Fiorentina Vs Pisa: Preview, Prediction, Team News and Serie A Week 26 Official Line-ups

The latest build-up frames fiorentina vs pisa as a relegation six-pointer at Stadio Franchi on Monday evening, with the Viola desperately fighting for Serie A survival while Pisa appear to be heading toward relegation. The clash is the second meeting of the season between the Tuscan rivals and carries major implications for both clubs' campaigns.

Match context and what’s at stake in fiorentina vs pisa

This matchup is presented as a high-stakes derby: the Viola are fighting to lift themselves clear of the drop zone while Pisa already look doomed. The two sides met earlier in the campaign in what was their first top-flight contest since 1991; at that point the pair had accrued just three points between them and neither has recovered fully since. Since the late-September meeting the Florence club have spent most of the following months inside Serie A's drop zone, keeping just a single clean sheet in their last 20 league matches.

Fiorentina sit 18th and require three points this evening if they are to lift themselves above Pisa, who sit one position below them and six points adrift in the table. Pisa are nine points from safety and have won just once in the 2025-26 league season — a 1-0 victory over Cremonese in early November — and have not won any of 14 league fixtures since that lone success. A defeat or draw here would create a new negative club record for the Nerazzurri and would very likely condemn them to relegation after just one year back in Serie A.

Form guide, recent results and European distraction

Fiorentina returned to league action following a 3-0 Conference League first-leg victory away to Jagiellonia Bialystok, with second-half strikes from Luca Ranieri, Rolando Mandragora and Roberto Piccoli wrapping up the win in freezing conditions. That success — secured by a much-changed team — followed a 2-1 win over Como and a 2-2 draw with Torino, leaving the Viola unbeaten in the month of February in the coverage provided. Those consecutive victories were the first back-to-back wins of the season for Vanoli's side.

Pisa's recent sequence under new coach Oscar Hiljemark includes a goalless draw with Hellas Verona and a spirited 2-1 defeat to AC Milan in which a late Luka Modric strike denied them a point. The Nerazzurri will also resume their long search for a first top-tier away win in 34 years; supporters would dearly love to see that quest end at Stadio Franchi.

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

Paolo Vanoli has made wholesale changes and reintroduced Moise Kean in attack for the visit of Pisa. The published starting XIs and formations for the contest are listed below.

• Fiorentina (4-3-3): De Gea; Dodo; Pongracic, Ranieri, Parisi; Ndour, Fagioli, Brescianini; Harrison, Kean, Solomon.
• Fiorentina substitutes: 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 substitutes include: Semper, Leris, Hojholt, Meister, Tramoni, Cuadrado, Akinsanmiro, Durosinmi, Aebischer, Coppola, Calabresi, Guizzo, Albiol, Lorran.

Team news, injuries and selection dilemmas

Paolo Vanoli faces selection questions ahead of the derby. One pre-match build-up noted that his only real doubt about the lineup concerned Albert Gudmundsson, the Viola number 10, who has not fully recovered from ankle problems suffered two weeks earlier against Torino; he remains in doubt until the final training session. Tests on the injured area have been positive, but the player still feels pain when increasing workload, and the injury sustained in the match against the Granata was described as significant. The coach and staff are said to be working until the final session to recover the player, who is nonetheless a candidate for a place on the bench.

Other fitness updates conveyed optimism: Manor Solomon has recovered from a fever; Dodo and Moise Kean, who stayed at Viola Park as part of an agreed management plan, were declared ready to start the derby. De Gea is recovering from a dislocated third finger on his left hand suffered in Como and is viewed with a certain amount of optimism about returning between the posts after his rest in the Conference competition.

Rolando Mandragora is suspended and will not be available. A warning also exists over bookings: Nicolo Fagioli, Dodo and Parisi were noted to be on a yellow-card caution and if booked in the next round they would miss the March 1st trip to Udine. Selection talk included a midfield contest in which Cher Ndour and Fabbian were said to be vying for a place, with the former Besiktas player having the upper hand; other build-up notes indicate Ndour is the only midfielder retained in one published starting XI, joined by Nicolo Fagioli and Marco Brescianini. Pongracic was expected to return to the starting lineup partnering Luca Ranieri, with Dodo and Parisi on the wings, and Solomon and Jack Harrison likely to occupy the wide attacking roles with Kean in the center.

Historical context, stakes and managerial changes

Historically, Fiorentina hold the edge at the Franchi: the Florence club are undefeated in seven Serie A home matches against Pisa, conceding only three goals in those meetings. Pisa have won just one of 15 top-flight meetings with Fiorentina — a 2-1 home victory in 1987 — and the reverse fixture this season finished 0-0. Pisa replaced Alberto Gilardino with Oscar Hiljemark earlier this month, and the new coach has so far overseen the goalless draw with Hellas Verona and the 2-1 loss to AC Milan. Fiorentina are locked in a multi-team battle with Lecce, Genoa, Torino and Cremonese to avoid the final relegation spot; a defeat or draw for Pisa here would almost certainly seal their descent.

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