BARI. Bari 1908 beat Cosenza to win 2-1. It was Bari 1908 to strike first with an early goal of Sebastiano Esposito at the 3′. Then it was a goal in the 23′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Walid Cheddira gave the win to Bari 1908 in the 69′ minute with a goal. Bari 1908 took advantage of its better ball possession (56%).

Walid Cheddira didn’t convert a penalty (45′) for Bari 1908.​

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale San Nicola stadium in Bari on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Rutella who had the assistance of Luca Mondin and Daniele Marchi. The 4th official was Daniele Virgilio. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.7 degrees Celsius or 53.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bari 1908 was in firm control of the ball 56% while Cosenza was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bari 1908 was more pushing with 45 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bari 1908 won the match​.

Bari 1908 shot 18 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cosenza shot 17 times, 2 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Bari 1908 received 5 yellow cards (Sebastiano Esposito, Mattia Maita, Antonio Mazzotta, Ahmad Benali and Antonio Mazzotta). On the opposite side, Cosenza received 6 yellow cards (Sauli Väisänen, Michele Rigione, Manuel Marras, Alessandro Micai, Andrea Rispoli and Andrea Rispoli).

Standings

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 statistic in favor of Genoa (5 draws).

Cosenza will host Cagliari on the 19th of May with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Cagliari (0 draws).

Bari 1908 – Formation

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

The manager Michele Mignani decided to play with the following team: Elia Caprile (6.5), Raffaele Pucino (7.6), Valerio Di Cesare (6.8), Francesco Vicari (7.4), Antonio Mazzotta (6.8), Mattia Maita (7.4), Raffaele Maiello (7.7), Leonardo Benedetti (6.4), Rubén Botta (6.8), Walid Cheddira (7.1) and Sebastiano Esposito (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Salvatore Molina (6.4), Pierluigi Frattali, Ahmad Benali (6.5), Nicola Bellomo, Giacomo Ricci, Gregorio Morachioli, Alessandro Mallamo (6.4), Mirco Antenucci, Aurélien Scheidler (6.5), Emmanuele Matino, Žan Žužek and Emile Dorval.

Bari 1908 could not rely on the presence of Alessandro Mallamo (injured).

Substitutions

Bari 1908 made 5 changes: Sebastiano Esposito for Aurelien Scheidler (46′), Raffaele Maiello for Ahmad Benali (64′), Leonardo Benedetti for Salvatore Molina (64′), Ángel Maldonado for Alessandro Mallamo (75′) and Walid Cheddira for Žan Žužek (87′).

Best player: Raffaele Maiello​

The player that probably impressed the most for Bari 1908 was Raffaele Maiello even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 61 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Cosenza – Formation

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

William Viali played with: Alessandro Micai (6.5), Andrea Rispoli (7.6), Sauli Väisänen (6.6), Michele Rigione (6.8), Tommaso D’Orazio (7.0), Mateusz Praszelik (5.9), Giacomo Calò (7.0), Marco Brescianini (6.8), Manuel Marras (7.1), Mattia Finotto (6.3) and Mauro Zárate (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Nick Salihamidžić Copado, Leonardo Marson, Alessandro Cortinovis, Marco Nasti (6.5), Idriz Voca (6.6), Pietro Martino (6.2), Andrea Meroni, Vittorio Alberto Agostinelli, Michael Venturi, Massimo Zilli, Ivan Delić (6.6) and Christian D’Urso (7.0).

Cosenza could not rely on the presence of Pietro Martino (injured).

Substitutions

Cosenza made 5 changes: Tommaso D’Orazio for Pietro Martino (58′), Mateusz Praszelik  for Idriz Voca (58′), Mauro Zárate for Marco Nasti (70′), Marco Brescianini for Christian D’Urso (70′) and Giacomo Calò for Ivan Delić (79′).

Best player: Andrea Rispoli​

The most impressive player for Cosenza was Andrea Rispoli.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 41 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Bari 1908 – Cosenza – 2-1