COSENZA. Cosenza beats Pisa 1-0 after M. Nasti scored just 1 goal (43′). Pisa was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla stadium in Cosenza on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Marco Guida who had the assistance of Mauro Vivenzi and Giuseppe Di Giacinto. The 4th official was Maria Marotta. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.9 degrees Celsius or 60.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Pisa had a superior ball possession 62% while Cosenza was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Pisa was putting more pressure with 43 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Cosenza managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Cosenza shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Pisa shot 18 times, 4 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Cosenza received 3 yellow cards (Tommaso D’Orazio, Idriz Voca and Christian D’Urso). Regarding the opposition, Pisa didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Cosenza will have 35 points like Cittadella to sit in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Pisa will stay with 45 points to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Cosenza will host Cagliari on the 19th of May with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Cagliari (0 draws).

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

Cosenza – Formation

Cosenza started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager William Viali decided to play with the following team: Alessandro Micai (7.0), Pietro Martino (6.8), Michele Rigione (6.6), Andrea Meroni (6.2), Tommaso D’Orazio (6.8), Manuel Marras (6.6), Marco Brescianini (6.5), Idriz Voca (6.2), Aldo Florenzi (7.1), Ivan Delić (6.6) and Marco Nasti (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Leonardo Marson, Michael Venturi, Sauli Väisänen, Nick Salihamidžić, Salvatore Dario La Vardera, Andrea Rispoli, Christian D’Urso, Emil Kornvig, Vittorio Agostinelli, Giacomo Calò, Mattia Finotto and Massimo Zilli.

Substitutions

Cosenza made 5 changes: Idriz Voca for Giacomo Calò (61′), Tommaso D’Orazio for Andrea Rispoli (62′), Aldo Florenzi for Christian D’Urso (73′), Marco Nasti for Mattia Finotto (81′) and Ivan Delic for Massimo Zilli (81′).

Best player: Aldo Florenzi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cosenza was Aldo Florenzi even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.1) with 12 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 5.

Pisa – Formation

Pisa started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

Luca D\’Angelo played with: Nicolas (6.8), Hjörtur Hermannsson (6.8), Antonio Caracciolo (6.1), Federico Barba (7.0), Tomás Esteves (6.9), Marius Marin (6.8), Alessandro De Vitis (7.0), Giuseppe Mastinu (7.1), Stefano Moreo (7.0), Giuseppe Sibilli (7.0) and Ettore Gliozzi (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Johan Guadagno, Alessandro Livieri, Arturo Calabresi, Adrian Rus, Mario Gargiulo, Olimpiu Moruțan, Lisandru Tramoni, Matteo Tramoni, Emanuele Zuelli, Christian Sussi and Ernesto Torregrossa.

Substitutions

Pisa made 5 changes: Tomás Esteves for Olimpiu Moruțan (46′), Giuseppe Sibilli for Mario Gargiulo (55′), Alessandro De Vitis for Ernesto Torregrossa (55′), M. Marin for Matteo Tramoni (68′) and Giuseppe Mastinu for Emanuele Zuelli (74′).

Best player: Giuseppe Mastinu​

The player that probably impressed the most for Pisa was Giuseppe Mastinu.

His rating is (7.1) with 19 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Bari 1908 – Benevento – 2-0
• Venezia – Como – 3-2
• SPAL – Ternana – 1-1
• Perugia – Frosinone – 1-1
• Parma – Palermo – 2-1
• Cosenza – Pisa – 1-0
• Cagliari – Südtirol – 1-1
• Ascoli – Brescia – 4-3