Football match betting preview: Bari 1908 vs Cittadella

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Wed 30.Aug
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale San Nicola (58270 seats)

Cittadella have come here for an engaging fight versus the hosts Bari 1908. Read up on the match with this thorough Serie B preview!

Cittadella have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It's no vacation for neither Bari 1908 nor Cittadella as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Bari 1908 form and stats

The first Serie B game here at Stadio Comunale San Nicola resulted in a draw. Last season Bari 1908's home game statistics were 7 victories, 9 draws and 3 defeats from 19 games.

The Bari 1908 goalkeeper Brenno Oliveira Fraga Costa is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie B.

Bari enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Cremonese's place. The match ended 1-0 with Sibilli scoring. Bari 1908 goalkeeper Brenno did an outstanding job against Cremonese with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Brenno was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.85 out of ten. Brenno topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the match before that, Bari hosted Palermo and drew the game 0-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bari 1908 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 6 and lost 2.

The manager Mignani will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ternana in only four days.

Early season league goal statistics from Bari 1908's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 0 conceded.

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Cittadella form and stats

Cittadella have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Serie B were 4 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats from 19 fixtures.

Cittadella are travelling again after losing away to Parma in their previous match (0-2). Vita got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, top player of the team. Vita hit six key passes and had 38 successful passes (of 45 total).

Before that, Cittadella secured a home win against Reggiana with the score 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cittadella playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 4 Cittadella wins, 8 draws and 5 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Cittadella are hosting Venezia in the Serie B only four days away.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cittadella has managed {0 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Bari 1908 have won or drawn the last 5 games (2-3-0) versus Cittadella.

Top Goalscorers

Bari 1908G. Sibilli
G. Sibilli
1 goals

Bari 1908 missing players

Cittadella missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bari 1908 Cittadella
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 1 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 2 2 2
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 50%
 
3 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 11 11 8.5
5 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 2
5 7 7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.5
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 19 19 16
2 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1.5
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
 
20.5 16 16 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10 9
4.5 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 2
Bari 1908 Last season Cittadella
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   19 38
18 8   Won W   4 9
15 9   Drew D   8 16
9 4   Lost L   7 13
60 31   Scored S   15 34
40 20   Conceded C   23 45
90% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 79%
62% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 66%
36% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 34%
24% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   5% 13%
10% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
48% 48%   BTTS BTTS   53% 42%
36% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 32%
26% 29%   Failed to Score F T   37% 47%
 
4.3 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.4
5.8 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.4
2.4 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 3.3
6 2   Red cards R C   3 9
 
12.4 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 13.1
4.1 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.9
35% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 23%
 
13.1 12   Shots against (avg) S A   10.7 10.5
4 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Parma 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
2 Venezia 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
3 Cosenza 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 Sudtirol 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
5 Bari 1908 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Pisa 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
7 Modena 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Cittadella 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
9 Spezia 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
10 Palermo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Catanzaro 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sampdoria 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 1
13 Reggiana 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1
14 Cremonese 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Como 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
16 TBC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Ternana 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 FeralpiSalò 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
19 Ascoli 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0
Last season 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 38 24 8 6 63 26 19 14 3 2 35 11 19 10 5 4 28 15 37 80
2 Genoa 38 21 11 6 53 28 19 12 6 1 29 10 19 9 5 5 24 18 25 73
3 Bari 1908 38 17 14 7 58 37 19 7 9 3 30 19 19 10 5 4 28 18 21 65
4 Cagliari 38 15 15 8 50 34 19 11 6 2 28 17 19 4 9 6 22 17 16 60
5 Parma 38 17 10 11 48 39 19 11 2 6 26 16 19 6 8 5 22 23 9 60
6 Sudtirol 38 14 16 8 38 34 19 6 10 3 21 18 19 8 6 5 17 16 4 58
7 Reggina 38 17 4 17 49 45 19 10 2 7 28 22 19 7 2 10 21 23 4 50
8 Venezia 38 13 10 15 51 50 19 7 5 7 29 27 19 6 5 8 22 23 1 49
9 Palermo 38 11 16 11 48 49 19 8 8 3 25 17 19 3 8 8 23 32 -1 49
10 Modena 38 13 9 16 47 53 19 7 8 4 26 18 19 6 1 12 21 35 -6 48
11 Pisa 38 11 14 13 48 42 19 7 5 7 27 21 19 4 9 6 21 21 6 47
12 Como 38 10 17 11 47 48 19 8 7 4 28 20 19 2 10 7 19 28 -1 47
13 Ascoli 38 12 11 15 40 47 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 6 5 8 20 25 -7 47
14 Cittadella 38 9 16 13 34 45 19 5 8 6 19 22 19 4 8 7 15 23 -11 43
15 Ternana 38 11 10 17 37 52 19 8 5 6 21 21 19 3 5 11 16 31 -15 43
16 Brescia 38 9 13 16 36 57 19 6 6 7 17 22 19 3 7 9 19 35 -21 40
17 Cosenza 38 9 13 16 30 53 19 7 7 5 20 18 19 2 6 11 10 35 -23 40
18 Perugia 38 10 9 19 40 52 19 6 6 7 22 26 19 4 3 12 18 26 -12 39
19 SPAL 38 8 14 16 41 51 19 4 7 8 25 27 19 4 7 8 16 24 -10 38
20 Benevento 38 7 14 17 33 49 19 4 6 9 16 25 19 3 8 8 17 24 -16 35

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Parma 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
2 Venezia 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
3 Cosenza 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 Sudtirol 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
5 Bari 1908 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Pisa 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
7 Modena 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Cittadella 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
9 Spezia 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
10 Palermo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Catanzaro 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sampdoria 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 1
13 Reggiana 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1
14 Cremonese 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Como 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
16 TBC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Ternana 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 FeralpiSalò 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
19 Ascoli 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0

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Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.