Monza take on the visitors Pisa in the first leg of Italian Serie B playoffs final. The match will be played on Thursday, May 26th at Brianteo (Monza).
Monza received a new group of owners led by Silvio Berlusconi in the fall of 2018. He, who made Milan great, obviously did not enter the project so that he would continue to hang out in the 3rd division of the country. Everything, however, did not happen instantly. In 2020, the Red-Whites were able to move up to Serie B. Obviously, there were hopes to pass it by express train in a year. But in the end, there was only 3rd place and the subsequent defeat in the playoffs. Moreover, now, already under Giovanni Stroppa, even 1 of the favorites finished a little lower, in 4th position. But, perhaps, the negative experience of a year ago will help to achieve such a desired result now. Monza started in the last stage, playing against Brescia. Monza managed to beat them both on the road and at home, and with the same score 2-1. The hero of that round was Christian Gytkjaer: an experienced Danish striker scored a "double" in the first meeting, and gave an assist in the second leg.
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Pisa approached to a new level for itself. In 2016, the "towers" were promoted to the 2nd division of Italy under the leadership of Gennaro Gattuso, but then they failed to stay at a new level. And only after it came out to return to Serie B in 2019, it turned out to establish there. And in the 2021/2022 draw, they managed to score 67 points - the same as Monza, and only 2 less than Cosenza, who managed to move to Calcio directly. Now we have to fight for the right to still rise higher, but already through the playoffs. In May, it was already possible to beat Benevento: the Towers and the Witches exchanged minimal, 1-0, victories. It is curious that in this case, according to the regulations, penalties are not beaten, and then the one who turned out to be higher in the regular season goes further.
Pisa are unbeaten in 8 head-to-heads in a row, of which they have won 6 times. Including the “towers” managed to win twice 2-1 in Series B draw in 2021/2022. Bookmakers consider Monza to be the favorite of the meeting. But it will not be easy for them to reverse the losing trend for themselves, so it is better to limit yourself to pragmatic “less than 2.5 goals”.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
