Cittadella will face off against visiting rivals AS Bari at Stadio Piercesare Tombolato in the Serie B game on Friday.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Cittadella v AS Bari, scroll down - as well as the best betting odds.
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Cittadella
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Cittadella head into this match following a 1-1 Serie B drawn result vs Frosinone.
In that game, Cittadella managed 46% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Cittadella was Orji Okwonkwo (73'). On the other side, Frosinone got 21 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Giuseppe Ambrosino (37') was the scorer for Frosinone.
Cittadella haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 vs opposition teams during their previous six fixtures. In those meetings, Cittadella have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 7. Previous results aside, we’ll just have to find out whether that trend shall continue on in this next match.
A look at their previous results shows us that Cittadella:
- have left without a victory over AS Bari in their last 7 league matches.
- haven’t won at home in the past 7 league matches. Their fans aren't happy.
AS Bari
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AS Bari go into this encounter following on from a 1-0 Serie B win over Pisa in their last fixture.
In that match, AS Bari had 28% possession and 8 shots on goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for AS Bari was Nicholas Bonfanti (9'). On the other side, Pisa got 15 shots at goal with 4 on target.
The stats tell the story, and AS Bari have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals overall. In defence, AS Bari have been far from perfect.
Leading up to this clash, AS Bari:
- have not lost to Cittadella when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league games.
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Head to head
A review of their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 03/06/2018 shows that Cittadella have won 0 of these & AS Bari 2, with the number of drawn matches being 4.
A sum of 18 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 7 for Granata and 11 created by Galletti. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.
The last league meeting between the two was Serie B match day 14 on 24/11/2024 which finished with the scoreline of AS Bari 3-2 Cittadella.
In that match, AS Bari managed 48% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorers were Kevin Lasagna (5'), Raffaele Maiello (45') and Giuseppe Sibilli (45').
On the other side, Cittadella got 12 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Lorenzo Carissoni (52') and Luca Pandolfi (55') scored.
The match was refereed by Kevin Bonacina.
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Team News: Cittadella
It looks as if Granata will possibly use a 4-3-1-2 formation for the game and select Elhan Kastrati, Alessandro Salvi, Matteo Angeli, Nicola Pavan, Lorenzo Carissoni, Francesco Amatucci, Alessio Vita, Riccardo Palmieri, Francesco D'Alessio, Orji Okwonkwo and Simone Rabbi.
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Team News: AS Bari
We believe Galletti could decide to elect for a 3-5-1-1 lineup with a starting lineup of Boris Radunovic, Valerio Mantovani, Francesco Vicari, Nosa Edward Obaretin, Andrea Oliveri, Mattia Maita, Ahmad Benali, Raffaele Pucino, Mehdi Dorval, Nicholas Bonfanti and Kevin Lasagna.
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Prediction
When taking everything into account, Cittadella could find themselves up against it to register a score against this AS Bari lineup who we think might score one, at least.
We’re therefore tipping a hard-fought 0-1 win for AS Bari at the end of this one.
Looking forward to watching this one unfold.
Victor Martins,
08:02 05/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Cittadella
Formed: 1973
Stadium: Stadio Piercesare Tombolato (7,623)
Captain: Alessio Vita
Chairman: Andrea Gabrielli
Manager: Alessandro Dal Canto
Competitions: Serie B position 19
⭐ Key Player: Alessio Vita
Generally used in the Centre Midfield position, Alessio Vita was born in Rome, Italy. Having made a first senior appearance for Vicenza in the 2014 - 2015 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has accumulated 4 league goals in this Serie B 2024 - 2025 season so far from a total of 31 appearances.