Soccer betting preview: Modena welcomes Bari 1908 in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 06.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alberto Braglia (21151 seats)

Both these teams are capable of winning this one, Bari 1908 having a 17 point lead on Modena in the tables. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Bari 1908 have the most points (34) away in Serie B

This promises to be an action-packed fixture with lots of fun and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Modena form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Modena have managed 6 wins, 7 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 17 games. Three draws in a row here at Stadio Alberto Braglia for Modena, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 256 minutes without scoring a league goal. Diaw was the last player to find the net.

In their previous game, the manager Tesser led his Modena to a defeat away at Venezia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Alberto Braglia. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points in four league games. As you see from the result above, Modena suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfielder Gerli was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.14 (out of ten) in that game. Gerli hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 56 successful passes (of 62 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus SPAL.

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 Modena have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Modena has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Modena are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Alberto Braglia in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 17 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bari 1908 form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 4 draws and only 3 losses in the Serie B. Momentum is building for Bari in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

There were no winners in Bari 1908's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Cittadella (placed 15th). Žužek, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.65. Žužek won 3 of 7 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Pisa at their stadium, the result 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Bari in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Bari 1908, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Lacking goals? 9 of this team's last 11 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.

Bari 1908 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 24 away goals from 17 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Bari 1908 as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties face each other this season, as the results database show this recent match: Bari 1908 - Modena 4-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Modena victories, four draws and four Bari 1908 wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Bari 1908W. Cheddira
W. Cheddira
16 goals
Bari 1908M. Antenucci
M. Antenucci
9 goals
ModenaD. Diaw
D. Diaw
8 goals

Modena missing players

Bari 1908 missing players

Modena Bari 1908
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 4 Played P 6 17 35
12 6 1 Won W 3 10 16
8 7 2 Drew D 2 4 13
15 4 1 Lost L 1 3 6
43 23 5 Scored S 6 24 53
49 16 4 Conceded C 4 13 32
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 89%
66% 65% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 53% 66%
46% 29% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 35% 40%
29% 29% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 26%
20% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
51% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 41% 49%
29% 35% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 41% 37%
29% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 24% 26%
 
5.1 5.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.1 4.2
4.7 4.1 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6.4 5.8
2.2 1.9 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.6 2.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
12.7 12.8 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 10.4 12.3
3.8 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.1
32% 35% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 36% 37%
 
13.5 11.9 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 13.9 12.8
4.9 3.9 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.8 3.9
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Bari 1908 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Bari 1908 have the most points (34) away in Serie B
  • Bari 1908 have the most scored goals (24) away in Serie B
  • Bari 1908 have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Serie B
  • Bari 1908 have won significantly less corners away then at 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 35 21 8 6 54 21 18 13 3 2 32 9 17 8 5 4 22 12 33 71
2 Genoa 35 19 11 5 45 21 17 10 6 1 23 6 18 9 5 4 22 15 24 67
3 Bari 1908 35 16 13 6 53 32 18 6 9 3 29 19 17 10 4 3 24 13 21 61
4 Südtirol 35 13 15 7 35 31 18 6 9 3 20 17 17 7 6 4 15 14 4 54
5 Parma 35 14 10 11 43 38 17 9 2 6 22 15 18 5 8 5 21 23 5 52
6 Cagliari 35 12 15 8 42 33 18 10 6 2 26 16 17 2 9 6 16 17 9 51
7 Pisa 35 11 13 11 45 36 17 7 5 5 25 16 18 4 8 6 20 20 9 46
8 Reggina 35 15 4 16 46 43 17 8 2 7 25 21 18 7 2 9 21 22 3 46
9 Ascoli 35 12 10 13 38 43 18 6 5 7 19 21 17 6 5 6 19 22 -5 46
10 Venezia 35 12 9 14 46 45 18 6 5 7 26 25 17 6 4 7 20 20 1 45
11 Palermo 35 10 15 10 43 44 17 7 7 3 21 14 18 3 8 7 22 30 -1 45
12 Modena 35 12 8 15 43 49 17 6 7 4 23 16 18 6 1 11 20 33 -6 44
13 Como 35 9 16 10 43 45 18 7 7 4 25 19 17 2 9 6 18 26 -2 43
14 Ternana 35 11 10 14 34 45 17 8 5 4 19 17 18 3 5 10 15 28 -11 43
15 Cittadella 35 8 14 13 30 43 17 4 7 6 16 21 18 4 7 7 14 22 -13 38
16 Brescia 35 9 11 15 33 52 18 6 5 7 16 21 17 3 6 8 17 31 -19 38
17 Cosenza 35 9 11 15 28 50 17 7 6 4 19 16 18 2 5 11 9 34 -22 38
18 Perugia 35 9 9 17 35 42 17 5 6 6 19 19 18 4 3 11 16 23 -7 36
19 SPAL 35 7 14 14 38 47 18 4 7 7 25 26 17 3 7 7 13 21 -9 35
20 Benevento 35 6 14 15 28 42 18 3 6 9 14 24 17 3 8 6 14 18 -14 32

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.