BARI. Bari 1908 recovers against SPAL with a goal on the A. La 64′ and a goal on the S. Rabbi 69′. SPAL was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale San Nicola stadium in Bari on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Rapuano with the collaboration of Davide Miele and Marco Trinchieri. The 4th official was Alberto Arena. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.2 degrees Celsius or 80.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

SPAL had a superior ball possession 56% while Bari 1908 was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

SPAL was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough SPAL to win the contest​.

Bari 1908 shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, SPAL shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Bari 1908 received 2 yellow cards (M. Maita and N. Bellomo). On the opposite side, SPAL received 3 yellow cards (C. Dalle Mura, L. Dickmann and B. Meccariello).

Standings

After playing this match, Bari 1908 will have 6 points like Parma to remain in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, SPAL will have 5 points like Cittadella to hold in the 12th 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 1-1 head to head.

SPAL will host Bari 1908 on the 4th of February with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of SPAL (3 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 (6.8), Raffaele Pucino (6.9), Valerio Di Cesare (6.4), Emanuele Terranova (6.7), Antonio Mazzotta (6.2), Mattia Maita (6.8), Raffaele Maiello (7.1), Michael Folorunsho (6.2), Nicola Bellomo (5.9), Mirco Antenucci (7.7) and Walid Cheddira (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Alessandro Mallamo (7.1), Žan Žužek, Pierluigi Frattali, Guillaume Gigliotti, Emile Dorval, Gianmarco Cangiano (6.6), Ruben Botta, Leonardo Benedetti (6.4), Eddie Salcedo (7.1), Andrea D’Errico (6.2), Marco Bosisio and Cristian Galano.

Substitutions

Bari 1908 made 5 changes: M. Maita for L. Benedetti (46′), M. Folorunsho for A. D’Errico (75′), N. Bellomo for A. Mallamo (75′), W. Cheddira for G. Cangiano (80′) and M. Antenucci for E. Salcedo (80′).

Best player: Mirco Antenucci​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bari 1908 was Mirco Antenucci.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 20 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He hit the woodwork once times.

SPAL – Formation

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

Roberto Venturato played with: Enrico Alfonso (6.4), Lorenzo Dickmann (7.4), Biagio Meccariello (7.2), Christian Dalle Mura (6.3), Alessandro Tripaldelli (7.0), Federico Proia (6.4), Salvatore Esposito (7.6), Niccolò Zanellato (6.8), Georgi Tunjov (6.2), Mattia Finotto (6.6) and Andrea La Mantia (8.2).

They had on the bench: Nicola Rauti (6.3), Alberto Pomini, Franco Zuculini, Raffaele Celia, Alberto Almici, Filippo Puletto, Luca Valzania (6.2), Marco Varnier, Alessandro Fiordaliso, Simone Rabbi (7.2), Matteo Prati (6.7) and Demba Thiam.

Substitutions

SPAL made 5 changes: G. Tunjov for S. Rabbi (59′), N. Zanellato for L. Valzania (59′), M. Finotto for N. Ranti (80′), F. Proia for M. Prati (83′) and C. Dalle Mura for M. Varnier (85′).

Best player: Andrea La Mantia​

The most impressive player for SPAL was Andrea La Mantia.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 13 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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

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