Serie A | Pisa 1-2 Genoa: Grifone practically guarantee top flight ticket

Tommaso Baldanzi drilled just wide from the edge of the area for Genoa early on, but it was Pisa who took the lead by taking advantage of the usual Grifone weakness on set plays.

Samuele Angori floated in a corner for the towering header of defender Simone Canestrelli into the far bottom corner, VAR waving away appeals for a push on Stefano Sabelli.

It should’ve been 2-0 moments later when Pisa broke on the counter-attack from a Genoa corner, but Angori failed to beat Justin Bijlow one-on-one.

Aaron Martin fired a promising free kick into the wall, but Genoa equalised from a throw-in. Baldanzi combined with Lorenzo Colombo and laid it off for Jeff Ekhator, who smashed a left-foot screamer into the roof of the net from just inside the area.

Genoa nearly turned it around on the stroke of half-time, as Colombo bent a great finish from a tricky angle down the right and it shaved a coat of paint off the far top corner of the crossbar. They were doubly frustrated, as officials did not spot the deflection off Canestrelli.

Colombo came close again after the restart, meeting the Baldanzi disguised pass to force a tricky save from Semper at the near post.

Canestrelli slipped when trying to block off Baldanzi in the box and stuck out an arm to parry the finish for an inevitable penalty. The Grifone had missed four of the previous eight spot-kicks in Serie A this season, but Colombo put a perfect left-foot finish into the top corner.

Leo Ostigard tripped Stefano Moreo just outside the box and Bijlow needed a big save to deny Michel Aebischer at the near post, while Semper got down to keep out the Colombo angled drive at the other end.

Pisa 1-2 Genoa

Canestrelli 19 (P), Ekhator 41 (G), Colombo pen 55 (G)

19-04-2026 17:00 MatchDay 33 Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani

Pisa

Genoa 1 - 2

Player statistic

1st half

Simone Canestrelli (Assist: Samuele Angori)		19'
Arturo Calabresi		32'
		41'

Jeff Ekhator (Assist: Tommaso Baldanzi) 2nd half

55'

Lorenzo Colombo     67' Leo Östigard Michel Aebischer 80'     Antonio Caracciolo

87'     Pisa Genoa

Starting lineups

1

Adrian Šemper Goalkeeper 4 Antonio Caracciolo Defender 33

Arturo Calabresi Defender 61' 35 Felipe Loyola Defender 56' 3 Samuele Angori Defender 5 Simone Canestrelli Defender 14 Ebenezer Akinsanmiro Midfielder 61' 15 Idrissa Touré Midfielder 70' 10 Matteo Tramoni Midfielder 70' 20

Michel Aebischer Midfielder 32 Stefano Moreo Attacker 16

Justin Bijlow Goalkeeper 3

Aarón Martín Defender 27 Alessandro Marcandalli Defender 22

Johan Vásquez Defender 5

Leo Östigard Defender 20

Stefano Sabelli Defender 86' 4 Amorim Midfielder 78' 73 Patrizio Masini Midfielder 8 Tommaso Baldanzi Midfielder 65' 21 Jeff Ekhator Attacker 65' 29 Lorenzo Colombo Attacker

79'

Substitutes

22

Simone Scuffet Goalkeeper 12

Nicolas Goalkeeper 39

Raúl Albiol Defender 23

Calvin Stengs Attacker 26 Francesco Coppola Defender 8 Malthe Höjholt Midfielder 2 Rosen Bozhinov Defender 81 Filip Stojilkovic Attacker 9 Henrik Meister Attacker 56' 11

Juan Cuadrado Midfielder 61' 21 Isak Vural Midfielder 61' 36 Gabriele Piccinini Attacker 70' 17 Rafiu Durosinmi Attacker 70' 39 Daniele Sommariva Goalkeeper 1 Nicola Leali Goalkeeper 75 Gaël Lafont Midfielder 13 Nils Zätterström Defender 80 Jacopo Grossi Midfielder 99 Latif Ouedraogo Defender 10

Junior Messias Attacker 65' 14 Jean Onana Midfielder 65' 9 Vitinha Attacker 78' 18

Caleb Ekuban Attacker 79' 34

Sebastian Otoa Defender

86'