Italian Serie A---Pisa VS Verona Prediction

Pisa VS Verona Livescore / H2H stats and Live Streaming
Time:18-10-2025 21:00 Saturday
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Match Preview:
The excitement that followed Pisa's return to Serie A after a 34-year absence has slowly given way to the reality of what it takes to succeed at this level, given their winless start in the big time.

Bottom of the division after six games, Alberto Gilardino's team have accrued only two points from a possible 18, losing four of their six matches and conceding 10 goals across those fixtures.

The Black and Blues’ four defeats are the joint-worst in the competition alongside 19th-placed Genoa, while the Black and Blues have conceded more goals (10) than all but one team in Serie A: Torino (13).

Given their goalscoring struggles, which have seen them find the net just three times, hope may be fading among the promoted club's ranks, who are one of the four teams yet to secure a victory this season — an unwelcome record they share with Fiorentina, Verona and Genoa, clubs in the bottom four.

Like their hosts, the Mastiffs have suffered from a below-par start to the season, failing to win in six attempts and unable to score in four of those matches.

One of their two goals came in a 1-1 draw with Juventus, albeit at the Bentegodi in gameweek four; however, Paolo Zanetti's men have not built on that encouraging result following losses to Roma (2-0) and to Sassuolo (1-0).

Having claimed only one of their three points away from home, Zanetti's team enter Saturday's fixture on the back of consecutive away defeats, in which they have conceded six times without reply in visits to the capital, losing to Lazio (4-0) and Roma.

Match Prediction:
Idrissa Toure is suspended for this weekend's game following his sending-off in Pisa's 4-0 defeat by Bologna before the international break. While the Tuscans will assess Daniel Denoon, Michel Aebischer and Tomas Esteves, their issues are not expected to be serious; however, Calvin Stengs is expected to miss Saturday's fixture.

Simone Canestrelli and Antonio Caracciolo have played every minute of the Black and Blues’ six games, and both defenders are likely to start at the back in the seventh gameweek. As for Verona, Daniel Oyegoke will be assessed by the team's medical department, although Abdou Harroui, Moatasem Al Musrati and Tomas Suslov, the latter of whom has a long-term ACL injury, are sidelined.