Evenly matched teams: Virtus Entella vs Pisa match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Fri 22.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Chiavari (4154 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadio Comunale Chiavari haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Virtus Entella languishing in the 19th position so far. The guesting Pisa will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Virtus Entella has the most conceded goals (31) in Serie B
  • Pisa has the most conceded goals (20) 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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Pisa have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 4-2-3 (win-draw-loss) from nine matches.

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Virtus Entella form and stats

Virtus Entella's struggle is real here at Stadio Comunale Chiavari with only 7 points collected from 9 Serie B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-6. Two home wins in a row for Virtus Entella bring valid hopes of a third.

In their previous game, the manager V. Vivarini led his Virtus Entella to a defeat in the Serie B match away at Chievo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Comunale Chiavari. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Cittadella in a game that was won 1-0.

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

Entella have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Entella have conceded 17 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Pisa form and stats

Playing away, Pisa, who have the most conceded goals (20) away in Serie B, have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie B this season. Two points from the last two away games for Pisa, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Pisa won their last game, 1-0 versus Brescia played at home. A 1-1 draw at Venezia's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Pisa playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were zero Pisa wins, three draws and seven defeats.

Pisa has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. For Pisa, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Entella, four draws and zero wins for Pisa. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

PisaM. Marconi
M. Marconi
6 goals
EntellaM. Mancosu
M. Mancosu
5 goals
PisaR. Gucher
R. Gucher
5 goals

Virtus Entella missing players

Pisa missing players

Virtus Entella Pisa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 9 17
3 2 0 Won W 1 2 5
5 1 0 Drew D 2 4 8
10 6 2 Lost L 0 3 4
15 8 0 Scored S 5 15 24
31 17 3 Conceded C 4 20 29
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
67% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
44% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 78% 59%
22% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 56% 41%
17% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 18%
44% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 71%
28% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 24%
39% 44% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.2 3.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2.5
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
8.1 8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 15.7 12.8 12.6
2.5 2.6 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.4 3.6
33% 35% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 48% 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 (20) 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.
  • Virtus Entella has the most conceded goals (17) at home in Serie B
  • Virtus Entella has the most conceded goals (31) in Serie B
  • Virtus Entella has the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Serie B
  • Virtus Entella has the the worst goal difference (-16) in Serie B
  • Virtus Entella has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Serie B
  • Virtus Entella have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Virtus Entella 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 Empoli 18 10 7 1 34 14 9 5 4 0 17 5 9 5 3 1 17 9 20 37
2 Cittadella 17 10 3 4 30 14 9 6 2 1 17 6 8 4 1 3 13 8 16 33
3 Monza 18 8 7 3 27 14 9 5 3 1 17 5 9 3 4 2 10 9 13 31
4 Salernitana 18 9 4 5 22 23 9 6 2 1 15 7 9 3 2 4 7 16 -1 31
5 Lecce 18 7 8 3 32 22 9 3 5 1 18 12 9 4 3 2 14 10 10 29
6 SPAL 17 8 5 4 23 16 8 5 2 1 15 6 9 3 3 3 8 10 7 29
7 Chievo 16 7 6 3 22 14 8 4 2 2 12 7 8 3 4 1 10 7 8 27
8 Pordenone 18 6 9 3 22 15 9 2 6 1 14 10 9 4 3 2 8 5 7 27
9 Frosinone 17 7 5 5 17 16 9 3 3 3 7 9 8 4 2 2 10 7 1 26
10 Venezia 18 6 7 5 21 18 9 4 2 3 11 8 9 2 5 2 10 10 3 25
11 Pisa 17 5 8 4 24 29 8 3 4 1 9 9 9 2 4 3 15 20 -5 23
12 Brescia 18 5 6 7 26 29 9 3 3 3 16 15 9 2 3 4 10 14 -3 21
13 Vicenza 17 4 8 5 23 24 8 1 6 1 10 10 9 3 2 4 13 14 -1 20
14 Cremonese 18 4 6 8 17 23 9 2 3 4 8 13 9 2 3 4 9 10 -6 18
15 Reggina 18 4 5 9 16 25 9 3 1 5 9 11 9 1 4 4 7 14 -9 17
16 Cosenza 18 2 10 6 13 16 9 0 5 4 4 9 9 2 5 2 9 7 -3 16
17 Pescara 18 4 4 10 15 30 10 2 3 5 10 15 8 2 1 5 5 15 -15 16
18 Reggiana 17 4 3 10 15 29 9 2 2 5 9 11 8 2 1 5 6 18 -14 15
19 Virtus Entella 18 3 5 10 15 31 9 2 1 6 8 17 9 1 4 4 7 14 -16 14
20 Ascoli 18 3 4 11 15 27 8 3 1 4 7 11 10 0 3 7 8 16 -12 13

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.