Federico Valente’s FC Südtirol will be on stage on Saturday at 2.00 pm on the pitch of the Alberto Braglia Stadium against the Emilian canaries
Photo Bordoni.
The red and whites are preparing to face their eighteenth away match.
In the 34th round, sixteenth of the second round with an asymmetric calendar of the 2023-2024 Serie BKT championship, FC Südtirol will be on stage at the Alberto Braglia Stadium in Modena to meet the home Canaries. Kick-off at 2pm on Saturday 27 April.
Mister Federico Valente’s team is fresh from the precious and deserved home draw achieved last Saturday at Druso against Cittadella: fifth useful home result in a row – among other things without conceding a goal, – third in a row and eleventh place in the standings, one point behind Pisa and Cittadella and two from Sampdoria, currently in the eighth and last place for access to the playoffs. Seven points separate the team from the red-hot playout zone.
Modena currently occupies twelfth position, jointly with Reggiana, three points behind the red and whites, with one point more than Cosenza, and three more than Ternana, currently one point above Bari and Spezia, currently in the playout zone.
The Emilian Canaries, led since April 14th by Mr. Pierpaolo Bisoli – red and white coach in the last cadet championship and until the beginning of December – are coming off a goalless draw achieved last Saturday on the Ascoli pitch.
State of form
FC Südtirol: eleventh place in the table with 43 points in 34 matches, the result of 11 wins and 10 draws, 13 stops, 40 goals scored and 41 conceded of which 20 points in 17 away matches: 5 wins, 5 draws and 7 stops with 21 goals scored and 24 conceded; 11th also for absolute performance away from home. The red and whites come from the precious goalless home draw achieved last Saturday at the “Druso” against Cittadella. Unavailable: Pecorino and Kurtic.
Modena: the Emilian canaries are in 12th position with 40 points, jointly with Reggiana. 8 wins, 16 draws and 10 goals, with 37 goals scored and 44 conceded, of which 20 points in the 17 home matches (15th overall performance) with 5 wins, as many draws and 7 stops, 19 goals scored and 21 conceded. After the home success against league leaders Parma 3-0 last January 27th, Modena recorded 9 draws and suffered 3 stops in the following twelve matchdays.
Alessandro Pio Riccio absent due to disqualification.
Coach: Pierpaolo Bisoli, 57 years old, has led Modena since April 14th, after taking over from Paolo Bianco. A coach with long experience with 310 benches in Serie A and 31 in Serie B, last year he led the FCS to the playoff semi-final in their debut season in Serie B and was at the helm of the red and white until December 5th.
All eyes on… Antonio Palumbo, 27-year-old central defender, former Ternana scorer of 7 goals. Fabio Abiuso, central striker born in 2003, scored 5 times. 4 goals for the 31 year old striker, former Cremonese Luca Strizzolo.
Ex on duty
Mister Pierpaolo Bisoli: from the fourth day of the last Serie B championship to 5 December last he led the FCS, leading them to the playoff semi-final.
Overall 53 matches with 20 wins, 21 draws and 12 defeats plus last summer’s Italian Cup match lost on penalties away to Sampdoria.
Also in Modena is the 33-year-old goalkeeper Andrea Seculin, who grew up in football in the red and white youth teams; the 29-year-old central defender Giovanni Zaro, 78 games (5 goals) with the FCS from 2021-2022 to last June, of which 36 games embellished with 5 goals in the last cadet championship and the 28-year-old striker who arrived in January from Pisa, Ettore Gliozzi , red and white from 2015 to 2017: two complete seasons. 69 games with 25 goals and 5 assists. Salvatore Molina played for Modena in B in 2013-2014: 40 games with 4 goals and 9 assists.
Head to head
Teams: Teams: 0-0 last September 26th at Druso in the first leg. A total of 12 precedents since November 2012.
In the last B championship, May 19th, the last day. Modena victorious at home 2-1.
Emiliani also victorious on 26 December at Druso 2-0 in the first leg.
The Canaries also won on 14 May 2022 in the decisive final match of the Lega Pro Super Cup.
Last red and white victory 2-0 in C 2020-2021 – Overall: 6 Modena victories, 3 of which at home and 5 FCS of which 4 at home. Only one draw, the first leg.
The referee of the match
The direction of the race was entrusted to Mr. Daniele Minelli of the Aia Section of Varese. Assistants were Stefano Galimberti from Seregno and Mario Davide Arace from Lugo di Romagna; fourth officer Mr. Antonio Costanza from Agrigento; Var and Avar, respectively Messrs. Luigi Nasca of Bari and Rodolfo Di Vuolo of Castellammare di Stabia.
The match live on TV and radio
On Sky Sport, Dazn and NowTv. Updates: Radio RAI, Radio Dolomiti, Radio NBC.
35th day program
Friday 04/26/2024 8.30pm Pisa-Catanzaro
Friday 04/26/2024 8.30pm Venice-Cremonese
Saturday 04/27/2024 2.00pm Brescia-Spezia
Saturday 27/04/2024 2.00pm Modena-FC Südtirol
Saturday 27/04/2024 2.00pm Parma-Lecco
Saturday 04/27/2024 2.00pm Ternana-Ascoli
Saturday 27/04/2024 16:15 Cittadella-FeralpiSalò
Saturday 27/04/2024 16:15 Cosenza-Bari
Saturday 27/04/2024 16:15 Palermo-Reggiana
Saturday 27/04/2024 16:15 Sampdoria-Como
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