BARI. Bari 1908 was capable to clinch a draw against Cagliari with a late goal from M. Antenucci scored in the (90′) after Cagliari got a lead with a goal from G. Lapadula (2′). Bari 1908 was surely superior in terms of ball possession (75%)​

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale San Nicola stadium in Bari on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Davide Massa with the help of Alessandro Lo Cicero and Mattia Scarpa. The 4th official was Aleksandar Djurdjevic. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 12.7 degrees Celsius or 54.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bari 1908 had a superior ball possession 75% while Cagliari was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bari 1908 had a more offensive attitude with 74 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Bari 1908 to win the match​.

Bari 1908 shot 11 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cagliari shot 5 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Bari 1908 didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Cagliari received 5 yellow cards (Edoardo Goldaniga, Gianluca Lapadula, Ángel Maldonado, Antoine Makoumbou and Vincenzo Millico).

Also, Cagliari didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (56′).

Standings

After playing this match, Bari 1908 will have 40 points like Südtirol to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Cagliari will have 36 points to remain in the 6th 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 in favor of Genoa (5 draws).

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

Bari 1908 – Formation

Bari 1908 adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Michele Mignani decided to play with the following team: Elia Caprile (6.1), Raffaele Pucino (7.0), Valerio Di Cesare (6.6), Francesco Vicari (7.2), Antonio Mazzotta (6.8), Mattia Maita (6.8), Raffaele Maiello (7.3), Ahmad Benali (7.0), Rubén Botta (6.4), Sebastiano Esposito (6.8) and Walid Cheddira (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Alessandro Mallamo, Mirco Antenucci (6.4), Leonardo Benedetti, Salvatore Molina (6.6), Aurélien Scheidler, Nicola Bellomo, Žan Žužek, Mehdi Dorval (6.4), Pierluigi Frattali, Gregorio Morachioli, Giacomo Ricci and Emmanuele Matino.

Substitutions

Bari 1908 made 5 changes: Sebastiano Esposito for Mirco Antenucci (62′), Mattia Maita for Salvatore Molina (73′), Raffaele Pucino for Emile Dorval (73′), Walid Cheddira for Aurelien Scheidler (80′) and Ángel Maldonado for Gregorio Morachioli (80′).

Best player: Raffaele Maiello​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bari 1908 was Raffaele Maiello.

His rating is (7.3) with 95 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13.

Cagliari – Formation

Also Cagliari adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Claudio Ranieri played with: Boris Radunović (7.0), Gabriele Zappa (6.8), Edoardo Goldaniga (6.9), Alberto Dossena (7.8), Adam Obert (7.2), Nunzio Lella (6.8), Antoine Makoumbou (6.6), Marko Rog (6.7), Marco Mancosu (7.1), Zito Luvumbo (6.8) and Gianluca Lapadula (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Paulo Daniel Dentello Azzi, Christos Kourfalidis (6.8), Vincenzo Millico (6.8), Elio Capradossi, Simone Aresti, Nik Prelec (6.8), Isaias Del Pupo, Eldin Lolic and Antonio Barreca (6.4).

Cagliari could not rely on the presence of Antonio Barreca (injured).

Substitutions

Cagliari made 5 changes: Marco Mancosu for Vincenzo Millico (59′), Zito Luvumbo for Nik Prelec (59′), Marko Rog  for Christos Kourfalidis (66′), Nunzio Lella for Antonio Barreca (66′) and Gabriele Zappa for Elio Capradossi (89′).

Best player: Alberto Dossena​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cagliari was Alberto Dossena.

His rating is (7.8) with 25 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

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