Comeback Win
Pisa
Pisa went behind and turned the match around.
- Final score
- 2–1
Serie B · Matchday 2Pisa
S. Canestrelli 28'
G. Leone 30'
2 – 1
FT
HT 2–1
Catanzaro
P. Iemmello 22'
Serie B
Matchday 2Pisa2–1Catanzaro
2.04
Expected goals
1.11
22′28′30′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: PIS 2.04, CAT 1.11.
Match report
Pisa 2-1 Catanzaro
Pisa edged out Catanzaro 2-1 at Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani in Serie B. Iemmello opened the scoring for Catanzaro on 22', Canestrelli levelled for Pisa on 28' and Leone put Pisa back in front on 30'.
Expected goals finished Pisa 2.04, Catanzaro 1.11. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Catanzaro held 55.0% of the ball.
Pisa had to come from behind to get there, which is the detail the scoreline hides.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Pisa graded out for box occupation — 16 of 19 shots in the box and 0.11 xg per shot. Pisa graded out for cynical press — 15 fouls and 3 yellow cards.
Simone Canestrelli came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.9 for Pisa from 1 goal and 2 shots.
It was a niggly afternoon: 27 fouls between them and 5 yellow cards, with Pisa conceding the most free-kicks (15).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
45%Possession55%
19Shots15
2.04xG1.11
What the numbers say
5 readsBox Occupation
Pisa
Pisa kept getting bodies into the area — 84% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 16 of 19
- Share
- 84%
- xG per shot
- 0.11
Cynical Press
Pisa
Pisa broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 15 fouls and 3 bookings.
- Fouls
- 15
- Yellow cards
- 3
Busy Goalkeeper
Catanzaro
Catanzaro leaned on their goalkeeper, who made 6 saves.
- Saves
- 6
- Faced xG
- 2.04
- Conceded
- 2
Timeline
🔄9'
M. Dorval ↑ M. D'Alessandro ↓
⚽22'
P. Iemmello — assist: A. Candela
S. Canestrelli — assist: M. Tramoni
⚽28'
G. Leone — assist: O. Correia
⚽30'
Simone Zanon
Foul
🟨39'
Half-time
🔄46'
F. Tchaouna ↑ A. Candela ↓
D. Denoon ↑ S. Zanon ↓
🔄65'
G. Piccinini ↑ M. Leris ↓
🔄65'
🔄68'
R. Frosinini ↑ M. Ruggero ↓
📺71'
Nicola Mosti · Goal cancelled
A. Caracciolo ↑ R. Bozhinov ↓
🔄72'
I. Vural ↑ G. Leone ↓
🔄79'
E. Rao ↑ M. Tramoni ↓
🔄79'
🔄79'
F. Di Francesco ↑ N. Mosti ↓
🔄79'
E. Pecorino ↑ G. Alesi ↓
Arturo Calabresi
Foul
🟨80'
Isak Vural
Foul
🟨84'
🟨87'
Jacopo Petriccione
Foul
🟨90+3'
Matias Antonini
Foul
Match info
Kickoff
VenueArena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani, Pisa
RefereeAlberto Ruben Arena, Italy
CompetitionSerie B
Season2026
RoundMatchday 2
StatusMatch Finished