Fiorentina Vs Pisa: Serie A survival showdown at Stadio Franchi with Vanoli’s three-point lineup

Fiorentina face Pisa in a high-stakes Tuscan derby that doubles as a relegation six-pointer, and the latest match-day coverage for fiorentina vs pisa centres on Paolo Vanoli’s selection calls, fitness doubts and the official Week 26 line-ups. The fixture comes after Fiorentina’s 3-0 Conference League first-leg win in Poland and represents a key chance for the Viola to lift themselves above Pisa in the table.

Fiorentina Vs Pisa: Serie A Week 26 official line-ups

Paolo Vanoli has named a largely changed Fiorentina XI with a 4-3-3 shape and Moise Kean reintroduced to the attack for the visit of Pisa on Monday evening. The confirmed formations and starting elevens are:

• Fiorentina (4-3-3): De Gea; Dodo; Pongracic, Ranieri, Parisi; Ndour, Fagioli, Brescianini; Harrison, Kean, Solomon.
• Fiorentina subs listed: Lezzerini; Rugani, Gudmundsson, Comuzzo, Gosenz, Fazzini, Fortini, Balbo, Bonanno, Fabbian, Piccoli.
• Pisa (3-5-2): Nicolas; Canestrelli, Caracciolo, Bozhinov; Toure, Marin, Loyola, Angori; Moreo, Iling-Junior; Stojilkovic.
• Pisa subs listed: Semper, Leris, Hojholt, Meister, Tramoni, Cuadrado, Akinsanmiro, Durosinmi, Aebischer, Coppola, Calabresi, Guizzo, Albiol, Lorran.

Vanoli’s selection and fitness updates

Vanoli’s only real doubt concerns Albert Gudmundsson, who has not fully recovered from ankle problems suffered two weeks ago against Torino and remains in doubt until the final training session. Tests on the injured area were positive, but Gudmundsson still feels pain when he increases workload, and the coaching staff will work until the end to try to recover him; he remains a candidate for a place on the bench.

Manor Solomon is described as an increasingly untouchable starter and has recovered from a fever. Dodo and Moise Kean were left at Viola Park for a planned management rest in Poland and are ready to start the derby. The goalkeeper De Gea is recovering from a dislocated third finger on his left hand sustained in Como, and there is optimism that he is close to returning between the posts after his Conference League rest.

Pongracic returns to the starting lineup, partnering Ranieri, with Dodo and Parisi on the wings. In midfield Nicolo Fagioli is labelled untouchable; Cher Ndour keeps his place and Marco Brescianini joins the midfield three. Cher Ndour is the only midfielder retained from the recent European line-up. Ndour and Fabbian were noted as vying for a midfield spot in selection discussions, with Ndour having the upper hand. Up front, Solomon and Jack Harrison are expected on the wings, with Kean leading the attack.

Match context: relegation six-pointer at Stadio Franchi

The Tuscan rivals meet for the second time this season in a fixture staged at Stadio Franchi that is being treated as a relegation six-pointer. When Fiorentina and Pisa last met — the clubs’ first top-flight contest since 1991 — the pair had accrued just three points between them, and neither side has fully recovered from that slow start.

Fiorentina have spent most of the months since the late-September meeting inside Serie A’s drop zone and remain three points adrift of safety with 13 games remaining. Paolo Vanoli’s arrival earlier in the season has overseen an improvement, but the team remain fragile, having kept only a single clean sheet in their last 20 league matches. Fiorentina beat Como last week to avenge their Coppa Italia exit and then recorded a 3-0 Conference League first-leg win away to Jagiellonia Bialystok, with second-half strikes from Luca Ranieri, Rolando Mandragora and Roberto Piccoli wrapping up that victory in freezing conditions and with a much-changed team. Those wins produced Fiorentina’s first consecutive victories of the season, and the return leg against the Polish champions awaits after the derby.

Pisa’s situation, recent form and coaching change

Pisa sit below Fiorentina in the table and are in deep trouble: they have collected just one league win in 2025-26, a 1-0 victory over Cremonese at the beginning of November, and they have not won any of 14 league fixtures since that lone success. Pisa are nine points from safety and, after being replaced under Alberto Gilardino earlier this month, new coach Oscar Hiljemark has overseen a goalless draw with Hellas Verona and a spirited 2-1 defeat to AC Milan that was denied a point by a late Luka Modric strike. A defeat or a draw in this derby would set a new negative club record and would likely condemn Pisa to relegation after one year back in Serie A. The Nerazzurri also resume a long search for a first top-tier away win in 34 years, a quest Pisa fans hope to complete at Stadio Franchi.

Disciplinary notes, rotation clues and match timing

Rotation in Poland gave clues to Vanoli’s XI, with the Bialystok changes mirroring the team that beat Como last Saturday aside from the suspended Rolando Mandragora. Nicolo Fagioli, Dodo and Parisi are on a booking and, if booked again, would miss the March 1st trip to Udine. Pisa made just two changes from their Milan XI, with Samuel Iling-Junior and Marius Marin coming in for Matteo Tramoni and Michel Aebischer. The fixture is described variously as Monday evening and, in one account, tomorrow afternoon; the match is the return to league action following Fiorentina’s Thursday 3-0 Conference League win in Poland.

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