As the Serie A season reaches its thrilling conclusion, Napoli head to Tuscany for their final away fixture of the campaign, facing already-relegated Pisa at the Arena Garibaldi. With a three-point cushion over fifth-placed Roma, last season's champions can lock down Champions League football with one game to spare—a massive prize that's well within their grasp.

For Pisa, it's been a season to forget. After a 34-year absence from the top flight, the Nerazzurri couldn't make their return stick. Rooted to the bottom of the table with just 18 points from 36 matches, they're dangerously close to becoming the only side this season not to crack the 20-point mark. Their recent form tells a grim story: seven straight league defeats, including last weekend's 3-0 thrashing by relegation-threatened Cremonese, a match that saw two red cards. It's hard to see them mounting much resistance against a Napoli side with everything to play for.

Napoli boss Antonio Conte couldn't have asked for a better matchup at this critical stage, especially after a dramatic 3-2 home loss to Bologna last time out. Captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo marked his return from injury with a goal, and Alisson Santos added another early in the second half, but it wasn't enough to avoid just their second home defeat of the season. With Juventus breathing down their necks for second place, the visitors know there's zero room for error here.

While Pisa are already planning for life back in Serie B, they still have a slim chance to avoid finishing dead last—they trail 19th-placed Hellas Verona by just two points. But the numbers are brutal: only eight points from their last 72 available, with five of their seven consecutive losses seeing them draw a blank, and three of those defeats coming by three goals or more. That's the kind of form that makes even the most optimistic fan wince.