Italian Serie A
2025-11-24 - Sassuolo vs Pisa
A Sports Betting Pick by Cafa
Italy Serie A - Round 12
Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (21,525)
Monday, 24 November 2025, 20:45 CET
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Sassuolo Team News
Sassuolo, the football romantic's favourite side in Serie A, struck again and appeared in all sports headlines in Italy. Atalanta lost at home to Sassuolo 0-3, with two goals and an assist by the legendary one-team player Domenico Berardi, and you can't really get that kind of wholesome feeling that all is right with the football today in any other top league.
It's almost impossible to create a good game plan against Sassuolo if you're favoured against them, as they fall back and wait for a counter attack, and their offensive trio of Berardi, Pinamonti and Laurier is arguably the most cohesive unit in the league. Problems for Sassuolo arise when the opponent is defensive.
Pisa Team News
Pisa is showing signs of life after all. They're undefeated for five consecutive rounds now despite meeting Milan and Lazio among others, and even managed to get their first win of the season, at home against Cremonese.
This just means Pisa settled into Serie A finally, but they still lack the quality to play any serious football. They just find a way to get the points with a limited roster that they have at their disposal.
It's almost incredible that other teams allow Pisa to score with the forwards that they have. They should really take marking more seriously, but in Serie A that stuff is optional.
Probable Lineups
Sassuolo (4-3-3): Muric - Walukiewicz, Idzes, Canda, Doig - Vrancx, Matic, Kone - Berardi, Pinamonti, Lauriente. Coach Grosso.
Pisa (3-5-2): Šemper - Bonfanti, Caracciolo, Canestrelli - Toure, Akinsanmiro, Aebischer, Marin, Leris - Moreo, Nzola. Coach Gilardino.
The Betting Market
The price on Sassuolo is 2.10, and that doesn't make a lot of sense as this is a duel between the 8th and 17th team on the league table. It is also a relegation six-pointer as these teams are coming from Serie B. The home side is expected to be favoured in these.
The price we see here looks like the home field advantage is the only factor at play as the two teams are considered more or less equal. This is wrong - Sassuolo is a class above.
Under 2.5 Goals is priced at 1.62 while the Over is priced at 2.30 and there's decent value in the latter. It seems Both Teams To Score: NO could be a good bet at 1.80 if you think the game will indeed be low-scoring as the bookmakers suggest.
The Betting Verdict
Even though this isn't a scenario in which Sassuolo is expected to thrive, as there won't be room for counter attacks and the Neroverdi will have to build up their offense against a stacked box, we still think this cunning side will find a way through.
Their trio of forwards are all clinical finishers. This should be enough to take care of Pisa, and Sassuolo has also shown an uncanny ability to adapt to the demands of every game they play. They might do it here too, they certainly have the weapons for it, while Pisa most certainly has very limited options to do well here.
Sassuolo won 1-0 last season on this stadium in Serie B, while Pisa won their home fixture earlier 3-1.
The Statistics :
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The Pick :
Sassuolo 2-0 Pisa
