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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani (14869 seats)

Lots to play for in this match, with Pisa positioned 1st and Lecce in 2nd. Read the preview!

Insights:
  • Pisa have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie B
  • Lecce have the most scored goals (29) in Serie B

This could be an absorbing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!

It's quite the trip for Lecce when visiting Pisa as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Pisa form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani as Pisa have scored 11 goals to get 18 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Serie B are 5-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Pisa, who won 1-0 against Como (placed 13th). Nicolas loved the game against Como. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. Nicolas, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.22 out of 10 in that game. Nicolas stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Pisa drew at home versus Perugia.

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 17 matches with the results: Won ten, drawn three and lost four.

The Pisa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Pisa have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Lecce form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (29) in Serie B, on their Serie B travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Things are running smoothly for Lecce who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 15 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Cremonese.

Lecce had fun at their own home (Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani) last time out, beating Reggina 2-0. Mario Gargiulo and Žan Majer scored. Valentin Gendrey, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.01. Gendrey hit two key passes and won 8 of 8 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at SPAL.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Lecce in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Lecce, four draws and three defeats.

Lecce have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 10 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Pisa victories, two draws and two Lecce wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LecceM. Coda
M. Coda
8 goals
LecceG. Strefezza Rebelato
G. Strefezza Rebelato
8 goals
PisaL. Lucca
L. Lucca
6 goals

Pisa missing players

Lecce missing players

Pisa Lecce
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 3 8 16
9 5 2 Won W 0 3 8
5 3 0 Drew D 2 4 7
2 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
23 11 3 Scored S 1 10 29
12 4 1 Conceded C 4 7 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 81%
75% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 81%
25% 12% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 56%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 31%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
56% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 50%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 44%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 38% 25%
 
5.8 5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 4.6 5.1
5.3 5.1 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.9 4.2
2.5 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2 1.8
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.7 12.9 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 16.3 13.2 14.8
3.9 3.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.7 5.4 5.8
37% 39% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 4% 23% 32%
 
13.4 13 15 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 12.2 9.6
3.4 2.8 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.2 3.5
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Lecce have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lecce have the most scored goals (29) in Serie B
  • Lecce have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Serie B
  • Lecce have the the best goal difference (+15) in Serie B
  • Pisa have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Pisa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Pisa have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Pisa have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie B
  • Pisa have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home 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 16 9 5 2 23 12 8 5 3 0 11 4 8 4 2 2 12 8 11 32
2 Lecce 16 8 7 1 29 14 8 5 3 0 19 7 8 3 4 1 10 7 15 31
3 Brescia 16 9 3 4 27 19 8 3 2 3 12 11 8 6 1 1 15 8 8 30
4 Benevento 16 8 4 4 27 16 9 5 2 2 18 10 7 3 2 2 9 6 11 28
5 Monza 16 7 7 2 21 14 7 6 1 0 14 5 9 1 6 2 7 9 7 28
6 Cremonese 16 7 5 4 20 14 8 3 4 1 11 7 8 4 1 3 9 7 6 26
7 Ascoli 16 7 5 4 21 18 8 2 3 3 7 9 8 5 2 1 14 9 3 26
8 Frosinone 16 5 10 1 22 14 9 2 6 1 11 10 7 3 4 0 11 4 8 25
9 Perugia 16 6 7 3 17 14 8 3 3 2 9 8 8 3 4 1 8 6 3 25
10 Cittadella 16 7 4 5 18 17 8 4 2 2 12 8 8 3 2 3 6 9 1 25
11 Ternana 16 6 4 6 26 24 8 4 1 3 13 10 8 2 3 3 13 14 2 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 16 5 5 6 22 20 8 2 3 3 16 14 8 3 2 3 6 6 2 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 16 4 3 9 14 26 8 4 1 3 9 7 8 0 2 6 5 19 -12 15
17 Alessandria 16 4 2 10 15 27 8 3 1 4 6 10 8 1 1 6 9 17 -12 14
18 Crotone 16 1 5 10 14 28 9 1 4 4 9 15 7 0 1 6 5 13 -14 8
19 Vicenza 16 2 1 13 15 31 7 0 1 6 6 14 9 2 0 7 9 17 -16 7
20 Pordenone 16 1 4 11 13 32 8 1 2 5 8 16 8 0 2 6 5 16 -19 7

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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.