A big game in the Italian second tier as high flying Pisa host playoff chasing Bari in a game that will mean alot to both sides, as the halfway stage of the season approaches. Both sides approach this game at The Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani, in good form, with the host winning three of their last five league games, and Bari going unbeaten in their previous five games, with three wins also.
Pisa will be looking to throw the gauntlet down at top of the table Sassuolo with a win on Friday night over Bari, with their slight blip of 1 point from 2 games being ended with a 3-2 win over Mantova last weekend.
As for Bari, their form has been very solid in recent weeks, however with 9 of their 16 league games ending in draws, they will be looking to start to turn one point into three, and begin to challenge for those automatic promotion spots, hunting down their opponents on Friday evening.
Pisa Predicted Lineup: Adrian Semper, Giovanni Bonfanti, Antonio Caracciolo, Simone Canestrelli, Saumele, Angori, Marius Marin, Gabrielle Piccinini, Idrissa Toure, Matteo Tramoni, Alexander Lind, Alessandro Arena
Pisa’s success this season under AC Milan legend Filippo Inzaghi has been underpinned by their 3-4-3 formation, creating overloads in wide areas, and playing in a solid low block out of possession, counter attacking with pace and dynamism. Midfielder Matteo Tramoni only played 20 minutes last weekend, but his creativity and ability to unlock defences will create problems for the Bari backline.
Bari Predicted Lineup: Boris Radunovic, Valerio Mantovani, Raffaele Pucino, Nosa Edward Obaretin, Mehdi Dorval, Mattia Maita, Ahmad Benali, Andrea Oliveri, César Falletti, Andrija Novakovich, Kevin Lasagna
As mentioned earlier, draws have been an all to common theme for Bari thus far in 2024/25, it has on the whole been a case of solidity defensively, but a lack of cutting edge in the final third that has been the root cause, something manager Moreno Longo will be keen to address.
Experienced forward Kevin Lasagna certainly knows where the goal is, and leads their goalscoring charts with 4 goals so far this season, however Bari sit 10th in Serie B for chances created, and he will need much more to feed off in order to add more goals to his game.
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4 December 2022 - Serie B Bari 0-0 Pisa
29 April 2017 - Serie B Bari 0-0 Pisa
Both sides will be desperate to take all three points in this game, however with both predicted to deploy identical formations, our experts can see the game starting slowly, with a tactical chess like battle opening proceedings. This is why they have predicted a Half time draw in this match, following the theme of the head to head matchups in recent years, and Bari’s season so far.
For that reason, our betting experts have gone with a First Half Draw as our best value tip for this game.
Odds of 1/1 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £20 in this match.
(odds subject to change)
On Coral, a draw after 45 minutes is EVS, meaning that a stake of £10 would return £20.
Pisa 1-0 Bari
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