Cosenza vs AS Bari Live Stream, Predictions (May 01)

📏 Form Guide

Cosenza

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Cosenza will be looking for an improved result here following the 3-1 Serie B defeat last time out to Salernitana.

In that match, Cosenza had 50% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Cosenza was Massimo Zilli (82'). At the other end, Salernitana got 15 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Tommaso Corazza (50'), Gian Marco Ferrari (64') and Franco Tongya (79') scored for Salernitana.

It has not been often in recent games that Cosenza have shown defensive steel. In fact, Cosenza have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 13 goals along the way.

Taking a look at their past results, Cosenza:

• haven't lost in the league to AS Bari in their previous 3 matches.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

AS Bari

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After a loss in their previous game against Modena in Serie B competition, AS Bari and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, AS Bari had 53% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for AS Bari was Kevin Lasagna (42'). Modena got 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Grégoire Defrel (8') and Antonio Palumbo (18') scored for Modena.

AS Bari have attacked well in the lead-up to this encounter, scoring 8 goals in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, AS Bari have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same matches. We shall soon find out if that trend will be continued on in this game.

Coming into this clash, AS Bari have not won away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 08/03/2003 shows us that Cosenza have won 1 of these games and AS Bari 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

A combined sum of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 6 of them for Bruzi and 6 netted by Galletti. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was Serie B match day 7 on 28/09/2024 and the score finished AS Bari 1-1 Cosenza.

In that match, AS Bari managed 50% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer was Raffaele Pucino (39').

On the other side, Cosenza got 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Tommaso Fumagalli (87') was the scorer.

The referee was Matteo Marchetti.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Cosenza might need a bit of good fortune to break down this AS Bari outfit who we think should get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore seeing a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 victory for AS Bari when all is said and done.

Peter Guest, 23:01 27/04/2025