Pisa vs Cremonese Preview: Team News & Prediction
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These two gained promotion from Serie B last season and they will both be content with their respective starts, albeit Pisa head into this one still winless at the moment.
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Pisa preview: Improving Pisa
Following their promotion to the top-flight of Italian football last season, Pisa remain winless but they are beginning to show signs of improvement under the management of former Genoa boss and 2006 FIFA World Cup winner Alberto Gilardino.
The Tuscans come into this one on the back of backing up their 2-2 draw at San Siro against AC Milan by sharing a couple of other draws against in-form opposition; at home to Lazio and then away to Torino.
Cremonese preview: Solid Cremonese
Following the appointment of Davide Nicola upon their ascension to Serie A over the summer, Cremonese embarked upon a very busy summer transfer window and they have suffered just two defeats in their opening ten matches of the campaign.
The Lombardy-based outfit most recently suffered a 2-1 defeat to Juventus at Stadio Giovanni Zini last weekend in a game in which Jamie Vardy scored his second goal for the club in Cremona.
Pisa team news: A few issues
Pisa have no fresh injury concerns for this one as Tomas Esteves remains a doubt for the hosts, whilst both Mateus Lusuardi remains sidelined alongside attacker Calvin Stengs.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Semper; Calabresi, Cariaccolo, Canestrelli; Toure, Akinsanmiro, Hojholt, Leris; Moreo, Vural; Meister
Unavailable: Lusuardi (Injured), Stengs (Injured)
Questionable: Esteves (Injured)
Cremonese team news: Several doubts
Cremonese are dealing with several doubts for thus week as former Olympique de Marseille striker Faris Moumbagna remains potentially unavailable alongside Paraguay international Tonny Sanabria.
Predicted XI (3-5-2): Audero; Terracciano, Baschirotto, Bianchetti; Barbieri, Payero, Bondo, Vandeputte, Floriani Mussolini; Bonazzoli, Vardy
Unavailable: Collocolo (Injured)
Questionable: Pezzella (Injured), Grassi (Injured), Zerbin (Injured), Moumbagna (Injured), Tonny Sanabria (Injured)
Pisa vs Cremonese prediction
Alberto Gilardino and his Pisa side have been able to show some real signs of improvement. They remain firmly in the battle against the drop and they are winless. They now face a Cremonese side that will be expected to play their usual way on the counter-attack but it may be tough against a stubborn Pisa side. A victory appears to be around the corner for the hosts and they have to be slight favourites for this one.
Pisa vs Cremonese tip: Double chance – Pisa to win or draw