“Third in the standings? 9 times out of 16 in A league“, Headline The nation. A title that will have sent shivers in Pisa and its surroundings. The due entreaties are just. The Tuscans are third and have reached this position in the last 90 minutes of the championship thanks to the victory in Frosinone and the simultaneous defeat of Monza.
Therefore, more than once out of two those who start from third place on the grid playoff, goes to Serie A. The story of the last 18 cadet championships, those played since 2004-05, the year in which the promotion play-offs were introduced, tells us so. The playoffs were played 16 times in all. The only year in which they did not compete was in 2006 when the gap between the third and fourth was more than 9 points. Statistically, nine times who he was third in the standings during the championship, he then won the playoffs.
The situation is different for the fourth in the standings that have risen in Serie A three times, just like the fifth.
Only once was there to win the playoffs sixth in the standings: this is Sampdoria in the 2011-2012 season.
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