MODENA. Modena defeats Pisa 1-0 after L. Strizzolo scored just 1 goal (8′). Pisa lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stadio Alberto Braglia stadium in Modena on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Manuel Volpi with the support of Davide Miele and Gianluca Sechi. The 4th official was Mattia Caldera. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.9 degrees Celsius or 62.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Pisa had a superior ball possession 57% while Modena was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Pisa was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, Modena was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Modena shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Pisa shot 14 times, 1 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Modena received 3 yellow cards (Diego Falcinelli, Marco Armellino and Riccardo Gagno). Regarding the opposition, Pisa received 2 yellow cards (Idrissa Touré and Gaetano Masucci).

Standings

After this match, Modena will have 38 points to sit in the 10th place. On the other side, Pisa will stay with 42 points like Reggina and Cagliari to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Modena will host Bari 1908 on the 6th of May with a 8-6 head to head record in favor of Bari 1908 (5 draws).

Pisa will host Bari 1908 on the 23rd of April with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Bari 1908 (4 draws).

Modena – Formation

Modena adopted the christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

The manager Attilio Tesser decided to play with the following team: Riccardo Gagno (6.8), Shady Oukhadda (7.1), Tommaso Silvestri (7.1), Antonio Pergreffi (6.8), Fabio Ponsi (6.9), Andrea Poli (6.8), Fabio Gerli (6.9), Marco Armellino (6.4), Luca Tremolada (7.4), Diego Falcinelli (6.1) and Luca Strizzolo (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Francesco Renzetti, Nicola Mosti (6.1), Simone Panada, Romeo Giovannini (6.4), Edoardo Duca (6.4), Andrea Seculin, Sebastien De Maio, Mauro Coppolaro and Nicholas Bonfanti (6.4).

Substitutions

Modena made 4 changes: Andrea Poli for Edoardo Duca (18′), Luca Strizzolo for Nicholas Bonfanti (66′), Luca Tremolada for Nicola Mosti (72′) and Diego Falcinelli for Romeo Giovannini (73′).

Best player: Luca Tremolada​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Modena was Luca Tremolada even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 8 passes (50% accurate) and 2 key passes. He performed 5 crosses.

Pisa – Formation

Also Pisa adopted the christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

Luca D\’Angelo played with: Nicolas (6.4), Arturo Calabresi (6.8), Hjörtur Hermannsson (6.7), Federico Barba (6.8), Pietro Beruatto (6.2), Idrissa Touré (7.1), Ádám Nagy (6.2), Marius Marin (7.1), Olimpiu Moruțan (7.0), Giuseppe Sibilli (7.1) and Ettore Gliozzi (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Antonio Caracciolo, Stefano Moreo (6.6), Ernesto Torregrossa (6.8), Giuseppe Mastinu, Alessandro De Vitis, Matteo Tramoni (7.0), Tomás Esteves, Alessandro Livieri, Gaetano Masucci (6.8), Mario Gargiulo (6.7), Adrian Rus and Emanuele Zuelli.

Substitutions

Pisa made 5 changes: Pietro Beruatto for Mario Gargiulo (59′), M. Marin for Matteo Tramoni (59′), Giuseppe Sibilli for Stefano Moreo (68′), Ettore Gliozzi for Gaetano Masucci (68′) and Ádám Nagy for Ernesto Torregrossa (84′).

Best player: Marius Marin​

The player that probably impressed the most for Pisa was Marius Marin.

His rating is (7.1) with 22 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie B.​

• Bari 1908 – Frosinone – 0-0
• Venezia – Brescia – 1-1
• Parma – Südtirol – 0-0
• Modena – Pisa – 1-0
• Cittadella – Palermo – 3-3
• Benevento – Como – 0-0