Serie A | Lecce 1-0 Pisa: Stulic finally off the mark

Lecce have taken a big step clear of the Serie A relegation places after an important 1-0 victory at home against Pisa in an early six-pointed on Friday evening: Nikola Stlic finally claiming his first goal since joining the Salentini from Charleroi over the summer.

Lecce made three alterations to their starting line-up following last week’s 2-0 loss against Cremonese, bringing in Francesco Camarda at centre-forward, Riccardo Sottil on the wing and Corrie Ndaba at left-back. The hosts were without the suspended M’Bala Nzola and replaced him with Stefano Moreo. Ebenezer Akinsanmiro, Isak Vural and Mehdi Leris were also called back into the starting XI. 

Eusebio Di Francesco’s game plan didn’t get off to the best of starts when Medon Berisha hit the deck immediately after playing a pass out to the right wing seven minutes in. He was carried off on a stretcher and Mohamed Kaba was called in to replace him after just 10 minutes. 

It was Lecce with the larger share of the attacks in the first half: Santiago Pierotti with the best opportunity after a cut-back from Riccardo Sottil on the byline. 

The hosts also troubled Pisa from set-pieces in the first half. There were two close efforts from the same corner half an hour in, before Tiago Gabriel managed to head off target from just a few yards out before the interval. 

In the end, it was Eusebio Di Francesco’s second-half substitutes that made the difference. Lameck Banda, on for Pierotti, carried the ball down the left flank and almost to the byline before cutting back for Stulic to tap home: His first Serie A goal on his 14th outing.

12-12-2025 19:45

MatchDay 15

Stadio Ettore Giardiniero – Via del Mare

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Player statistic

1st half

33′

Arturo Calabresi

LEC

PIS

Starting lineups

30

Wladimiro Falcone
Goalkeeper

3

Corrie Ndaba
Defender

17

Danilo Veiga
Defender

4

Kialonda Gaspar
Defender

44

Tiago Gabriel
Defender

29

Lassana Coulibaly
Midfielder

10

Medon Berisha
Midfielder

11′

20

Ylber Ramadani
Midfielder

22

Francesco Camarda
Attacker

23

Riccardo Sottil
Attacker

50

Santiago Pierotti
Attacker

1

Adrian Šemper
Goalkeeper

4

Antonio Caracciolo
Defender

33

Arturo Calabresi
Defender

5

Simone Canestrelli
Defender

14

Ebenezer Akinsanmiro
Midfielder

15

Idrissa Touré
Midfielder

21

Isak Vural
Midfielder

20

Michel Aebischer
Midfielder

9

Henrik Meister
Attacker

7

Mehdi Léris
Attacker

32

Stefano Moreo
Attacker

Substitutes

93

Youssef Maleh
Midfielder

25

Antonino Gallo
Defender

14

Thórir Jóhann Helgason
Midfielder

32

Jasper Samooja
Goalkeeper

19

Lameck Banda
Attacker

7

Tete Morente
Attacker

11

Konan N’Dri
Attacker

9

Nikola Stulic
Attacker

13

Matías Pérez
Defender

21

Christ-Owen Kouassi
Defender

28

Olaf Gorter
Midfielder

5

Jamil Siebert
Defender

6

Álex Sala
Midfielder

95

Daniele Bleve
Goalkeeper

77

Mohamed Kaba
Midfielder

11′

22

Simone Scuffet
Goalkeeper

3

Samuele Angori
Defender

10

Matteo Tramoni
Midfielder

12

Nicolas
Goalkeeper

6

Marius Marin
Midfielder

36

Gabriele Piccinini
Attacker

39

Raúl Albiol
Defender

19

Tomás Esteves
Defender

94

Giovanni Bonfanti
Defender

26

Francesco Coppola
Defender

47

Mateus Lusuardi
Defender

8

Malthe Höjholt
Midfielder

16

Louis Buffon
Attacker

99

Lorran
Midfielder

44

Daniel Denoon
Defender