The Pisa & Cagliari bosses D'Angelo and Ranieri are both dreading and feeling excited about this highly important fixture in the upper area of the Serie B standings.
- Pisa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Both squads have had plentiful rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic match!
Pisa form and stats
The story so far in the Serie B for Pisa at their home stadium (Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
No payout for Pisa in their previous match, an away game at Cosenza that ended in defeat 0-1. Mastinu (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.51/10. Mastinu hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 47 total).
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Benevento.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Pisa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 5 and lost 3.
Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 10 league matches, 9 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
Pisa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani with 24 goals in 15 league matches. Pisa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.
Cagliari form and stats
There's been little loot from Cagliari's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 15 away games in the Serie B. Cagliari only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 8 draws.
Cagliari played 1-1 against Südtirol in their previous match. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie four games in a row for the away side? The answer is Lapadula and that is quite the accomplishment! Attacker Lapadula got a player rating of 7.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Lapadula scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Reggina.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cagliari playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 2 Cagliari wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Low-scoring game? 10 of this side's most recent 13 league matches have seen two or less goals.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cagliari has managed {15 goals} and let in 15 from 15 matches.
Head 2 Head
Cagliari - Pisa 1-1 was the story when this pair of sides last met, also in this season. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Pisa victories, one draw and one Cagliari win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Lapadula 16 goals |   E. Gliozzi 9 goals | O. Moruţan 6 goals |
Pisa missing players
Cagliari missing players
| Pisa | Cagliari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 42 | 24 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 39 |
| 30 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 84% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | 87% |
| 61% | 73% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 71% |
| 39% | 47% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 26% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 19% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 48% | 53% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 47% | 55% |
| 35% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 32% |
| 32% | 27% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 26% |
| 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 12.5 | 13.3 | 24 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 12.7 | 14.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 36% | 41% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 31% | 30% |
| 11.8 | 10.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12.1 | 11.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
- Pisa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Pisa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Frosinone | 31 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 29 | 63 |
| 2 | Genoa | 31 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 59 |
| 3 | Bari 1908 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 47 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 53 |
| 4 | Südtirol | 31 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 52 |
| 5 | Cagliari | 31 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 39 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 46 |
| 6 | Pisa | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 45 |
| 7 | Parma | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 44 |
| 8 | Reggina | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 39 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 42 |
| 9 | Palermo | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 42 |
| 10 | Ternana | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -7 | 40 |
| 11 | Modena | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 28 | -2 | 39 |
| 12 | Como | 31 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -2 | 39 |
| 13 | Ascoli | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | -5 | 39 |
| 14 | Venezia | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 41 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -7 | 36 |
| 15 | Cittadella | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -11 | 36 |
| 16 | Cosenza | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 32 | -21 | 35 |
| 17 | Perugia | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 20 | -2 | 34 |
| 18 | SPAL | 31 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 29 |
| 19 | Benevento | 31 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -12 | 29 |
| 20 | Brescia | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 28 | -22 | 28 |
