Bari 1908 can not ask for any pleasantries from hosting team Cittadella in this Serie B fixture. Here's the full match preview!
- Cittadella have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Serie B
- Bari 1908 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
It's quite the trip for Bari 1908 when visiting Cittadella as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cittadella and Bari 1908.
Cittadella form and stats
Cittadella have collected 10 points from their Serie B home games so far after 2-4-1. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato, but a victory now would be sweet for Cittadella.
Cittadella enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Genoa's place. The match ended 1-0 with Antonucci scoring. At last, a league win after three fixtures without. Antonucci has scored in three matches in a row. Skilful! Goalkeeper Kastrati got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.24 out of ten. Kastrati topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Cosenza that ended 1-1.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 Cittadella have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 6 and lost 4.
It should be considered that a glance at the 12 latest league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cittadella as they are travelling to their away game against Benevento in the Serie B. That match is three days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Cittadella's 7 home games: {7 goals}, 7 conceded.
Bari 1908 form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B. Bari 1908 has showed their ability to avoid defeat with five draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 47 days ago, in the Frosinone fixture.
Bari 1908's last game was the home draw against Pisa (0-0). Maita got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Maita hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 45 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Como.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bari 1908 playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were {2 Bari 1908 wins}, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Modena in just three days.
Bari have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Cittadella, four draws and four wins for Bari 1908. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Cheddira 9 goals |   M. Antonucci 5 goals |  M. Antenucci 5 goals |
Cittadella missing players
Bari 1908 missing players
| Cittadella | Bari 1908 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 73% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 60% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 67% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 40% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 60% |
| 47% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 27% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 27% |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.8 | 4.7 |
| 3.9 | 2.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 12.9 | 16.3 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 10.2 | 13.9 |
| 3.5 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 25% | 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 37% | 33% |
| 9.9 | 9 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 13.9 | 11.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
- Bari 1908 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Bari 1908 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bari 1908 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Cittadella have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Serie B
- Cittadella have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Serie B
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 |
| 2 | Reggina | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 29 |
| 3 | Bari 1908 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Parma | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Genoa | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Brescia | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 7 | Ternana | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Südtirol | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Ascoli | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Modena | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 11 | Pisa | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 19 |
| 12 | Cagliari | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 13 | Cittadella | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Palermo | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 15 | Cosenza | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -9 | 16 |
| 16 | SPAL | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 17 | Benevento | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 18 | Venezia | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -6 | 15 |
| 19 | Como | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 15 |
| 20 | Perugia | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
