US Catanzaro vs SSC Bari, Serie B 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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US Catanzaro vs SSC Bari — Serie B at Nicola Ceravolo.
- US Catanzaro 38 games · 59 pts (2025/26)
- SSC Bari 38 games · 40 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Simone Sozza
- Assistant 1 Giacomo Monaco (Italy)
- Assistant 2 Glauco Zanellati (Italy)
25 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 3.3 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Venezia FC 38 82 2 Frosinone Calcio 38 81 3 AC Monza 38 76 4 Palermo FC 38 72 5 US Catanzaro 38 59 6 Modena FC 2018 38 55 7 SS Juve Stabia 38 51 8 Calcio Avellino SSD 38 49 9 Mantova 1911 SSD 38 46 10 Padova Calcio 38 46 11 AC Cesena 38 46 12 Carrarese Calcio 38 44 13 UC Sampdoria 38 44 14 ACD Virtus Entella 38 42 15 Empoli FC 38 41 16 FC Sudtirol 38 41 17 SSC Bari 38 40 18 AC Reggiana 38 37 19 Spezia Calcio 38 35 20 Delfino Pescara 1936 38 35 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 May SSC Bari H 2–3 L 01 May Palermo FC A 2–3 L 25 Apr Spezia Calcio H 4–2 W 18 Apr SS Juve Stabia A 1–1 D 14 Apr Modena FC 2018 H 2–2 D 11 Apr Calcio Avellino SSD A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 May US Catanzaro A 3–2 W 01 May ACD Virtus Entella H 2–0 W 24 Apr Calcio Avellino SSD A 0–2 L 18 Apr Venezia FC H 0–3 L 11 Apr AC Monza A 0–2 L 06 Apr Modena FC 2018 H 3–1 W Season Stats
US Catanzaro SSC Bari #5 Position #17 59 Points 40 38 Played 38 15 / 14 / 9 W / D / L 10 / 10 / 18 62 Scored 38 51 Conceded 60 +11 GD -22 1.55 PPG 1.05 39% Win % 26% Key Stats
83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history24% Clean Sheets
US Catanzaro this season18% Clean Sheets
SSC Bari this seasonUS Catanzaro are 5th (59 pts). SSC Bari are 17th (40 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
US Catanzaro0-154/116-301/331-452/246-601/161-751/–76+4/5■ Scored ■ ConcededSSC Bari0-15–/116-302/131-452/146-601/261-75–/176+2/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Nicola Ceravolo that hosts another battle between US Catanzaro and SSC Bari.
- 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering US Catanzaro that had 114 games and scored 122 goals.
- 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
- 12' GOAL! Bruno Verrengia scores on 12.
- 16' Davide Buglio is having his name booked by the referee on 16.
- 21' SSC Bari looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Kevin Piscopo scoring 2 goals.
- 23' What an equalizer from Gabriele Moncini!
- 26' That looks like a foul for a card for Kevin Piscopo.
- 31' US Catanzaro started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 31.
- 36' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 40' Kevin Piscopo puts SSC Bari on the lead.
- 45' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 50' What a strike from Kevin Piscopo! The score is 1-3.
- 55' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with SSC Bari winning 50% of all matches.
- 60' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Fabio Rispoli made 111 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 65' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 70' SSC Bari seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 75' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 80' US Catanzaro is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 85' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 90' It looks surprising SSC Bari does not make any changes. Cas Odenthal has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- With this win, SSC Bari is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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US Catanzaro Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 98
- 28
- 77
- 23
- 21
- 2
- 39
- 32
- 1
- 5
- 26
Bench
- 94
- 20
- 22
- 10
- 84
- 19
- 30
- 6
- 14
- 99
- 4
- 82
Coach Alberto AquilaniSSC Bari Lineups
3-5-2Starting XI
- 11
- 18
- 13
- 43
- 31
- 26
- 28
- 19
- 17
- 8
- 93
Bench
- 24
- 25
- 10
- 9
- 80
- 20
- 90
- 66
- 37
- 1
- 49
- 30
Coach Moreno Longo -
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Pietro Iemmello 3 Kevin Piscopo 2 Ilias Koutsoupias 2 Mehdi Dorval 1 Andrea Favilli 1 Gabriele Moncini 1 Kevin Lasagna 1 Costantino Favasuli 1 Head to Head
US Catanzaro Form
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Prediction accuracy2 / 42.3 US Catanzaro xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.42 SSC Bari xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 68%
Match Result
✗ WrongActual: SSC Bari winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.72Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 88% 12% ± 2.5 71% 29% ± 3.5 50% 50% ± 4.5 32% 68% Double Chance
US Catanzaro or Draw 75%Draw or SSC Bari 49%US Catanzaro or SSC Bari 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: SSC Bari win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 1 8.8%1 – 1 8.7%3 – 1 6.7%2 – 0 6.5%2 – 2 6.2%1 – 2 5.5%1 – 0 5.1%3 – 0 4.8%3 – 2 4.8%4 – 1 3.9%0 – 0 3.6%2 – 3 ActualAsian Handicap — US Catanzaro
Handicap US Catanzaro covers Push SSC Bari covers -2.5 19% — 81% -2 19% 17% 64% -1.5 36% — 64% -1 36% 20% 44% -0.5 56% — 44% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 12% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 7% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
US Catanzaro keeps clean sheet 25% ✓SSC Bari keeps clean sheet 11% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.