BARI. Genoa conquered Bari 1908 to win 2-1. It was Genoa to strike first with an early goal of George Puscas at the 2′. Then it was a goal in the 33′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Albert Gudmundsson gave the win to Genoa in the 59′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale San Nicola stadium in Bari on Monday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Maurizio Mariani assisted by Fabiano Preti and Stefano Del Giovane. The 4th official was Giacomo Camplone. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14 degrees Celsius or 57.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Bari 1908 was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Genoa that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Bari 1908 had a more offensive attitude with 49 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Genoa was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Bari 1908 shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Genoa shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Bari 1908 received 6 yellow cards (Leonardo Benedetti, Michael Folorunsho, Ángel Maldonado, Mattia Maita, Nicola Bellomo and John Coleman). Regarding the opposition, Genoa received 2 yellow cards (Mattia Aramu and Radu Dragusin).

Standings

After this contest, Bari 1908 will stay with 30 points to hold in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Genoa will have 33 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Bari 1908 will play away with Genoa on the 19th of May with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Genoa (5 draws).

Genoa will host Bari 1908 on the 19th of May with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Genoa (5 draws).

Bari 1908 – Formation

Bari 1908 started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

The manager Michele Mignani decided to play with the following team: Elia Caprile (6.3), Emile Dorval (6.8), Valerio Di Cesare (6.4), Francesco Vicari (6.5), Antonio Mazzotta (6.4), Mattia Maita (6.7), Raffaele Maiello (7.8), Leonardo Benedetti (6.7), Walid Cheddira (7.0), Michael Folorunsho (6.4) and Ruben Botta (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Gianmarco Cangiano, Pierluigi Frattali, Eddie Salcedo (6.6), Raffaele Pucino, Damir Ceter (6.2), Mirco Antenucci, Aurélien Scheidler (6.8), Žan Žužek, Giacomo Ricci, Emanuele Terranova, Alessandro Mallamo and Nicola Bellomo (6.6).

Substitutions

Bari 1908 made 4 changes: Ángel Maldonado for Damir Ceter (72′), Leonardo Benedetti for Eddie Salcedo (72′), Michael Folorunsho for Aurélien Scheidler (77′) and Mattia Maita for Nicola Bellomo (77′).

Best player: Raffaele Maiello​

The most impressive player for Bari 1908 was Raffaele Maiello.

His rating is (7.8) with 64 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 9. He performed 7 crosses.

Genoa – Formation

Genoa started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Alberto Gilardino played with: Josep Martínez (6.5), Silvan Hefti (6.8), Mattia Bani (7.2), Radu Drăguşin (6.7), Stefano Sabelli (7.0), Morten Frendrup (7.0), Kevin Strootman (7.3), Filip Jagiełło (7.0), Mattia Aramu (7.0), George Pușcaș (7.3) and Albert Guðmundsson (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Alessandro Vogliacco (6.8), Pablo Galdames, Massimo Coda, Lennart Czyborra, Stefano Sturaro (6.5), Giuseppe Agostino, Güven Yalçın, Luca Lipani, Milan Badelj, Brayan Boci (6.6), Stefan Ilsanker and Rok Vodišek.

Substitutions

Genoa made 5 changes: Stefano Sabelli for Brayan Boci (76′), Filip Jagiello for Stefano Sturaro (76′), Mattia Aramu for Alessandro Vogliacco (77′), Albert Gudmundsson for Güven Yalcin (83′) and Kevin Strootman for Stefan Ilsanker (90′).

Best player: George Pușcaș​

The most impressive player for Genoa was George Pușcaș.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 12 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie B.​

• Bari 1908 – Genoa – 1-2
• Frosinone – Ternana – 3-0
• Brescia – Palermo – 1-1
• Venezia – Parma – 2-2
• Südtirol – Modena – 0-2
• SPAL – Pisa – 0-1
• Como – Cittadella – 2-0
• Cagliari – Cosenza – 2-0
• Benevento – Perugia – 0-2
• Ascoli – Reggina – 0-1