Does FC Südtirol's winning streak also hold against Prato?

After the odyssey in Syracuse, FC Südtirol is playing in front of its home crowd again. The White and Reds are a force at home this year, apart from the opening game against Piacenza, which was lost 1-2. But after that, Stroppa's team celebrated three wins (against Frosinone, Portogruaro and Lanciano), while they drew against Bassano.

In addition to the long-term injured Thomas Albanese and Luca Franchini, who underwent knee surgery on Friday and will be out for at least four months, coach Giovanni Stroppa will also have to do without Marco Martin on Sunday. The 23-year-old left wing-back is suffering from a bruised left knee that he sustained in a collision in Syracuse. Either Simone Iacoponi or Alessio Grea are likely to play in his place. Maybe Nazari can also get some match practice.

Kiem and Cascone are placed in the defense center. They are the showpiece of the defense, which only allowed six goals in nine games with Iacobucci in goal. The use of Amedeo Calliari in midfield has been planned from the start, together with Alessandro Furlan and Francesco Uliano. But Michael Bacher and Alessandro Campo, who have now recovered, as well as Hannes Fink are also applying for a starting place.

Manuel Fischler and Andrea Schenetti will play at the front in attack. A very special game for Schenetti as he played ten games in Prato's uniform last season and scored two goals.

Third place in the table should actually inspire FC Südtirol, but Giovanni Stroppa puts things into perspective. “The table currently has little meaning. What really counts is the total number of points. Our declared goal for the season is to securely stay in the league and to achieve this we have to keep collecting points,” the coach probably doesn’t want to make the same mistake as last year, when the FCS was still dreaming of the play-off after the first half of the season and then ended up in the play-out landed with a known outcome.

The FCS's opponent, Prato, was promoted to the 1st division with a special permit. So far, the team from Tuscany has suffered six defeats in nine games and, together with Piacenza, has the weakest defense in the league - with 14 conceded goals. Prato's best-known player is 29-year-old midfielder Andrea Pisanu, who has played 75 Serie A games with Cagliari, Parma and Bologna. But the Prato coach still has aces up his sleeve, such as 29-year-old goalkeeper Stefano Layeni, who played two seasons in Serie B for Albinoleffe, playing 20 games, and defender Andrea Manucci (87 games and two goals in the Serie B with Cittadella) and the midfielder Enrico Geroni (29 games and one goal for Albinoleffe in the Serie B). Striker Massimiliano Vieri, the brother of former Inter bomber Christian, will also be a force to be reckoned with.

The possible setups:

FC South Tyrol: Jacobucci; Iacoponi, Cascone, Kiem, Grea (Nazari); Furlan, Calliari, Uliano; Schenetti, Ferrari (Chinellato), Firiegeller. Replacements: Miskiewicz, Nazari (Grea), Bacher, Campo, Fink, Chiavarini, Chinellato (Ferrari). Coach: Giovanni Stroppa

AC Prato: Layeni; Manucci, Lamma, Patacchiola, De Agostini; Fogaroli, Cavagna, Geroni; Pisanu; Vieri, Benedetti. Substitutes: Morandi, Baresi, Gori, Sacenti, Marongiu, Alberti, Silva Reis. Coach: Vincenzo Esposito

Referee: Ivan Magnani from Frosinone

1st Division Lega Pro (District B) – 10th matchday – Sunday, October 30.10.2011, 14.30 – XNUMX:XNUMX p.m Barletta – Feralpisalò Bassano Virtus – Siracusa Cremonese – Virtus Lanciano Latina – Andria Piacenza-Grosseto Spezia – Portogruaro FC South Tyrol - Prato Trapani – Frosinone (start: 14.00 p.m.) Triestina – Pergocrema

The table after nine games:

1. Pergocrema 18 points 2. Frosinone 16 3. Barletta 15 4. Carrarese 15 5. FC South Tyrol 15 6. Virtus Lanciano * 15 7. Portogruaro 14 8. Trapani 14 9. Cremonese**** 12 10. Piacenza*** 12 11. Syracuse** 12 12. Spezia 11 13. Andria Bat 10 14. Triestina 9 15. Prato 7 16. Bassano Virtus 6 17. Latina 5 18. Feralpi Salò 5

* -1 penalty point ** -2 penalty points *** -4 penalty points **** -6 penalty points

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