BARI. Ascoli beats Bari 1908 with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Simic (78′) and a goal from F. Dionisi (90′). Bari 1908 was vastly better in terms of ball possession (62%).​

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 Daniele Rutella who was helped by Daniele Marchi and Alessio Saccenti. The 4th official was Adolfo Baratta. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.5 degrees Celsius or 67.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bari 1908 had a superior ball possession 62% while Ascoli was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bari 1908 was putting more pressure with 52 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Ascoli was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Bari 1908 shot 16 times, 1 on target, 15 off target. Regarding the opposition, Ascoli shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Bari 1908 received 4 yellow cards (V. Di Cesare, M. Folorunsho, L. Benedetti and A. D’Errico). Talking about the opposition, Ascoli received 5 yellow cards (S. Giovane, D. Quaranta, F. Dionisi, C. Gondo and C. Gondo).

Standings

After this match, Bari 1908 will stay with 18 points like Reggina, Frosinone and Genoa to sit in the 4th place. On the other side, Ascoli will have 12 points like Modena to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Bari 1908 will play away against Genoa on the 19th of May with a 1-1 head to head stats.

Ascoli will host Bari 1908 on the 4th of March with a 7-6 head to head in favor of Ascoli (4 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 (6.3), Raffaele Pucino (6.7), Valerio Di Cesare (6.6), Francesco Vicari (7.1), Giacomo Ricci (5.9), Leonardo Benedetti (7.0), Mattia Maita (6.9), Michael Folorunsho (6.8), Nicola Bellomo (7.0), Walid Cheddira (6.8) and Mirco Antenucci (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Žan Žužek, Eddie Salcedo (6.6), Ruben Botta (7.0), Pierluigi Frattali, Gianmarco Cangiano, Aurélien Scheidler, Andrea D’Errico (6.4), Emanuele Terranova (6.4), Emile Dorval, Damir Ceter (6.6), Antonio Mazzotta and Alessandro Mallamo.

Substitutions

Bari 1908 made 5 changes: N. Bellomo for E. Salcedo (46′), M. Antenucci for R. Botta (59′), V. Di Cesare for E. Terranova (60′), W. Cheddira for D. Ceter (69′) and L. Benedetti for A. D’Errico (76′).

Best player: Francesco Vicari​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bari 1908 was Francesco Vicari.

His rating is (7.1) with 63 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Ascoli – Formation

Ascoli started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Christian Bucchi played with: Enrico Guarna (6.7), Lorenco Šimić (7.9), Eric Botteghin (7.5), Danilo Quaranta (6.5), Francesco Donati (7.0), Michele Collocolo (7.0), Samuel Giovane (6.6), Mirko Eramo (6.8), Nicola Falasco (6.9), Federico Dionisi (6.8) and Cedric Gondo (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Claud Adjapong (6.8), Christophe Lungoyi (6.7), Pedro Manuel Lobo Peixoto Mineiro Mendes, Andrea Franzolini, Fabrizio Caligara (6.5), Luca Bolletta, Filippo Palazzino, Soufiane Bidaoui, Simone Giordano, Aljaž Tavčar, Anthony Fontana and Noam Baumann.

Substitutions

Ascoli made 4 changes: S. Giovane for F. Caligara (46′), F. Donati for C. Adjapong (60′), C. Gondo for C. Lungoyi (70′) and M. Eramo for A. Fontana (89′).

Best player: Lorenco Šimić​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ascoli was Lorenco Šimić.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 32 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Bari 1908 – Ascoli – 0-2
• Parma – Reggina – 2-0
• Palermo – Pisa – 3-3
• Modena – Como – 5-1
• Cosenza – Genoa – 1-2
• Cittadella – SPAL – 0-0
• Cagliari – Brescia – 2-1
• Benevento – Ternana – 2-3