Serie B match prediction: Little separates Bari 1908 and Parma in quality

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale San Nicola (58270 seats)

A total of 19 rounds of games have been played and both Bari 1908 and Parma are up there with the best. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Bari 1908 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Parma could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Coppa Italia game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Inter. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Bari 1908 form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Bari 1908 have managed 2 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.

The Bari 1908 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Genoa here at Stadio Comunale San Nicola. Up until that fixture this team had gone eight consecutive league rounds without a defeat. Maiello (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.3/10. Maiello hit two key passes and had 62 successful passes (of 70 total).

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Reggina the opponent.

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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 2 and lost 3.

A decent goal production from Bari 1908 in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Bari 1908 have conceded 12 goals.

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Parma form and stats

Playing away, Parma have won 2 games, drawn 5 and suffered 2 defeats in the Serie B this season.

Two away games in a row for Parma, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 against Inter in the Coppa Italia. Defender Balogh was the best team player with a rating of 7.33. Balogh won 6 of 9 duels.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Venezia.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Parma in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Parma, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's last 12 league rounds have contained two or less goals.

The visiting Parma have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 9 games.

Head 2 Head

Parma have avoided a loss in the last 4 games (2-2-0) versus Bari 1908.

The newest archived history involving both these contenders is the Parma - Bari 2-2 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

Bari 1908W. Cheddira
W. Cheddira
10 goals
Bari 1908M. Antenucci
M. Antenucci
5 goals
Bari 1908M. Folorunsho
M. Folorunsho
5 goals

Bari 1908 missing players

Parma missing players

Bari 1908 Parma
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 9 19
7 2 0 Won W 0 2 7
9 5 1 Drew D 2 5 6
3 2 1 Lost L 0 2 6
30 16 1 Scored S 3 11 25
19 12 2 Conceded C 3 9 20
84% 78% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 78% 89%
68% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 58%
47% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 42%
32% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 32%
11% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 11% 11%
58% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 47%
32% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 32%
26% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 32%
 
4.4 6.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.8 6.6
5.8 5.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.7 3.6
3 3 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.8
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.9 16.3 13 Shots (avg) S ( 15 15.8 15.3
4.6 5.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.4 4.7
34% 33% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 28% 28%
 
12.7 11.2 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 9.9 9.5
4.4 4.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 2.7 3.1
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Bari 1908 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bari 1908 have won significantly more corners at home than 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 19 12 3 4 28 11 9 7 2 0 15 2 10 5 1 4 13 9 17 39
2 Reggina 19 11 3 5 30 16 9 5 2 2 19 9 10 6 1 3 11 7 14 36
3 Genoa 19 9 6 4 21 14 9 3 5 1 9 6 10 6 1 3 12 8 7 33
4 Bari 1908 19 7 9 3 30 19 9 2 5 2 16 12 10 5 4 1 14 7 11 30
5 Pisa 19 7 8 4 30 20 9 5 2 2 17 8 10 2 6 2 13 12 10 29
6 Parma 19 7 6 6 25 20 10 5 1 4 14 11 9 2 5 2 11 9 5 27
7 Sudtirol 19 6 8 5 21 24 10 2 6 2 11 12 9 4 2 3 10 12 -3 26
8 Ternana 19 7 5 7 20 24 9 4 3 2 8 6 10 3 2 5 12 18 -4 26
9 Ascoli 19 6 7 6 24 23 10 2 4 4 10 13 9 4 3 2 14 10 1 25
10 Modena 19 7 4 8 28 28 9 3 3 3 15 12 10 4 1 5 13 16 0 25
11 Cagliari 19 6 7 6 23 23 10 5 3 2 14 12 9 1 4 4 9 11 0 25
12 Brescia 19 6 7 6 20 26 10 4 4 2 11 9 9 2 3 4 9 17 -6 25
13 Palermo 19 6 6 7 19 22 10 4 3 3 11 9 9 2 3 4 8 13 -3 24
14 Benevento 19 5 7 7 17 20 10 2 3 5 7 12 9 3 4 2 10 8 -3 22
15 Como 19 5 7 7 22 27 10 4 3 3 11 10 9 1 4 4 11 17 -5 22
16 SPAL 19 4 8 7 21 23 10 3 2 5 14 13 9 1 6 2 7 10 -2 20
17 Venezia 19 5 5 9 23 28 10 2 2 6 11 17 9 3 3 3 12 11 -5 20
18 Perugia 19 5 4 10 16 24 9 3 2 4 7 11 10 2 2 6 9 13 -8 19
19 Cittadella 19 4 7 8 13 24 9 2 4 3 7 12 10 2 3 5 6 12 -11 19
20 Cosenza 19 4 5 10 17 32 9 3 2 4 12 13 10 1 3 6 5 19 -15 17

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.