Serie A

Sassuolo vs. Pisa, the final game of matchday 12

Sassuolo and Pisa hope to keep their positive runs going.

Matchday twelve of Serie A will close out at the Mapei Stadium with Sassuolo hosting Pisa. The home side, coming off a three-goal win over Atalanta, are hoping for consecutive wins to begin aiming for a European spot. Pisa will arrive on the back of their first win of the season over Cremonese, extending their streak to five positive results and pushing them further away from the relegation zone.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The head-to-head record in Emilia between the two teams is 3 matches: Sassuolo unbeaten with 2 wins (the last 1-0 in last year's Serie B) and 1 draw (the last 0-0 in Serie C1 2006/07). It will be the first Serie A clash between the two teams.

DID YOU KNOW?

Sassuolo on 16 points in the table after 11 matchdays: it had been since 2020/21 that – in a Serie A tournament – the neroverdi hadn't started better. On that occasion, Sassuolo collected 22 points at this point of the season. Facing each other are two of the 5 Serie A 2025/26 teams that take the most penalties, 3 each in 11 rounds, like Fiorentina, Napoli and Milan. Pisa, in Serie A, hasn't won away from home since March 24, 1991, 3-2 in Parma. Since then there have been 4 draws and 4 defeats in 8 matches played.

COACHES and PLAYERS

World Cup clash on the bench between Fabio Grosso and Alberto Gilardino, two of the victorious players of Germany 2006: 6 appearances for the neroverde coach and 5 for the nerazzurro one.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: Doig (Sassuolo)

REFEREE

DI MARCO (ZINGARELLI – DI GIACINTO) IV: FELICIANI, VAR: GARIGLIO, AVAR: AURELIANO

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Como-Sassuolo (Friday, November 28, 20.45 CET) Pisa-Inter (Sunday, November 30, 15.00 CET) (Photo Getty Images)