Cittadella vs AS Bari Live Stream, Predictions (May 09)

📏 Form Guide

Cittadella

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Cittadella prepare for this game following on from a 1-1 Serie B tied result versus Frosinone.

In that match, Cittadella managed 46% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Cittadella was Orji Okwonkwo (73'). For their opponents, Frosinone got 21 attempts on 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 will come into the encounter following a 1-0 Serie B win over Pisa in their most recent fixture.

In that match, AS Bari managed 28% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for AS Bari was Nicholas Bonfanti (9'). For their opponents, Pisa got 15 shots on 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.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 03/06/2018 shows that Cittadella have won 0 of these games & AS Bari 2, with the number of drawn games being 4.

In all, 18 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for Granata and 11 netted by Galletti. The average goals per game has been 3.

The last league contest between these sides was Serie B match day 14 on 24/11/2024 and the score finished AS Bari 3-2 Cittadella.

In that match, AS Bari managed 48% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Goals were scored by 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.

🗞️ Team News: Cittadella

In our view, Granata may well use a 4-3-1-2 system in the match, utilising Elhan Kastrati, Alessandro Salvi, Matteo Angeli, Nicola Pavan, Lorenzo Carissoni, Francesco Amatucci, Alessio Vita, Riccardo Palmieri, Francesco D'Alessio, Orji Okwonkwo and Simone Rabbi.

🗞️ Team News: AS Bari

There’s a good chance that Galletti appear most likely to begin the game with a 3-5-1-1 formation, starting Boris Radunovic, Valerio Mantovani, Francesco Vicari, Nosa Edward Obaretin, Andrea Oliveri, Mattia Maita, Ahmad Benali, Raffaele Pucino, Mehdi Dorval, Nicholas Bonfanti and Kevin Lasagna.

🧠 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, 11:01 05/05/2025