Soccer betting preview: Pisa welcomes Spezia in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Date: Sat 09.November
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Garibaldi (14869 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Pisa are in the 13th position while the guests worry at 15th.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pisa and Spezia.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Spezia's home stadium. The visitors last 43 games on grass have ended in 7 wins, 11 draws and 25 losses.

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Pisa form and stats

The story so far in the Serie B for Pisa at their home stadium (Arena Garibaldi) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Pisa has recorded two wins in a row here at Arena Garibaldi, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Pisa supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Spezia in Serie B and win 3-2. Prior to that, an away loss at Pescara.

This is expected to be a close game, with Pisa perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Pisa as a small favourite), we find eight games. Pisa has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

A decent goal production from Pisa in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. On the other hand, Pisa have conceded 6 goals.

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Spezia form and stats

2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Spezia in their Serie B matches away.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Spezia, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Pisa (placed 13th). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Chievo.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Spezia in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Spezia, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

Spezia are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). 6 goals have been conceded by Spezia in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Pisa - Spezia 3-2 entered in the official records. Pisa-Spezia H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Pisa 3 wins, Spezia 0 wins, 2 draws. 2 of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PisaM. Marconi
M. Marconi
8 goals
SpeziaA. Ragusa
A. Ragusa
3 goals
SpeziaE. Capradossi
E. Capradossi
2 goals

Pisa missing players

Spezia missing players

Pisa Spezia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 4 6 12
4 3 1 Won W 2 2 3
4 2 0 Drew D 1 1 3
4 1 0 Lost L 1 3 6
17 12 4 Scored S 6 8 15
16 8 1 Conceded C 5 9 18
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
75% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 75%
50% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 58%
33% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 25%
25% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
58% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
17% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 25%
33% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 33%
 
4.1 4.2 4 Corners For (avg) C F 4.2 4.5 4.9
4.8 4 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 4.7 4.8
2.9 3.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.2
4 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Pisa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Spezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 11 7 3 1 15 7 6 5 1 0 11 2 5 2 2 1 4 5 8 24
2 Crotone 12 6 3 3 21 13 7 4 2 1 13 7 5 2 1 2 8 6 8 21
3 Perugia 11 5 4 2 14 12 5 3 2 0 7 3 6 2 2 2 7 9 2 19
4 Chievo 11 4 6 1 17 12 5 2 3 0 8 5 6 2 3 1 9 7 5 18
5 Pordenone 11 5 3 3 17 14 6 4 2 0 9 2 5 1 1 3 8 12 3 18
6 Salernitana 11 5 3 3 14 12 6 2 3 1 8 7 5 3 0 2 6 5 2 18
7 Ascoli 12 5 2 5 19 15 6 4 1 1 11 5 6 1 1 4 8 10 4 17
8 Empoli 11 4 5 2 14 12 5 3 2 0 8 3 6 1 3 2 6 9 2 17
9 Cittadella 11 5 2 4 10 12 6 3 1 2 6 7 5 2 1 2 4 5 -2 17
10 Pescara 11 5 1 5 20 16 6 3 1 2 13 8 5 2 0 3 7 8 4 16
11 Virtus Entella 11 4 3 4 10 12 5 3 1 1 4 3 6 1 2 3 6 9 -2 15
12 Frosinone 11 3 5 3 11 12 5 3 2 0 8 3 6 0 3 3 3 9 -1 14
13 Pisa 11 3 4 4 14 14 5 2 2 1 9 6 6 1 2 3 5 8 0 13
14 Venezia 11 3 4 4 12 13 5 1 1 3 4 7 6 2 3 1 8 6 -1 13
15 Spezia 11 3 3 5 13 15 6 1 2 3 7 9 5 2 1 2 6 6 -2 12
16 Cremonese 11 3 3 5 8 15 5 2 1 2 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 10 -7 12
17 Cosenza 11 2 5 4 10 10 6 1 3 2 6 6 5 1 2 2 4 4 0 11
18 Livorno 11 3 1 7 11 16 6 3 0 3 10 10 5 0 1 4 1 6 -5 10
19 Juve Stabia 11 3 1 7 11 20 5 2 0 3 7 11 6 1 1 4 4 9 -9 10
20 Trapani 11 1 3 7 10 19 5 0 2 3 3 6 6 1 1 4 7 13 -9 6