Pisa will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Cittadella.
It's no vacation for neither Pisa nor Cittadella as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Pisa form and stats
7-5-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Pisa so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani after three straight home wins.
Happy days for Pisa in their previous game, a Serie B match away at Spezia (placed 4th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that, Pisa had a home game versus Pescara which ended with a victory 2-1.
Pisa has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. 18 goals have been conceded.
Cittadella form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 3 draws and only 3 losses in the Serie B. Cittadella are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
The Cittadella goalkeeper Alberto Paleari is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 282 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Cittadella are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Serie B against Perugia (placed 12th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Frosinone.
The visiting Cittadella have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 15 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Cittadella - Pisa 1-1. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: zero - one - six (Pisa wins - draws - Cittadella wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Diaw 13 goals |   M. Marconi 12 goals |  M. Iori 8 goals |
Pisa missing players
Cittadella missing players
| Pisa | Cittadella | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 40 | 22 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 21 | 41 |
| 38 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 32 |
| 94% | 88% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 74% | 75% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 77% |
| 42% | 44% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 42% |
| 23% | 25% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 13% | 19% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| 61% | 62% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 45% |
| 19% | 31% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 47% | 42% |
| 26% | 19% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 23% |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 5.5 | 4.6 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 375 | 204 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 185 | 389 |
| 113 | 63 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 66 | 124 |
| 35% | 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | 33% |
- Pisa have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Benevento | 31 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 56 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 41 | 76 |
| 2 | Crotone | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 52 |
| 3 | Cittadella | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 52 |
| 4 | Spezia | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 50 |
| 5 | Pordenone | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 49 |
| 6 | Frosinone | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 48 |
| 7 | Chievo | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 45 |
| 8 | Salernitana | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 44 |
| 9 | Pisa | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 43 |
| 10 | Empoli | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -2 | 42 |
| 11 | Virtus Entella | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 29 | -3 | 41 |
| 12 | Perugia | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -8 | 40 |
| 13 | Venezia | 31 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 14 | -4 | 39 |
| 14 | Pescara | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -5 | 39 |
| 15 | Juve Stabia | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 50 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -12 | 36 |
| 16 | Cremonese | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -5 | 34 |
| 17 | Ascoli | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 32 | -9 | 33 |
| 18 | Cosenza | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 38 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 20 | -3 | 31 |
| 19 | Trapani | 31 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 35 | -18 | 29 |
| 20 | Livorno | 31 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 19 | -25 | 21 |