PALERMO. Cosenza snatched a late win Palermo 1-0 after L. Canotto scored just 1 goal (90′). Palermo was decisively better in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Stadio Renzo Barbera stadium in Palermo on Friday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Marco Monaldi with the assistance of Matteo Passeri and Alessandro Costanzo. The 4th official was Michele Delrio. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 34.88 degrees Celsius or 94.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 29%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Palermo had a strong ball possession 62% while Cosenza was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Palermo was more pushing with 83 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Cosenza managed to find the solution to win this match.
Palermo shot 19 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Cosenza shot 14 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Palermo received 1 yellow card (Jacopo Segre). Talking about the opposition, Cosenza received 3 yellow cards (Luigi Canotto, Gennaro Tutino and Tommaso D’Orazio).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Palermo will stay with 10 points like Modena and Catanzaro to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Cosenza will have 8 points like Südtirol and Cittadella to remain in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Palermo will host Bari 1908 on the 3rd of February with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Palermo (7 draws).
Cosenza will host Bari 1908 on the 27th of April with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Bari 1908 (0 draws).
Palermo – Formation
Palermo
46'
89'
Palermo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Eugenio Corini decided to play with the following team: Mirko Pigliacelli , Aleš Matějů , Fabio Lucioni , Pietro Ceccaroni , Giuseppe Aurelio , Liam Henderson , Leo Štulac , Jacopo Segre , Francesco Di Mariano , Matteo Brunori and Federico Di Francesco .
The home team had on the bench: Sebastiano Desplanches, Simon Graves Jensen, K. Lund , Claudio Gomes , Leonardo Mancuso , Roberto Insigne , Adnan Kanurić, Ivan Marconi, Ionuț Nedelcearu, Aljosa Vasic , Edoardo Soleri and Mamadou Coulibaly.
Substitutions
Palermo made 5 changes: Giuseppe Aurelio for K. Lund (46′), Leo Štulac for Claudio Gomes (67′), Liam Henderson for Aljosa Vasic (67′), Francesco Di Mariano for Roberto Insigne (76′) and Federico Di Francesco for Leonardo Mancuso (81′).
Best player: Pietro Ceccaroni
The player that probably impressed the most for Palermo was Pietro Ceccaroni.
His rating is with 83 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Cosenza – Formation
Cosenza
90'Cosenza started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Fabio Caserta played with: Alessandro Micai , Baldovino Cimino , Andrea Meroni , Michael Venturi , Tommaso D’Orazio , Manuel Marras , Federico Zuccon , Giacomo Calò , Simone Mazzocchi , Francesco Forte and Gennaro Tutino .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Filippo Sgarbi , Andrea Rispoli , Alessandro Fontanarosa, Valerio Crespi, Alessandro Arioli, Mattia Viviani , Mateusz Praszelik, Luigi Canotto , Salvatore Dario La Vardera, Aldo Florenzi, Idriz Voca and Leonardo Marson.
Cosenza could not rely on the presence of Filippo Sgarbi (injured) and Idriz Voca (injured).
Substitutions
Cosenza made 5 changes: Federico Zuccon for Mattia Viviani (69′), Andrea Meroni for Filippo Sgarbi (53′), Baldovino Cimino for Andrea Rispoli (70′), Manuel Marras for Luigi Canotto (85′) and Gennaro Tutino for Idriz Voca (85′).
Best player: Alessandro Micai
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cosenza was the goalkeeper: Alessandro Micai. His rating is 8.06. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
