Match preview: Bari 1908 odds-on to defeat Cosenza at Stadio Comunale San Nicola

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 12.February
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale San Nicola (58270 seats)

Bari 1908 - Cosenza. 5th place welcomes 20th place. The ball is round - get a thorough preview here!

Insights:
  • Bari 1908 have the most scored goals (38) in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Serie B

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Bari 1908 form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Bari 1908 have managed 3 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.

Bari enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at SPAL's place. The match ended 4-3 with Folorunsho, Esposito, Cheddira and Antenucci scoring. A goal frenzy last time out for Bari 1908, with a total of 7 goals in the match against SPAL. Fun stuff to watch! Bari 1908 goalkeeper Caprile did an outstanding job against SPAL with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. Cheddira, a striker, was the best performer for the team in that match, receiving a rating of 7.75 (out of 10). Cheddira scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that match was the home game against Perugia that was lost 0-2.

The Bari 1908 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 11 league matches. Bari have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Cosenza form and stats

Cosenza have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-3-7 (11 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cosenza goalkeeper Alessandro Micai is eager to challenge this, with his 185 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Cosenza played 0-0 against Ternana in their previous match. Defender Väisänen was the best team player with a rating of 8.02. Väisänen hit the woodwork once and won 5 of 7 duels.

Before that, Cosenza secured a home win against Parma with the score 1-0.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's last 10 league matches have had two or less goals.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Cosenza's away games in the league this season with only {5 goals} from 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cosenza have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head match ended Cosenza - Bari 0-1, played this season. Bari 1908-Cosenza H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Bari 1908 two wins, Cosenza zero wins, zero draws. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Bari 1908W. Cheddira
W. Cheddira
13 goals
Bari 1908M. Antenucci
M. Antenucci
6 goals
Bari 1908M. Folorunsho
M. Folorunsho
6 goals

Bari 1908 missing players

Cosenza missing players

Bari 1908 Cosenza
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 2 11 23
9 3 1 Won W 0 1 5
9 5 1 Drew D 1 3 7
5 3 1 Lost L 1 7 11
38 20 8 Scored S 1 5 19
25 14 6 Conceded C 4 21 35
87% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
70% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 74%
48% 55% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 27% 39%
35% 45% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 22%
13% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
52% 55% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 52%
30% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 17%
30% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 55% 39%
 
4 5.7 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.5 4.5
6.3 5.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.8 5.8
2.9 2.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.7
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
12.8 15.7 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10 10.2
4.6 5.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.4
36% 35% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 15% 24%
 
13.2 11.3 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 18.5 16.5 16.1
4.5 4.7 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.1 5.3
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • 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 Cosenza have scored away.
  • Bari 1908 have the most scored goals (38) in Serie B
  • Bari 1908 have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Serie B
  • Bari 1908 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cosenza have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cosenza have the fewest points (6) away in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Serie B
  • Cosenza haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 23 16 3 4 36 13 11 9 2 0 18 3 12 7 1 4 18 10 23 51
2 Genoa 23 11 7 5 24 17 11 4 6 1 10 6 12 7 1 4 14 11 7 40
3 Reggina 23 12 3 8 34 22 11 6 2 3 21 11 12 6 1 5 13 11 12 39
4 Sudtirol 23 10 8 5 26 25 12 4 6 2 14 13 11 6 2 3 12 12 1 38
5 Bari 1908 23 9 9 5 38 25 11 3 5 3 20 14 12 6 4 2 18 11 13 36
6 Palermo 23 9 7 7 27 27 12 6 3 3 14 10 11 3 4 4 13 17 0 34
7 Parma 23 9 6 8 29 25 12 7 1 4 18 11 11 2 5 4 11 14 4 33
8 Ternana 23 9 6 8 24 27 11 6 3 2 11 7 12 3 3 6 13 20 -3 33
9 Cagliari 23 8 8 7 27 26 12 7 3 2 18 13 11 1 5 5 9 13 1 32
10 Pisa 23 7 10 6 33 25 11 5 2 4 18 11 12 2 8 2 15 14 8 31
11 Modena 23 9 4 10 34 32 11 5 3 3 19 12 12 4 1 7 15 20 2 31
12 Cittadella 23 6 9 8 19 26 11 3 5 3 10 12 12 3 4 5 9 14 -7 27
13 Ascoli 23 6 8 9 26 30 11 2 4 5 11 15 12 4 4 4 15 15 -4 26
14 Perugia 23 7 5 11 25 29 11 4 3 4 14 14 12 3 2 7 11 15 -4 26
15 Como 23 6 8 9 25 33 12 4 4 4 13 14 11 2 4 5 12 19 -8 26
16 Brescia 23 6 7 10 21 35 12 4 4 4 12 13 11 2 3 6 9 22 -14 25
17 SPAL 23 5 9 9 27 30 12 3 3 6 18 18 11 2 6 3 9 12 -3 24
18 Venezia 23 6 6 11 26 32 12 2 3 7 12 19 11 4 3 4 14 13 -6 24
19 Benevento 23 5 8 10 20 26 12 2 3 7 9 16 11 3 5 3 11 10 -6 23
20 Cosenza 23 5 7 11 19 35 12 4 4 4 14 14 11 1 3 7 5 21 -16 22

Read more about Serie B

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.