Avellino vs Pisa Prediction

Two form samples that don't quite match up

Avellino's wider run of 20 matches shows nine wins, three draws and eight losses, with 31 goals scored and 29 conceded. That's a reasonably balanced record stretched mostly across Serie B fixtures.

Avellino: 20 completed matches; Pisa: 20 completed matches.

Avellino

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

31

Conceded

29

Difference

+2

Pisa

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

65% 13 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

38

Difference

-15

Pisa's equivalent sample reads four wins, three draws and 13 losses, with 23 goals for and 38 against. A good chunk of that comes from a heavier run of results in a different competition last season, so it's not a clean like-for-like with Avellino's numbers. Their actual Serie B form this term has been closer to breakeven.

The two samples span different competitions and seasons, so they shouldn't be read as directly comparable form guides.

Comparative Team Statistics: Avellino vs Pisa

History doesn't offer much here

There are only two recorded meetings between these sides, both from 2016 and 2017, and Avellino won both. That's roughly a decade old now and tells us very little about either squad as they stand today.

Level on points, close on the table

After five Serie B games this season, Avellino sit ninth with seven points, seven goals scored and six conceded. Pisa are just below them in eleventh, also on seven points, with eight scored and eight conceded.

It's an early-season snapshot rather than anything settled, but it does show both clubs are in a similar spot right now.

Goals up top, cards to watch

Avellino's attack has leaned on Russo and Besaggio, who have combined for five goals between them in five matches. Besaggio has also picked up three yellow cards in that span, so he's walking a bit of a tightrope.

Avellino:

Best scorers:

R. Russo - 3

M. Besaggio - 2

Penalty cards:

M. Besaggio x 3

Pisa:

Penalty cards:

M. Léris x 1

A. Calabresi x 3

İ. Vural x 2

On the Pisa side, Calabresi and Vural have both been booked multiple times recently, and Léris already has a red card in just four matches. None of this confirms who's actually available on the day, but it's a discipline pattern worth being aware of.

Where goals might come from

Both sides have shown they can be got at defensively this season. Avellino have conceded six in five Serie B games and Pisa eight in the same number, while Pisa's longer sample shows an even leakier record at 38 goals against in 20 matches.

Avellino's scoring has been fairly concentrated in a couple of players, which can work well when they're firing but leaves them short if either is quiet. Pisa's goals have been harder to come by across their recent matches as a whole.