The Serie B tie at Arena Garibaldi-Romeo Anconetani on Sunday will see home team Pisa welcome Südtirol-Alto Adige.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Pisa v Südtirol-Alto Adige, scroll down - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
Pisa
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Pisa will be hoping for a better result following a 2-1 Serie B defeat last time out to Cremonese.
In that match, Pisa managed 56% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Pisa was Marco D'Alessandro (48'). Cremonese got 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. Daniel Ciofani (13') and Massimo Coda (85') scored for Cremonese.
At least three goals per game have been seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Pisa have been involved. Their opponents scored 12 times in this period while Pisa managed to get a total of 12. Still, we’ll just have to find out whether such a trend will persist here in this match or not.
Going into this contest, Pisa are undefeated in their last 5 home league matches.
Südtirol-Alto Adige
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Südtirol-Alto Adige come into this match following a 4-3 Serie B win to defeat Ternana in their previous match.
In that match, Südtirol-Alto Adige managed 67% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. For Südtirol-Alto Adige, goals were scored by Raphael Odogwu (9'), Daniele Casiraghi (51', 75') and Hamza El Kaouakibi (85'). For their opponents, Ternana got 9 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Gastón Pereiro (23') and Gregorio Luperini (33', 67') scored for Ternana.
Over the course of 5 of the previous six games involving Südtirol-Alto Adige, a relatively low number of goals have been struck between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game in that spell is just 1.83, with the average goals for Biancorossi equalling 0.83.
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Head to head
The last league encounter between these sides was Serie B match day 13 on 11/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Südtirol-Alto Adige 1-2 Pisa.
On that day, Südtirol-Alto Adige had 43% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Emanuele Pecorino (61').
At the other end, Pisa got 8 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Mattia Valoti (45', 50') was the scorer.
The match was refereed by Manuel Volpi.
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Team News: Pisa
The Pisa manager Alberto Aquilani will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns to speak of before this clash with a fully injury-free squad available for selection.
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Team News: Südtirol-Alto Adige
With a completely healthy group available to choose from, the Südtirol-Alto Adige boss Federico Valente doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game. Simone Davi is ineligible for this match because of suspension.
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Prediction
Our assessment here is that Südtirol-Alto Adige will have to perform well to put one past this Pisa side who we think will be able to grind out a win.
We’ve gone for a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning margin for Pisa at the conclusion of the game.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
08:05 05/05/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Pisa
Formed: 1909
Stadium: Arena Garibaldi-Romeo Anconetani (10,000)
Captain: Gaetano Masucci
Chairman: Giuseppe Corado
Manager: Alberto Aquilani
Competitions: Serie B position 9
⭐ Star Player: Nicholas Bonfanti
Normally played in the Striker position, Nicholas Bonfanti was born in Seriate, Italy. Having played his first senior match for Modena in the 2022 - 2023 season, the dangerous Forward has contributed 5 league goals in this Serie B 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in 24 appearances.