Serie B duel: Close contest expected between SPAL and Pisa

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Romeo Menti (12200 seats)

The visiting Pisa side are thought to be front runners at SPAL, as the guests have a 17 point lead from their 19 league fixtures this season.

Insights:
  • SPAL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pisa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This has all the signs of an engaging fixture with lots of fun and energy as both squads are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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SPAL form and stats

With 2 Serie B wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, SPAL are certainly not brimming with confidence. With seven home Serie B games in a row without a win, the SPAL fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Vicenza game long ago, can be stopped today.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Benevento in the Serie B last time out and are looking for a win here. Vicari, defender, was given a rating of 7.74/10 in that game, top of the team. Vicari won 7 of 11 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Frosinone.

A decent goal production from SPAL in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. SPAL have conceded 17 from these games.

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Pisa form and stats

5-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Pisa in their Serie B matches away. Having won their last three away games Pisa has no reason to fear anyone.

Pisa might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Frosinone proved too strong as Pisa slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani. Attacker Masucci got a player rating of 7.51 in the game. "Man of the match" Masucci served one assist and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Cosenza at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Pisa has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. It's not easy to score on Pisa as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other previously this match year: Pisa - SPAL 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): SPAL three wins, two draws and Pisa five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SPALL. Colombo
L. Colombo
6 goals
PisaL. Lucca
L. Lucca
6 goals
SPALM. Mancosu
M. Mancosu
4 goals

SPAL missing players

Pisa missing players

SPAL Pisa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 4 Played P 3 9 19
5 2 0 Won W 2 5 11
6 4 2 Drew D 0 2 5
8 4 2 Lost L 1 2 3
23 17 3 Scored S 6 14 27
27 17 7 Conceded C 3 8 15
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 74%
47% 60% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 26%
32% 50% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 16%
16% 30% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
58% 80% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 53%
21% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 42%
26% 10% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 5%
 
5.5 6.4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 5.9 5.2
5.9 5.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.8 5.9
2.3 2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
16 19.6 16 Shots (avg) S ( 15.3 12.7 12.3
5.1 6.6 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.2 3.7
24% 26% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 37% 39%
 
13.8 13.7 15.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 13.9 13.6
4.9 4.9 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.8 3.7
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • All of SPAL's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Pisa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pisa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • SPAL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SPAL haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Pisa 19 11 5 3 27 15 10 6 3 1 13 7 9 5 2 2 14 8 12 38
2 Brescia 19 11 4 4 32 20 9 3 3 3 13 12 10 8 1 1 19 8 12 37
3 Benevento 19 10 5 4 33 18 10 6 2 2 21 11 9 4 3 2 12 7 15 35
4 Cremonese 19 10 5 4 29 17 10 5 4 1 16 9 9 5 1 3 13 8 12 35
5 Lecce 18 9 7 2 30 15 8 5 3 0 19 7 10 4 4 2 11 8 15 34
6 Monza 19 8 8 3 27 21 9 7 2 0 19 9 10 1 6 3 8 12 6 32
7 Frosinone 19 7 10 2 31 18 10 3 6 1 15 10 9 4 4 1 16 8 13 31
8 Cittadella 18 8 5 5 21 18 9 5 2 2 14 8 9 3 3 3 7 10 3 29
9 Ascoli 19 8 5 6 26 26 9 2 3 4 8 13 10 6 2 2 18 13 0 29
10 Perugia 19 6 10 3 21 18 9 3 4 2 10 9 10 3 6 1 11 9 3 28
11 Como 19 6 7 6 25 24 9 3 3 3 10 8 10 3 4 3 15 16 1 25
12 Parma 18 5 8 5 21 21 8 2 4 2 6 6 10 3 4 3 15 15 0 23
13 Ternana 19 6 5 8 29 31 10 4 1 5 15 16 9 2 4 3 14 15 -2 23
14 Reggina 19 6 5 8 16 26 10 3 2 5 9 15 9 3 3 3 7 11 -10 23
15 SPAL 19 5 6 8 23 27 10 2 4 4 17 17 9 3 2 4 6 10 -4 21
16 Alessandria 18 5 2 11 19 29 9 3 1 5 6 12 9 2 1 6 13 17 -10 17
17 Cosenza 18 4 4 10 15 29 9 4 1 4 9 9 9 0 3 6 6 20 -14 16
18 Crotone 18 2 5 11 20 32 10 2 4 4 13 16 8 0 1 7 7 16 -12 11
19 Pordenone 19 1 5 13 15 38 10 1 3 6 9 18 9 0 2 7 6 20 -23 8
20 Vicenza 17 2 1 14 15 32 8 0 1 7 6 15 9 2 0 7 9 17 -17 7

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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.