Pisa favourites for feisty fight facing Cosenza

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 30.Sep
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani (14869 seats)

Trying to decrease the distance up to the top clubs is at stake when these two mid-table clubs do battle. Both will be trying to improve their league table standing, Pisa in 12th and Cosenza in 10th place.

Insights:
  • Pisa have yet to win a game at home.
  • Cosenza have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Cosenza, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

It's no vacation for neither Pisa nor Cosenza 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.

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Pisa form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Pisa have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 2 games.

Pisa are confident in defense, having played 185 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The Pisa manager Aquilani and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Reggiana (placed 15th). Barbieri, defender, was given a rating of 7.91/10 in that game, top of the team. Barbieri hit two key passes and won 8 of 13 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting FeralpiSalò and winning 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pisa handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Early season league goal statistics from Pisa's 2 home games: {2 goals}, 3 conceded.

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Cosenza form and stats

Things could have gone better for Cosenza in their Serie B away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.

Cosenza might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Cremonese proved too strong as Cosenza slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla. Calò got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, top player of the team. Calò served one assist, hit two key passes and had 42 successful passes (of 52 total).

Prior to that result Cosenza won their away game at Palermo. The scoreline was 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Cosenza have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 0 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cosenza as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).

Head 2 Head

Previous eight meetings between these sides: Pisa won three, Cosenza triumphed in three and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

CosenzaG. Tutino
G. Tutino
2 goals
CosenzaS. Mazzocchi
S. Mazzocchi
2 goals
PisaS. Canestrelli
S. Canestrelli
1 goals

Pisa missing players

Cosenza missing players

Pisa Cosenza
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 2 1 Played P 1 3 7
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
5 2 1 Scored S 0 2 9
5 3 1 Conceded C 1 2 8
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 71%
17% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 57%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 57%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 14%
 
4.3 5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 3.7 4.7
4.7 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.7 4.1
3.2 2.5 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 2.3
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.8 11.5 7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10 12.1
2.8 1.5 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2 3.3
29% 67% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 39%
 
11.7 9.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 7 15.7 12.4
2.7 2.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 3.7 3.1
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • All of Pisa's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cosenza have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Cosenza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pisa 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 6 4 2 0 12 2 4 2 2 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 10 14
2 Palermo 6 4 1 1 10 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 4 3 1 0 7 2 7 13
3 Modena 6 3 3 0 6 2 3 2 1 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 12
4 Venezia 7 3 3 1 8 5 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 3 12
5 Catanzaro 6 3 2 1 11 11 3 2 0 1 5 6 3 1 2 0 6 5 0 11
6 Sudtirol 6 2 4 0 11 7 3 1 2 0 6 4 3 1 2 0 5 3 4 10
7 Como 5 3 1 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 10
8 Cremonese 7 2 4 1 8 7 4 0 3 1 3 4 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 10
9 Brescia 4 2 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 8
10 Cosenza 7 2 2 3 9 8 4 1 1 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 8
11 Bari 1908 6 1 5 0 5 4 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 8
12 Pisa 6 2 2 2 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 3 2 0 8
13 Cittadella 6 2 2 2 4 7 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 -3 8
14 Ascoli 7 2 1 4 8 10 3 2 0 1 5 1 4 0 1 3 3 9 -2 7
15 Reggiana 7 1 4 2 7 9 3 0 2 1 3 5 4 1 2 1 4 4 -2 7
16 FeralpiSalò 7 1 1 5 3 13 3 0 1 2 1 4 4 1 0 3 2 9 -10 4
17 Sampdoria 6 1 2 3 6 9 3 0 0 3 2 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 -3 3
18 Spezia 6 0 2 4 4 10 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 0 1 2 3 7 -6 2
19 Ternana 7 0 2 5 4 10 4 0 2 2 2 4 3 0 0 3 2 6 -6 2
20 Lecco 4 0 1 3 4 8 3 0 0 3 4 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 -4 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.