Serie B forecast and pre-match guide: Pisa odds-on favoured to beat Frosinone

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 06.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani (14869 seats)

This looks to be an entertaining game as Pisa have their expected home advantage, while Frosinone are in front by 25 points in the Serie B table.

Insights:
  • Pisa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Frosinone have the most scored goals (54) in Serie B

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their previous match. Let's trust this will be an enthusiastic match!

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Pisa form and stats

The overall Serie B results playing at home this season for Pisa are 7-5-5 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Pisa to get some points in this home game.

Pisa faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ascoli (1-2). The match result 1-2 has happened to the home side three times in a row! Moruțan, an attacker, was the top player for the side in that game, and was presented with a rating of 7.32 (out of 10). Moruțan hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

Ahead of that match, Pisa lost 1-2 at home to Bari 1908.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Pisa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 6 and lost 2.

Pisa has scored 25 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Pisa have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Frosinone form and stats

8-5-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Frosinone in their Serie B matches away. Frosinone are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

The club members enjoyed Frosinone's previous game versus Reggina (placed 8th), a 3-1 win played at home. Caso, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.81. Caso scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Sudtirol.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Frosinone have scored 22 goals in 17 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Frosinone - Pisa 0-0 was the story when these teams previously played each other, also in this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Pisa won one game, six matches ended in a draw and Frosinone got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.

Top Goalscorers

FrosinoneS. Mulattieri
S. Mulattieri
12 goals
PisaE. Gliozzi
E. Gliozzi
9 goals
FrosinoneG. Caso
G. Caso
8 goals

Pisa missing players

Frosinone missing players

Pisa Frosinone
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 17 35
11 7 0 Won W 5 8 21
13 5 2 Drew D 1 5 8
11 5 3 Lost L 0 4 6
45 25 1 Scored S 11 22 54
36 16 4 Conceded C 2 12 21
83% 88% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 89%
63% 71% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 65% 63%
43% 47% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 35% 40%
23% 24% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 14%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
51% 53% 20% BTTS BTTS 33% 47% 34%
34% 29% 40% Clean Sheets C S 67% 41% 57%
31% 29% 80% Failed to Score F T 0% 24% 20%
 
3.9 4.9 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.6 4.8
5.5 4.9 6.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.9 4.1
2.6 2.5 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3 2.5
6 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.1 12.8 15.6 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 14.4 15.1
3.7 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.4 5
35% 39% 7% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 29% 31%
 
12.2 10.8 13 Shots against (avg) S A 13 10.8 10.3
3.7 3.5 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 2.9 2.7
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Frosinone have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Frosinone have the fewest conceded goals (12) away in Serie B
  • Frosinone have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Serie B
  • Frosinone have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie B
  • Frosinone have the most scored goals (54) in Serie B
  • Frosinone have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Serie B
  • Frosinone have the the best goal difference (+33) in Serie B
  • 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 35 21 8 6 54 21 18 13 3 2 32 9 17 8 5 4 22 12 33 71
2 Genoa 35 19 11 5 45 21 17 10 6 1 23 6 18 9 5 4 22 15 24 67
3 Bari 1908 35 16 13 6 53 32 18 6 9 3 29 19 17 10 4 3 24 13 21 61
4 Sudtirol 35 13 15 7 35 31 18 6 9 3 20 17 17 7 6 4 15 14 4 54
5 Parma 35 14 10 11 43 38 17 9 2 6 22 15 18 5 8 5 21 23 5 52
6 Cagliari 35 12 15 8 42 33 18 10 6 2 26 16 17 2 9 6 16 17 9 51
7 Pisa 35 11 13 11 45 36 17 7 5 5 25 16 18 4 8 6 20 20 9 46
8 Reggina 35 15 4 16 46 43 17 8 2 7 25 21 18 7 2 9 21 22 3 46
9 Ascoli 35 12 10 13 38 43 18 6 5 7 19 21 17 6 5 6 19 22 -5 46
10 Venezia 35 12 9 14 46 45 18 6 5 7 26 25 17 6 4 7 20 20 1 45
11 Palermo 35 10 15 10 43 44 17 7 7 3 21 14 18 3 8 7 22 30 -1 45
12 Modena 35 12 8 15 43 49 17 6 7 4 23 16 18 6 1 11 20 33 -6 44
13 Como 35 9 16 10 43 45 18 7 7 4 25 19 17 2 9 6 18 26 -2 43
14 Ternana 35 11 10 14 34 45 17 8 5 4 19 17 18 3 5 10 15 28 -11 43
15 Cittadella 35 8 14 13 30 43 17 4 7 6 16 21 18 4 7 7 14 22 -13 38
16 Brescia 35 9 11 15 33 52 18 6 5 7 16 21 17 3 6 8 17 31 -19 38
17 Cosenza 35 9 11 15 28 50 17 7 6 4 19 16 18 2 5 11 9 34 -22 38
18 Perugia 35 9 9 17 35 42 17 5 6 6 19 19 18 4 3 11 16 23 -7 36
19 SPAL 35 7 14 14 38 47 18 4 7 7 25 26 17 3 7 7 13 21 -9 35
20 Benevento 35 6 14 15 28 42 18 3 6 9 14 24 17 3 8 6 14 18 -14 32

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.