PALERMO. Palermo tops Brescia 1-0 after M. Coulibaly scored just 1 goal (27′).
Palermo remained in players after Eugenio Corini received a red card in the 84′. Even so, Palermo still found a way to win this match competing only in 10.
The match was played at the Stadio Renzo Barbera stadium in Palermo on Wednesday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Giacomo Camplone with the collaboration of Mattia Scarpa and Marco D’Ascanio. The 4th official was Matteo Centi. The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.21 degrees Celsius or 88.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Palermo was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Brescia that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Brescia had a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Palermo found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Palermo shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Brescia shot 18 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Palermo received 4 yellow cards (K. Lund, Eugenio Corini, Edoardo Soleri and Aleš Matějů). Talking about the opposition, Brescia received 4 yellow cards (Tom Van De Looi, Riccardo Fogliata, Andrea Cistana and Lorenzo Dickmann).
(Palermo) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (84′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Palermo has 23 points to occupy the 3rd place in the standings. On the opposite side, Brescia stays with 13 points (13th).
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).
Brescia will host Cremonese on the 12th of November with a 3-3 head to head record.
Palermo – Formation
Palermo
88'
23'
27'
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 , K. Lund , Leo Štulac , Claudio Gomes , Nicola Valente , Mamadou Coulibaly , Leonardo Mancuso and Matteo Brunori .
The home team had on the bench: Sebastiano Desplanches, Simon Graves Jensen, Francesco Di Mariano , Roberto Insigne, Adnan Kanurić, Ivan Marconi , Ionuț Nedelcearu, Alessio Buttaro , Edoardo Soleri , Giuseppe Aurelio and Liam Henderson .
Palermo could not rely on the presence of Ivan Marconi (injured).
Substitutions
Palermo made 5 changes: Pietro Ceccaroni for Ivan Marconi (23′), Leonardo Mancuso for Francesco Di Mariano (64′), Matteo Brunori for Edoardo Soleri (64′), Mamadou Coulibaly for Liam Henderson (70′) and Nicola Valente for Alessio Buttaro (70′).
Best player: Leo Štulac
The player that probably impressed the most for Palermo was Leo Štulac even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 40 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.
Brescia – Formation
Brescia
Brescia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Daniele Gastaldello played with: Luca Lezzerini , Andrea Papetti , Andrea Cistana , Massimiliano Mangraviti , Lorenzo Dickmann , Massimo Bertagnoli , Tom Van De Looi , Riccardo Fogliata , Matthieu Huard , Gabriele Moncini and Gennaro Borrelli .
They had on the bench: Mohamed Fares , Birkir Bjarnason , Flavio Bianchi , Corrado Riviera, Elia Maccherini Tonini, Lorenzo Andrenacci, Nicolas Galazzi, Giacomo Olzer and Michele Besaggio .
Brescia could not rely on the presence of Michele Besaggio (injured).
Substitutions
Brescia made 5 changes: Gennaro Borrelli for Flavio Bianchi (52′), Matthieu Huard for Mohamed Fares (70′), Andrea Papetti for Giacomo Olzer (79′), Riccardo Fogliata for Michele Besaggio (69′) and Massimo Bertagnoli for Birkir Bjarnason (69′).
Best player: Luca Lezzerini
The player that probably impressed the most for Brescia was the goalkeeper: Luca Lezzerini. His rating is 7.45. He performed 2 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
