VICENZA. Pisa didn’t concede much to SPAL to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Saturday..

The match was played at the Stadio Romeo Menti stadium in Vicenza on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Giovanni Ayroldi with the assistance of Rodolfo Di Vuolo and Damiano Di Iorio. The 4th official was Daniele Virgilio. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.2 degrees Celsius or 43.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. SPAL was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Pisa that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Pisa was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Pisa to win the contest​.

SPAL shot 15 times, 0 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, Pisa shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

SPAL received 3 yellow cards (F. Vicari, R. Celia and M. Mancosu). On the other side, Pisa received 4 yellow cards (A. Caracciolo, S. Birindelli, G. Mastinu and L. Lucca).

Standings

After playing this match, SPAL will have 22 points to sit in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Pisa will have 39 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, SPAL will play away with Pordenone on the 6th of February with a 1-1 head to head.

Pisa will play away agasint Alessandria on the 5th of February with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Pisa (0 draws).

SPAL – Formation

SPAL adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Roberto Venturato decided to play with the following team: Demba Thiam (7.6), Lorenzo Dickmann (7.5), Francesco Vicari (7.2), Biagio Meccariello (7.5), Raffaele Celia (7.0), Jacopo Da Riva (6.7), Federico Viviani (7.4), Luca Mora (7.0), Marco Mancosu (6.8), Lorenzo Colombo (6.6) and Mattia Finotto (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Demba Seck (6.7), Ludovico D’Orazio, Andrea Seculin, Franco Zuculini, Alberto Pomini, Elio Capradossi, Giuseppe Rossi, Giovanni Crociata (6.7), Alessandro Tripaldelli, Federico Melchiorri (6.8), Salvatore Esposito (7.0) and David Heidenreich.

Substitutions

SPAL made 5 changes: J. Da Riva for G. Crociata (68′), L. Colombo for F. Melchiorri (68′), F. Viviani for S. Esposito (77′), M. Finotto for D. Seck (77′) and M. Mancosu for G. Rossi (89′).

Best player: Demba Thiam​

The most impressive player for SPAL was the goalkeeper: Demba Thiam. His rating is 7.62. He performed 3 saves.

Pisa – Formation

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

Luca D\’Angelo played with: Nicolas (6.8), Hjörtur Hermannsson (7.8), Maxime Leverbe (7.1), Antonio Caracciolo (7.7), Samuele Birindelli (7.1), Gabriele Piccinini (6.6), Ádám Nagy (7.0), Marius Marin (6.2), Yonatan Cohen (6.8), Gaetano Masucci (6.6) and Davide Marsura (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Robert Gucher, Nicholas Siega, Alessandro De Vitis, Vladan Đekić, Giuseppe Sibilli (6.8), Filippo Berra, Davide Di Quinzio, Alessandro Livieri, Idrissa Toure (6.6), Giuseppe Mastinu (7.2), Andrea Cisco and Lorenzo Lucca (6.7).

Substitutions

Pisa made 4 changes: D. Marsura for L. Lucca (59′), G. Piccinini for I. Toure (60′), G. Masucci for G. Sibilli (68′) and Y. Cohen for G. Mastinu (74′).

Best player: Hjörtur Hermannsson​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Pisa was Hjörtur Hermannsson.

His rating is (7.8) with 40 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Alessandria – Benevento – 2-0
• Como – Crotone – 1-1
• SPAL – Pisa – 0-0
• Perugia – Pordenone – 0-1
• Monza – Reggina – 1-0
• Brescia – Ternana – 1-1
• Cosenza – Ascoli – 1-3