GENOVA. Pisa beats Sampdoria with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Tramoni (14′) and a goal from A. Arena (59′). Sampdoria was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Friday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Giacomo Camplone with the assistance of Nicolò Cipriani and Federico Fontani. The 4th official was Maria Marotta. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 23.66 degrees Celsius or 74.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sampdoria was in firm control of the ball 61% while Pisa was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Pisa was more pushing with 49 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Pisa won the match.​

Sampdoria shot 12 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Pisa shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Sampdoria received 1 yellow card (Alex Ferrari). Talking about the opposition, Pisa received 4 yellow cards (Nicolas, Arturo Calabresi, Roko Jureskin and Alessandro Arena).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Sampdoria stays with 1 points to occupy the 12th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Pisa has 3 points (6th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Sampdoria will play away with Cremonese on the 3rd of September with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Sampdoria (0 draws).

Pisa will play away agasint Modena on the 2nd of September with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Pisa (3 draws).

Sampdoria – Formation

Sampdoria started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Andrea Pirlo decided to play with the following team: Filip Stanković (6.0), Petar Stojanovic (6.5), Alex Ferrari (6.7), Nicola Murru (6.6), Simone Giordano (6.8), Kristoffer Askildsen (6.5), Gerard Yepes (6.6), Valerio Verre (7.1), Fabio Depaoli (7.0), Antonino La Gumina (6.8) and Estanis Pedrola (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Antonio Barreca, Simone Panada, Matteo Ricci (6.8), Manuel De Luca (6.4), Fabio Borini (6.4), Lorenzo Malagrida, Daniele Montevago, Nicola Ravaglia, Mattia Vitale, Facundo González, Daniele Ghilardi (6.7) and Flavio Paoletti.

Substitutions

Sampdoria made 5 changes: Alex Ferrari for Daniele Ghilardi (60′), Kristoffer Askildsen for Fabio Borini (61′), Antonino La Gumina for Manuel De Luca (61′), Gerard Yepes for Matteo Ricci (69′) and Simone Giordano for Antonio Barreca (83′).

Best player: Estanis Pedrola​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sampdoria was Estanis Pedrola.

His rating is (7.7) with 19 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Pisa – Formation

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

Alberto Aquilani played with: Nicolas (7.1), Hjörtur Hermannsson (6.7), Simone Canestrelli (7.0), Maxime Leverbe (6.5), Pietro Beruatto (6.7), Miguel Veloso (6.9), Marius Marin (7.2), Marco D’Alessandro (6.7), Matteo Tramoni (7.8), Alessandro Arena (7.8) and Stefano Moreo (7.2).

These were the players on the bench: Lisandru Tramoni (6.8), Ante Vuković, Miha Trdan, Ádám Nagy, Leonardo Loria, Roko Jureskin, Gaetano Masucci, Mattia Valoti (6.7), Assan Seck, Arturo Calabresi (6.6), Gabriele Piccinini and Tommaso Barbieri.

Pisa could not rely on the presence of Mattia Valoti (injured) and Gabriele Piccinini (injured).

Substitutions

Pisa made 5 changes: Stefano Moreo for Mattia Valoti (53′), Hjörtur Hermannsson for Arturo Calabresi (72′), Pietro Beruatto for Roko Jureskin (81′), Matteo Tramoni for Gabriele Piccinini (81′) and Marco D’Alessandro for Lisandru Tramoni (72′).

Best player: Matteo Tramoni​

The most impressive player for Pisa was Matteo Tramoni.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 14 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Sampdoria – Pisa – 0-2