Our prediction for this Serie B match:
Pisa and Spezia go head to head at Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani in what is expected to be an interesting Serie B encounter. Pisa aim to build on a 3-1 win over Lecco, but Saturday’s clash will be anything but a walk in the park for the home side. Slovenia forward Jan Mlakar is widely expected to return to the starting XI after scoring as a substitute at the weekend, while both Calabresi and Tramoni are sidelined with injuries.
The Bianconeri, on the other hand, were not at their sharpest in back-to-back losses to Como (0-4) and Cremonese (0-1) and given Pisa’s signs of improvement, we predict that the hosts will emerge triumphant in Saturday’s clash. Left-back Arkadiusz Reca is out of contention through injury, but he should be the only absentee in the away team. In their last meeting at the venue Pisa defeated Spezia 3-2.
Highlighted Team (Spezia):
Spezia is a professional Italian club based in Spezia, Liguria. The Bianconeri secured promotion to the Serie A in the 2019/20 season, with the team beating Frosinone in the Serie B playoffs final. Spezia are well known for their black and white home jerseys, and black is the dominant colour of their away kit.
The club’s home ground Stadio Alberto Picco has the capacity of 10,336 people. The venue was opened back in 1919, with architect Gregotti being in charge of the project. In 2002 the club chiefs decided to reach an agreement with Inter which saw Spezia become Inter’s feeder club.
As a result, the likes of Goran Pandev, Aco Stojkov, and Alex Cordaz joined the Bianconeri in the first season. Spezia then suffered a bankruptcy, but in 2008 they were re-founded. In the 2020/21 season the Bianconeri will compete in the Italian elite division for the first time ever.