FERRARA. Bari 1908 had a close win over SPAL. SPAL was surely superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Stadio Paolo Mazza stadium in Ferrara on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Rosario Abisso with the support of Mauro Galetto and Giuseppe Maccaddino. The 4th official was Francesco D’Eusanio. The weather was foggy. The temperature was cold at 7.1 degrees Celsius or 44.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
SPAL was in firm control of the ball 62% while Bari 1908 was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
SPAL was putting more pressure with 69 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 8 were on target. Nonetheless, Bari 1908 was able to find the solution to win this match.
SPAL shot 26 times, 8 on target, 16 off target. On the other side, Bari 1908 shot 9 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
SPAL didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Bari 1908 received 3 yellow cards (Michael Folorunsho, Nicola Bellomo and Antonio Mazzotta).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, SPAL will stay with 24 points like Venezia to hold in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Bari 1908 will have 36 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, SPAL will play away with Pisa on the 19th of May with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Pisa (2 draws).
Bari 1908 will play away agasint Genoa on the 19th of May with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Genoa (5 draws).
SPAL – Formation
SPAL
72'
83'
SPAL started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Daniele De Rossi decided to play with the following team: Enrico Alfonso , Biagio Meccariello , Patryk Peda , Christian Dalle Mura , Lorenzo Dickmann , Matteo Prati , Niccolò Zanellato , Raffaele Celia , Giannis Fetfatzidis , Gabriele Moncini and Simone Rabbi .
The home team had on the bench: Alessandro Murgia , Luca Valzania , Nicola Rauti, Alessandro Fiordaliso, Andrea La Mantia , Radja Nainggolan , Alberto Pomini, Franco Zuculini, Ayoub Abou Oulam, Alberto Almici, Georgi Tunjov and Matteo Arena.
Substitutions
SPAL made 5 changes: Simone Rabbi for Radja Nainggolan (51′), Niccolò Zanellato for Georgi Tunjov (63′), I. Fetfatzidis for Luca Valzania (63′), Matteo Prati for Andrea La Mantia (72′) and Lorenzo Dickmann for Alessandro Murgia (72′).
Best player: Radja Nainggolan
The player that probably impressed the most for SPAL was Radja Nainggolan.
His rating is with 1 goal, 18 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 51′.
Bari 1908 – Formation
Bari 1908
90'
Bari 1908 started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Michele Mignani played with: Elia Caprile , Raffaele Pucino , Valerio Di Cesare , Francesco Vicari , Antonio Mazzotta , Alessandro Mallamo , Raffaele Maiello , Leonardo Benedetti , Michael Folorunsho , Sebastiano Esposito and Walid Cheddira .
They had on the bench: Marco Bosisio, Mirco Antenucci , Emile Dorval, Ruben Botta, Žan Žužek, Nicola Bellomo, Pierluigi Frattali, Ahmad Benali, Salvatore Molina , Aurélien Scheidler, Giacomo Ricci and Gregorio Morachioli.
Bari 1908 could not rely on the presence of Salvatore Molina (injured).
Substitutions
Bari 1908 made 4 changes: Michael Folorunsho for Salvatore Molina (46′), Sebastiano Esposito for Mirco Antenucci (58′), Alessandro Mallamo for Nicola Bellomo (78′) and Leonardo Benedetti for Žan Žužek (86′).
Best player: Walid Cheddira
The player that probably impressed the most for Bari 1908 was Walid Cheddira.
His rating is with 1 goal, 17 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- SPAL – Bari 1908 – 3-4
- Pisa – Südtirol – 0-1
- Perugia – Brescia – 4-0
- Cosenza – Ternana – 0-0
- Como – Frosinone – 0-2
- Cittadella – Ascoli – 3-0
- Benevento – Venezia – 1-2
