Our prediction for this Serie B match:
Benevento will look to make amends for a 2-0 loss to Frosinone when they host Pisa to their Stadio Ciro Vigorito on Matchday 32. Benevento are eager to stay in automatic promotion race, and they are likely to go all guns blazing at Pisa. Peru international Gianluca Lapadula is widely expected to return to the starting XI, whilst there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
The Nerazzurri, on the other hand, aim to build on a hard-fought 1-0 win over Cittadella. Pisa are eyeing their eighth away win of the process, but beating Benevento on the road is easier said than done. Both Lorenzo Lucca and Marius Marin are banned for the match, but there are no fresh injury worries in the away side. In their last meeting at the venue the two teams played out a 1-1 draw.
Highlighted Player (Gianluca Lapadula):
Gianluca Lapadula, also known as Lapagol, due to his goalscoring abilities, was born in Turin and started his career at Juventus youth team, but was released because he wasn’t doing well in his studies. After the departure with Juventus, Lapadula perfected his goalscoring skills in lower Italian leagues and even spent one year in NK Gorica, Slovenia.
During his spell in Ravenna, he managed to finish the season 2012/13 as the top scorer in the group, netting 24 goals in the process. For a long period of time, the 28-year-old was Parma’s player, but he went on loans often, and, after Parma went bankrupt, Lapagol moved to Pescara. With 30 goals in 43 appearances, the striker caught the eye of Serie A giant Milan. He netted his first goal for the Rossoneri only three minutes after he came on as a substitute.
The following season Lapagol became the striker of Genoa. Even though he was called to play for Peru, the Genoa hitman decided to represent Italy, getting his first call to the senior squad in November 2016. However, he never made an official appearance for Italy, since he only played an unofficial friendly against San Marino, when he scored a hat-trick.