Lecce that ended 1-0. Goalkeeper Livieri was absolutely vital in the Pisa victory against Lecce, making six saves. Sibilli came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Lecce last time out, making the manager D'Angelo feel like a tactical genius. Samuele Birindelli was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.03. The defender Birindelli hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Como.

The travelling fans enjoy Pisa's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. 8 goals have been conceded by Pisa in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Cosenza two wins, one draw and Pisa one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PisaL. Lucca
L. Lucca
6 goals
CosenzaG. Gori
G. Gori
5 goals
PisaG. Sibilli
G. Sibilli
4 goals

Cosenza missing players

Pisa missing players

Cosenza Pisa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 3 8 17
4 4 0 Won W 1 4 10
4 1 0 Drew D 1 2 5
9 3 1 Lost L 1 2 2
15 9 0 Scored S 5 12 24
27 7 2 Conceded C 4 8 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 71%
35% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 24%
24% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 12%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
53% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 53%
12% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 41%
35% 38% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 6%
 
3.9 2.8 2 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 6.5 5.6
4.1 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 5.6
1.9 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
9.2 9.5 6 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 12.5 12.4
3.5 4.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.2 3.8
25% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 35% 38%
 
14.5 14.5 17 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 13.8 13.4
5.2 5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4 3.6
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cosenza have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Cosenza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pisa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pisa have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie B
  • Pisa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pisa 17 10 5 2 24 12 9 6 3 0 12 4 8 4 2 2 12 8 12 35
2 Brescia 17 10 3 4 29 19 8 3 2 3 12 11 9 7 1 1 17 8 10 33
3 Lecce 17 8 7 2 29 15 8 5 3 0 19 7 9 3 4 2 10 8 14 31
4 Benevento 17 9 4 4 29 16 9 5 2 2 18 10 8 4 2 2 11 6 13 31
5 Monza 17 8 7 2 24 16 8 7 1 0 17 7 9 1 6 2 7 9 8 31
6 Cremonese 17 8 5 4 23 16 9 4 4 1 14 9 8 4 1 3 9 7 7 29
7 Cittadella 17 8 4 5 20 17 9 5 2 2 14 8 8 3 2 3 6 9 3 28
8 Ascoli 17 7 5 5 21 20 8 2 3 3 7 9 9 5 2 2 14 11 1 26
9 Frosinone 17 5 10 2 24 17 9 2 6 1 11 10 8 3 4 1 13 7 7 25
10 Perugia 16 6 7 3 17 14 8 3 3 2 9 8 8 3 4 1 8 6 3 25
11 Ternana 17 6 4 7 26 26 9 4 1 4 13 12 8 2 3 3 13 14 0 22
12 Reggina 16 6 4 6 15 19 8 3 2 3 9 9 8 3 2 3 6 10 -4 22
13 Como 16 5 6 5 23 21 8 3 2 3 9 7 8 2 4 2 14 14 2 21
14 SPAL 17 5 5 7 22 22 9 2 3 4 16 16 8 3 2 3 6 6 0 20
15 Parma 16 4 7 5 18 20 7 2 3 2 5 5 9 2 4 3 13 15 -2 19
16 Cosenza 17 4 4 9 15 27 8 4 1 3 9 7 9 0 3 6 6 20 -12 16
17 Alessandria 16 4 2 10 15 27 8 3 1 4 6 10 8 1 1 6 9 17 -12 14
18 Crotone 17 1 5 11 16 31 9 1 4 4 9 15 8 0 1 7 7 16 -15 8
19 Pordenone 17 1 5 11 14 33 9 1 3 5 9 17 8 0 2 6 5 16 -19 8
20 Vicenza 16 2 1 13 15 31 7 0 1 6 6 14 9 2 0 7 9 17 -16 7

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.