Delightful dogfight as daring Venezia duels with determined Pisa

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Mon 04.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo (10500 seats)

Venezia and Pisa have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Serie B.

Insights:
  • Pisa has the most conceded goals (19) away in Serie B

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Venezia form and stats

Overall Serie B stats at home this season for Venezia are 4-1-3 (wins-draw-losses).

A strong away win for Venezia against Chievo the last match, as Francesco Forte were on target. Ahead of that match, Venezia lost 1-2 at home to Salernitana.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Venezia handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, one draw and two defeats.

Venezia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Venezia have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Pisa form and stats

2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Pisa, who have the most conceded goals (19) away in Serie B, playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.

Pisa has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Cosenza for a Serie B game that ended a draw (1-1). Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Chievo.

Pisa coach L. D'Angelo could be heard cursing the gods after the 1-1 draw against Cosenza, as the team hit the posts three times.

We have checked recent matches where Pisa have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were six victories, three draws and four defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Pisa's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. For Pisa, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Venezia victory, one draw and zero Pisa wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VeneziaF. Forte
F. Forte
7 goals
PisaR. Gucher
R. Gucher
5 goals
PisaM. Marconi
M. Marconi
5 goals

Venezia missing players

Pisa missing players

Venezia Pisa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 1 8 15
7 4 0 Won W 1 2 4
5 1 0 Drew D 0 3 7
4 3 1 Lost L 0 3 4
20 10 0 Scored S 2 14 22
14 7 2 Conceded C 1 19 28
81% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
69% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 87%
44% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 67%
19% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 62% 47%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 20%
38% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 73%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 20%
31% 38% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 13%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
13 13 13 Shots (avg) S ( 15 12.9 12.7
4.6 5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.4 3.7
27% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 52% 39%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • All of Pisa's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Pisa has the most conceded goals (19) away in Serie B
  • Pisa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pisa 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 Empoli 16 8 7 1 27 14 8 4 4 0 12 5 8 4 3 1 15 9 13 31
2 Salernitana 16 9 4 3 22 16 8 6 2 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 7 11 6 31
3 Monza 16 8 5 3 25 12 8 5 2 1 15 3 8 3 3 2 10 9 13 29
4 Cittadella 14 8 3 3 27 13 8 5 2 1 16 6 6 3 1 2 11 7 14 27
5 SPAL 16 7 5 4 21 15 8 5 2 1 15 6 8 2 3 3 6 9 6 26
6 Lecce 16 6 7 3 31 22 8 3 4 1 18 12 8 3 3 2 13 10 9 25
7 Frosinone 15 7 4 4 16 14 8 3 3 2 6 7 7 4 1 2 10 7 2 25
8 Venezia 15 6 5 4 19 14 8 4 1 3 10 7 7 2 4 1 9 7 5 23
9 Pordenone 16 4 9 3 18 15 8 1 6 1 12 10 8 3 3 2 6 5 3 21
10 Brescia 16 5 6 5 26 25 8 3 3 2 16 12 8 2 3 3 10 13 1 21
11 Chievo 13 5 5 3 17 12 6 3 1 2 9 5 7 2 4 1 8 7 5 20
12 Pisa 15 4 7 4 22 28 7 2 4 1 8 9 8 2 3 3 14 19 -6 19
13 Reggina 16 4 5 7 15 22 8 3 1 4 9 10 8 1 4 3 6 12 -7 17
14 Vicenza 15 3 7 5 20 24 7 1 5 1 10 10 8 2 2 4 10 14 -4 16
15 Cosenza 16 2 9 5 11 12 8 0 5 3 4 7 8 2 4 2 7 5 -1 15
16 Cremonese 16 3 6 7 15 21 8 2 3 3 8 11 8 1 3 4 7 10 -6 15
17 Reggiana 15 4 3 8 15 26 7 2 2 3 9 8 8 2 1 5 6 18 -11 15
18 Pescara 16 3 4 9 14 28 9 2 3 4 10 13 7 1 1 5 4 15 -14 13
19 Virtus Entella 16 2 5 9 13 29 8 1 1 6 7 17 8 1 4 3 6 12 -16 11
20 Ascoli 16 2 4 10 13 25 7 2 1 4 5 10 9 0 3 6 8 15 -12 10

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.