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AS Bari

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AS Bari will be hoping for a better result following a 2-1 Serie B losing effort in their last game against Como.

In that match, AS Bari managed 45% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for AS Bari was George Puşcaş (90'). At the other end, Como had 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. Alessandro Gabrielloni (38') and Lucas da Cunha (60') scored for Como.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times where AS Bari have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that AS Bari have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 10 goals along the way. In any event, we’ll just have to find out whether that trend might be maintained here in this game or not.

Looking at the pre-match facts, AS Bari:

• are unbeaten in the league by Pisa in their last 8 matches. A decent run, indeed.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 league games.

Pisa

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Pisa will come into the game following on from a 3-1 Serie B win with the downing of Feralpisalò in their most recent match.

In that match, Pisa had 52% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Pisa, goals were scored by Mattia Valoti (16', 94') and Alessandro Arena (38'). Feralpisalò got 16 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Edgaras Dubickas (83') was the scorer for Feralpisalò.

In their previous half-dozen clashes, Pisa have amassed a total of 11 goals. Pisa have also managed to score on each one of those occasions. During those fixtures, they have seen 10 goals go against them.

Their prior results show that Pisa:

• have not registered a win against AS Bari in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.
• are undefeated by AS Bari when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 29/03/2009 tells us that AS Bari have won 2 of these and Pisa 0, with the number of drawn games being 4.

6 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 4 of them for Galletti and 2 for Nerazzurri. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.

The last league game between the two was Serie B match day 5 on 16/09/2023 when the final score was Pisa 1-1 AS Bari.

That day, Pisa managed 46% possession and 7 shots at goal with 1 on target. Their only player to score was Pietro Beruatto (12').

For their opponents, AS Bari had 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Akpa Chukwu Hemsley (85') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Rosario Abisso.

ℹ️ Team News: AS Bari

The AS Bari boss Giuseppe Iachini will be grateful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash owing to a fully healthy squad ready to go.

In our view, Galletti will possibly opt for a 4-3-2-1 system this time and select Marco Pissardo, Mehdi Dorval, Raffaele Pucino, Francesco Vicari, Emmanuele Matino, Mattia Maita, Ahmad Benali, Zan Zuzek, Nicola Bellomo, Mattia Aramu and George Puscas.

📋 Team News: Pisa

With a fully healthy group available to select from, the Pisa manager Alberto Aquilani has zero fitness concerns to report ahead of this game.

We reckon that Nerazzurri seem likely to begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 formation using Nicolas, Arturo Calabresi, Pietro Beruatto, Alessandro Arena, Marco D'Alessandro, Tomás Esteves, Marius Marin, Tommaso Barbieri, Hjörtur Hermannsson, Mattia Valoti and Nicholas Bonfanti.

✨ Prediction

Looking at these two, we feel that Pisa and AS Bari should both be able to score here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. We therefore think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 1-1 draw at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 11:07 20/04/2024