Bari 1908 are enjoying their stay in the top table positions while Cittadella are more concerned with staying out of trouble and relegation. Who wins the prize?
- Bari 1908 have the most scored goals (52) in Serie B
- Bari 1908 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cittadella have scored away.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
This should be an absorbing match with lots of fun and energy as both squads are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Bari 1908 form and stats
6 victories, 8 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Bari 1908 have to build on here at Stadio Comunale San Nicola in the Serie B.
A strong away win for Bari 1908 against Pisa the last match, as Esposito and Antenucci were on target. The victory against Pisa came after Antenucci's winning goal. The Bari 1908 manager Mignani was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 59th minute. Midfield player Morachioli got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, the max score being 10. Morachioli served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.
Before that, Bari drew at home versus Como.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bari 1908 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 8 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
Bari have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Comunale San Nicola with 28 goals in 17 league matches. Bari 1908's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Cittadella form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 4 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Cittadella, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Cittadella might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Genoa proved too strong as Cittadella slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato. Crociata got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, top player of the team. Crociata hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
A 1-1 draw at Cosenza's stadium before that.Cittadella are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 8 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
Fancy a bet on few goals? 5 league fixtures in a row with this club have had zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cittadella as they have only managed to score 13 times from 17 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Cittadella have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road. Cittadella has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Bari 1908 have won at least one point in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) facing Cittadella.Cittadella - Bari 0-3 was the outcome when these two squads previously met, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Cheddira 16 goals |   M. Antonucci 10 goals |  M. Antenucci 9 goals |
Bari 1908 missing players
Cittadella missing players
| Bari 1908 | Cittadella | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 16 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 52 | 28 | 13 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| 31 | 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 42 |
| 88% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 79% |
| 65% | 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 65% |
| 41% | 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 41% | 35% |
| 26% | 35% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 6% | 12% |
| 9% | 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 47% | 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | 38% |
| 38% | 35% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | 32% |
| 26% | 29% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 41% | 50% |
| 4.2 | 5.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 12.5 | 14.5 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 10.9 | 12.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 37% | 37% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 22% | 23% |
| 12.6 | 11.4 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.8 | 10.9 | 10.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
- Bari 1908 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bari 1908 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cittadella have scored away.
- Bari 1908 have the most scored goals (52) in Serie B
- Bari 1908 have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Serie B
- Bari 1908 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Frosinone | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 31 | 68 |
| 2 | Genoa | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 24 | 66 |
| 3 | Bari 1908 | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 52 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 60 |
| 4 | Südtirol | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 35 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 53 |
| 5 | Parma | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 51 |
| 6 | Cagliari | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 48 |
| 7 | Pisa | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 44 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 46 |
| 8 | Reggina | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 45 | 40 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 46 |
| 9 | Modena | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 44 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 28 | -1 | 44 |
| 10 | Palermo | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 42 | 43 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -1 | 44 |
| 11 | Ascoli | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -6 | 43 |
| 12 | Ternana | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -10 | 43 |
| 13 | Como | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 42 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -2 | 42 |
| 14 | Venezia | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | -4 | 42 |
| 15 | Cosenza | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 48 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 32 | -21 | 38 |
| 16 | Cittadella | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -13 | 37 |
| 17 | Perugia | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 22 | -7 | 35 |
| 18 | Brescia | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 31 | -20 | 35 |
| 19 | SPAL | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 37 | 46 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -9 | 34 |
| 20 | Benevento | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 26 | 40 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -14 | 31 |
