PISA. Pisa had a narrow win over Palermo. Pisa was much superior in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani stadium in Pisa on Monday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Fourneau with the assistance of Gaetano Massara and Paolo Bitonti. The 4th official was Gabriele Sacchi. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 13.63 degrees Celsius or 56.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Pisa had a superior ball possession 69% while Palermo was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Pisa was putting more pressure with 63 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Pisa won the match.
Pisa shot 22 times, 9 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Palermo shot 6 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Pisa received 3 yellow cards (Antonio Caracciolo , Arturo Calabresi and Tommaso Barbieri). Regarding the opposition, Palermo received 2 yellow cards (Claudio Gomes and Mamadou Coulibaly).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Pisa has 40 points like Reggiana to remain in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Palermo will stays with 49 points to remain in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Pisa will play away against TBC on the 6th of April with a 0-0 head to head statistic.
Palermo will host Sampdoria on the 6th of April with a 8-7 head to head statistic in favor of Palermo (8 draws).
Pisa – Formation
Pisa adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Alberto Aquilani decided to play with the following team: Leonardo Loria
, Arturo Calabresi , Antonio Caracciolo , Simone Canestrelli , Marco D’Alessandro , Tomás Esteves , M. Marin , Tommaso Barbieri , Stefano Moreo , Mattia Valoti and Nicholas Bonfanti .The home team had on the bench: Nícolas, Maxime Leverbe, Lisandru Tramoni
, Ernesto Torregrossa , Matteo Tramoni , Idrissa Touré, Pietro Beruatto , Gaetano Masucci, Alessandro Arena, Alessandro De Vitis, Gabriele Piccinini and Miguel Veloso .Substitutions
Pisa made 5 changes: Tommaso Barbieri for Pietro Beruatto (46′), Marco D’Alessandro for Lisandru Tramoni (78′), Arturo Calabresi for Ernesto Torregrossa (78′), Stefano Moreo for Matteo Tramoni (78′) and Nicholas Bonfanti for Miguel Veloso (89′).
Player of the match: Matteo Tramoni
The most impressive player for Pisa was Matteo Tramoni .
His rating is
with 2 goals, 14 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 2 crosses.His performance was extraordinary also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 78′.
Palermo – Formation
Also Palermo adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Eugenio Corini played with: Mirko Pigliacelli
, Salim Diakité , Ionuţ Nedelcearu , Pietro Ceccaroni , Francesco Di Mariano , Claudio Gomes , Jacopo Segre , Kristoffer Lund , Mamadou Coulibaly , Federico Di Francesco and Matteo Luigi Brunori .These were the players on the bench: S. Desplanches, Simon Graves
, Fabio Lucioni , Leo Stulac, Leonardo Mancuso, Roberto Insigne, Ivan Marconi, A. Vasić , Edoardo Soleri , Giuseppe Aurelio , Liam Henderson and Chaka Traorè.Palermo could not rely on the presence of A. Vasić (injured).
Substitutions
Palermo made 4 changes: Matteo Luigi Brunori for Edoardo Soleri (82′), Federico Di Francesco for Giuseppe Aurelio (73′), Mamadou Coulibaly for A. Vasić (20′) and Francesco Di Mariano for Simon Graves (82′).
Player of the match: Matteo Luigi Brunori
The most impressive player for Palermo was Matteo Luigi Brunori .
His rating is
with 2 goals, 4 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Modena – Bari 1908 – 1-1
- Cosenza – Brescia – 1-2
- Venezia – Reggiana – 2-3
- Spezia – Ascoli – 2-1
- Sampdoria – Ternana – 4-1
- Pisa – Palermo – 4-3
- Parma – Catanzaro – 0-2
- Lecco – Cittadella – 1-1
- Cremonese – FeralpiSalò – 0-1
- Como – Südtirol – 2-0