PISA. Cosenza beat Pisa to win 2-1. A goal from S. Mazzocchi was decisive in the 90min. It was Cosenza to strike first with an early goal of Idriz Voca at the 6′. Then Simone Mazzocchi scored again for Cosenza in the 90′ minute. Eventually, Gaetano Masucci reduced the distance for Pisa (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Pisa was truly better in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani stadium in Pisa on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Rutella who had the assistance of Marco Ricci and Andrea Niedda. The 4th official was Giorgio Bozzetto. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 27 degrees Celsius or 80.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 33%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Pisa had a superior ball possession 61% while Cosenza was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Pisa had a more offensive attitude with 39 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Cosenza found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.
Pisa shot 8 times, 6 on target, 0 off target. On the other side, Cosenza shot 15 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Pisa received 2 yellow cards (Tommaso Barbieri and Tomás Esteves). On the other side, Cosenza received 6 yellow cards (Tommaso D’Orazio, Idriz Voca, Luigi Canotto, Mattia Viviani, Francesco Forte and Michael Venturi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Pisa will stay with 8 points like Brescia, Cosenza and Bari 1908 to hold in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Cosenza will have 11 points to lose in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Pisa will play away against Bari 1908 on the 20th of April with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Bari 1908 (5 draws).
Cosenza will host Bari 1908 on the 27th of April with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Bari 1908 (0 draws).
Pisa – Formation
Pisa started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Alberto Aquilani decided to play with the following team: Nicolas
, Tommaso Barbieri , Antonio Caracciolo , Simone Canestrelli , Pietro Beruatto , Jan Mlakar , Marius Marin , Miguel Veloso , Emanuel Vignato , Stefano Moreo and Mattia Valoti .The home team had on the bench: Maxime Leverbe, Hjörtur Hermannsson, Ernesto Torregrossa
, Ádám Nagy, Tomás Esteves , Leonardo Loria, Roko Jureskin, Gaetano Masucci , Alessandro Arena, Arturo Calabresi, Gabriele Piccinini and Andrea Barberis .Pisa could not rely on the presence of Tomás Esteves (injured), Gabriele Piccinini (injured), Gaetano Masucci (injured) and Andrea Barberis (injured).
Substitutions
Pisa made 5 changes: Stefano Moreo for Tomás Esteves (46′), Miguel Veloso for Gabriele Piccinini (46′), Jan Mlakar for Gaetano Masucci (78′), Mattia Valoti for Andrea Barberis (66′) and Emanuel Vignato for Ernesto Torregrossa (58′).
Best player: Pietro Beruatto
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Pisa was Pietro Beruatto.
His rating is
with 40 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.Cosenza – Formation
Cosenza started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Fabio Caserta played with: Alessandro Micai
, Andrea Rispoli , Andrea Meroni , Michael Venturi , Tommaso D’Orazio , Mateusz Praszelik , Giacomo Calò , Manuel Marras , Idriz Voca , Simone Mazzocchi and Gennaro Tutino .They had on the bench: Filippo Sgarbi, Alessandro Fontanarosa
, Francesco Forte , Alessandro Lai, Baldovino Cimino, Valerio Crespi, Alessandro Arioli, Massimo Zilli, Mattia Viviani , Luigi Canotto , Aldo Florenzi and Leonardo Marson.Substitutions
Cosenza made 5 changes: Manuel Marras for Aldo Florenzi (63′), Gennaro Tutino for Francesco Forte (63′), Mateusz Praszelik for Mattia Viviani (79′), Tommaso D’Orazio for Alessandro Fontanarosa (58′) and Idriz Voca for Luigi Canotto (58′).
Best player: Giacomo Calò
The player that probably impressed the most for Cosenza was Giacomo Calò even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 49 passes (80% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 6 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Brescia – Ascoli – 1-1
- Ternana – Reggiana – 3-0
- Pisa – Cosenza – 1-2
- Modena – Venezia – 1-3
- FeralpiSalò – Spezia – 1-2