PALERMO. Palermo succeeded in turn the tables against Südtirol to win 2-1. It was Südtirol to strike first with a goal of Riccardo Ciervo at the 38′. Then it was a goal in the 48′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Giuseppe Aurelio gave the win to Palermo in the 89′ minute. Palermo took advantage of its better ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Stadio Renzo Barbera stadium in Palermo on Sunday and it started at 9:15 am local time. The referee was Matteo Marcenaro with the assistance of Pasquale De Meo and Mattia Politi. The 4th official was Mario Perri. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 34.79 degrees Celsius or 94.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 33%.​

Match Statistics​

Palermo

2 - 1

Südtirol

  • 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
  • 24 Total 8
  • 6 On Target 2
  • 9 Off Target 5
  • 9 Shots blocked 1
  • 122 Attack 74
  • 69 Dangerous attack 39
  • 78 Ball safe 79
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 13 Corners 1
Fouls
  • 14 Total 13
  • 5 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Palermo had a superior ball possession 60% while Südtirol was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Palermo had a more offensive attitude with 69 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Palermo won the match​.

Palermo shot 24 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Südtirol shot 8 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Palermo received 6 yellow cards (Leo Štulac, Jacopo Segre, Giuseppe Aurelio, Mamadou Coulibaly, Claudio Gomes and Eugenio Corini). Regarding the opposition, Südtirol received 3 yellow cards (Giacomo Poluzzi, Giuseppe Cuomo and Andrea Cagnano).

Match Timeline

Jacopo Segre- Yellow
21'
Leo Stulac- Yellow
33'
38'
Riccardo Ciervo(goal)
40'
43'
Giacomo Poluzzi- Yellow
Liam Henderson- sub ->Jacopo Segre
46'
Pietro Ceccaroni(goal)Leonardo Mancuso
48'
Mamadou Coulibaly- sub ->Aljosa Vasic
58'
Giuseppe Aurelio- sub ->K. Lund
59'
Claudio Gomes- sub ->Leo Štulac
59'
Mamadou Coulibaly- Yellow
61'
64'
Emanuele Pecorino - sub ->Raphael Odogwu
72'
Lorenzo Lonardi- sub ->Jérémie Broh
72'
Matteo Rover- sub ->Gabriel Lunetta
Edoardo Soleri- sub ->Leonardo Mancuso
75'
86'
86'
Nicola Rauti- sub ->Riccardo Ciervo
Giuseppe Aurelio(goal)Liam Henderson
89'
Giuseppe Aurelio- Yellow
90'
90'
Andrea Cagnano- Yellow
Claudio Gomes- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Parma
76
38
Como
73
38
Venezia
70
38
Cremonese
67
38
Catanzaro
60
38
Palermo
56
38
Sampdoria
55
38
Brescia
51
38
Cosenza
47
38
Südtirol
47
38
Modena
47
38
Reggiana
47
38
Pisa
46
38
Cittadella
46
38
Spezia
44
38
Ternana
43
38
Ascoli
41
38
Bari 1908
41
38
FeralpiSalò
33
38
Lecco
26
38

After playing this match, Palermo will have 16 points to remain in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Südtirol will stay with 10 points like Cremonese to hold in the 9th 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 record in favor of Palermo (7 draws).

Südtirol will host Bari 1908 on the 24th of February with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Bari 1908 (1 draw).

Palermo – Formation

Palermo
G
Mirko Pigliacelli 22.Italy
6.8
D
Kristoffer Lund 3.Denmark
7.3
59'
D
Fabio Lucioni 5.Italy
7.5
D
Pietro Ceccaroni 32.Italy
7.9
48'
D
Ales Mateju 37.Czech Republic
7.3
M
Leo Stulac 6.Slovenia
7.0
59' 33'
M
Jacopo Segre 8.Italy
7.3
46' 21'
M
A. Vasić 20.Serbia
7.0
58'
F
Leonardo Mancuso 7.Italy
7.3
75'
F
Matteo Luigi Brunori 9.Italy
6.8
F
Federico Di Francesco 17.Italy
7.3
Substitutes
G
S. Desplanches 1.Italy
G
Adnan Kanuric 13.Bosnia and Herzegovina
D
Simon Graves 2.Denmark
D
Ivan Marconi 15.Italy
D
Ionuţ Nedelcearu 18.Romania
D
Giuseppe Aurelio 31.Italy
7.3
59' 90' 89'
M
Claudio Gomes 4.France
7.1
59' 90'
M
Liam Henderson 53.Scotland
7.1
46'
M
Mamadou Coulibaly 80.Senegal
7.0
58' 61'
F
Edoardo Soleri 27.Italy
6.6
75'

Palermo adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Eugenio Corini decided to play with the following team: Mirko Pigliacelli (6.8), Aleš Matějů (7.3), Fabio Lucioni (7.5), Pietro Ceccaroni (7.9), K. Lund (7.3), Aljosa Vasic (7.0), Leo Štulac (7.0), Jacopo Segre (7.3), Federico Di Francesco (7.3), Matteo Brunori (6.8) and Leonardo Mancuso (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Sebastiano Desplanches, Simon Graves Jensen, Claudio Gomes (7.1), Adnan Kanurić, Ivan Marconi, Ionuț Nedelcearu, Edoardo Soleri (6.6), Giuseppe Aurelio (7.3), Liam Henderson (7.1) and Mamadou Coulibaly (7.0).

Substitutions

Palermo made 5 changes: Jacopo Segre for Liam Henderson (46′), Aljosa Vasic for Mamadou Coulibaly (58′), K. Lund for Giuseppe Aurelio (59′), Leo Štulac for Claudio Gomes (59′) and Leonardo Mancuso for Edoardo Soleri (75′).

Best player: Pietro Ceccaroni​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Palermo was Pietro Ceccaroni.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 76 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Südtirol – Formation

Südtirol
G
Giacomo Poluzzi 1.Italy
7.3
43'
D
Andrea Cagnano 3.Italy
7.0
90'
D
Giuseppe Cuomo 14.Italy
6.4
40'
D
Andrea Giorgini 30.Italy
7.0
D
Andrea Masiello 55.Italy
7.3
M
Gabriel Lunetta 8.Italy
6.6
72'
M
Riccardo Ciervo 11.Italy
7.8
86' 38'
M
Jérémie Broh 15.Italy
6.4
72'
M
Daniele Casiraghi 17.Italy
7.0
86'
M
Fabian Tait 21.Italy
7.1
F
Raphael Odogwu 90.Italy
7.0
64'
Substitutes
G
Giacomo Drago 12.Italy
D
Kévin Vinetot 5.France
D
Luca Ghiringhelli 6.Italy
6.6
86'
D
C. Shiba 27.Albania
D
Lorenzo Lonardi 77.Italy
6.4
72'
M
N. Siega 7.Italy
M
Raphael Kofler 28.Italy
M
Daouda Peeters 42.Belgium
F
Emanuele Pecorino 9.Italy
6.8
64'
F
Matteo Rover 18.Italy
6.7
72'
F
Nicola Rauti 23.Italy
6.6
86'
F
Andrea Cisco 26.Italy

Also Südtirol adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Pierpaolo Bisoli played with: Giacomo Poluzzi (7.3), Andrea Giorgini (7.0), Giuseppe Cuomo (6.4), Andrea Masiello (7.3), Andrea Cagnano (7.0), Riccardo Ciervo (7.8), Fabian Tait (7.1), Jérémie Broh (6.4), Daniele Casiraghi (7.0), Gabriel Lunetta (6.6) and Raphael Odogwu (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Kevin Vinetot, Luca Ghiringhelli (6.6), Nicholas Siega, Emanuele Pecorino (6.8), Giacomo Drago, Matteo Rover (6.7), Nicola Rauti (6.6), Andrea Cisco, Cristian Shiba, Raphael Kofler, Daouda Peeters and Lorenzo Lonardi (6.4).

Südtirol could not rely on the presence of Matteo Rover (injured) and Luca Ghiringhelli (injured).

Substitutions

Südtirol made 5 changes: Jérémie Broh for Lorenzo Lonardi (72′), Gabriel Lunetta for Matteo Rover (72′), Raphael Odogwu for Emanuele Pecorino (64′), Daniele Casiraghi for Luca Ghiringhelli (86′) and Riccardo Ciervo for Nicola Rauti (86′).

Best player: Riccardo Ciervo​

The most impressive player for Südtirol was Riccardo Ciervo.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 23 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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