PALERMO. Palermo defeated Pisa.

Marius Marin received a red card (61′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Pisa lost the match.

The match was played at the Stadio Renzo Barbera stadium in Palermo on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Giuseppe Collu who was helped by Andrea Niedda and Mario Davide Arace. The 4th official was Filippo Colaninno.

Match Statistics​

Palermo

3 - 2

Pisa

  • 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
  • 17 Total 15
  • 7 On Target 8
  • 7 Off Target 5
  • 3 Shots blocked 4
  • 100 Attack 90
  • 46 Dangerous attack 45
  • 134 Ball safe 152
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 9
  • 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 12 Total 9
  • 4 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 6 Substitutions 5

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Palermo was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Pisa that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Palermo had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Palermo won the match​.

Palermo shot 17 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Pisa shot 15 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Palermo received 4 yellow cards (Matteo Brunori, Edoardo Soleri, Kristoffer Lund and Fabio Lucioni). On the other side, Pisa received 1 yellow card (Hjörtur Hermannsson).

Also, Pisa didn’t end the match with 11 players after Marius Marin (Pisa) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (61′).

Match Timeline

19'
M. Marin(VAR)
Roberto Insigne(goal)Claudio Gomes
29'
Matteo Luigi Brunori (goal)Roberto Insigne
42'
49'
M. Marin(goal)Tomás Esteves
54'
Mattia Valoti(goal)Marco D\'Alessandro
Kristoffer Lund- Yellow
55'
61'
M. Marin- Red
60'
M. Marin(VAR_CARD)
63'
Gabriele Piccinini- sub ->Emanuel Vignato
Edoardo Soleri- sub ->Mamadou Coulibaly
64'
Giuseppe Aurelio- sub ->Kristoffer Lund
76'
Leo Stulac- sub ->Claudio Gomes
76'
77'
Francesco Di Mariano- sub ->Federico Di Francesco
77'
77'
77'
Alessandro De Vitis- sub ->Marco D\'Alessandro
Jacopo Segre(goal)Roberto Insigne
80'
Fabio Lucioni - Yellow
81'
85'
Gaetano Masucci- sub ->Antonio Caracciolo
87'
Edoardo Soleri- Yellow
89'
90'
Hjörtur Hermannsson- Yellow
Matteo Luigi Brunori - 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 contest, Palermo has 28 points to remain in the 7th place. On the other side, Pisa will stays with 18 points to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Palermo will play away with Como on the 23rd of December with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Pisa will host Ascoli on the 23rd of December with a 8-7 head to head stats in favor of Pisa (3 draws).

Palermo – Formation

Palermo
G
Mirko Pigliacelli 22.Italy
7.8
D
Simon Graves 2.Denmark
6.8
D
Kristoffer Lund 3.Denmark
7.5
76' 55'
D
Fabio Lucioni 5.Italy
7.0
81'
D
Ivan Marconi 15.Italy
7.0
M
Claudio Gomes 4.France
6.8
76'
M
Jacopo Segre 8.Italy
7.9
80'
M
Roberto Insigne 11.Italy
10.2
87' 29'
M
Federico Di Francesco 17.Italy
6.4
77'
M
Mamadou Coulibaly 80.Senegal
6.8
64'
F
Matteo Luigi Brunori 9.Italy
7.5
90' 42'
Substitutes
G
S. Desplanches 1.Italy
G
Adnan Kanuric 13.Bosnia and Herzegovina
D
Ionuţ Nedelcearu 18.Romania
D
Alessio Buttaro 25.Italy
D
Giuseppe Aurelio 31.Italy
6.6
76'
M
Leo Stulac 6.Slovenia
7.0
76'
M
A. Vasić 20.Serbia
M
N. Valente 30.Italy
6.4
87'
M
Liam Henderson 53.Scotland
F
Leonardo Mancuso 7.Italy
F
Francesco Di Mariano 10.Italy
6.7
77'
F
Edoardo Soleri 27.Italy
7.0
64' 89'

Palermo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Eugenio Corini decided to play with the following team: Mirko Pigliacelli (7.8), Simon Graves Jensen (6.8), Fabio Lucioni (7.0), Ivan Marconi (7.0), Kristoffer Lund (7.5), Mamadou Coulibaly (6.8), Claudio Gomes (6.8), Jacopo Segre (7.9), Roberto Insigne (10.2), Matteo Brunori (7.5) and Federico Di Francesco (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Sebastiano Desplanches, Leo Štulac (7.0), Leonardo Mancuso, Francesco Di Mariano (6.7), Adnan Kanurić, Ionuț Nedelcearu, Aljosa Vasic, Alessio Buttaro, Edoardo Soleri (7.0), Nicola Valente (6.4), Giuseppe Aurelio (6.6) and Liam Henderson.

Substitutions

Palermo made 5 changes: Mamadou Coulibaly for Edoardo Soleri (64′), Federico Di Francesco for Francesco Di Mariano (77′), Kristoffer Lund for Giuseppe Aurelio (76′), Claudio Gomes for Leo Štulac (76′) and Roberto Insigne for Nicola Valente (87′).

Player of the match: Jacopo Segre​

The most impressive player for Palermo was Jacopo Segre.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 44 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10.

Pisa – Formation

Pisa
G
Nícolas 1.Brazil
6.3
D
Antonio Caracciolo 4.Italy
6.0
85'
D
Hjörtur Hermannsson 6.Iceland
6.4
90'
D
Tomás Esteves 19.Portugal
7.3
D
Tommaso Barbieri 42.Italy
7.5
M
M. Marin 8.Romania
6.6
61' 49'
M
Emanuel Vignato 23.Italy
6.4
63'
M
Mattia Valoti 27.Italy
7.3
77' 54'
M
Miguel Veloso 44.Portugal
7.1
M
Marco D'Alessandro 77.Italy
7.5
77'
F
Stefano Moreo 32.Italy
6.7
77'
Substitutes
G
Leonardo Loria 22.Italy
G
Matteo Campani 34.Italy
D
Maxime Leverbe 3.France
M
Ádám Nagy 16.Hungary
6.4
77'
M
Alessandro De Vitis 30.Italy
6.4
77'
F
Lisandru Tramoni 7.France
F
Ettore Gliozzi 9.Italy
7.0
77'
F
Jan Mlakar 17.Slovenia
F
Gaetano Masucci 26.Italy
6.6
85'
F
Alessandro Arena 28.Italy
F
Gabriele Piccinini 36.Italy
7.0
63'

Also Pisa adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Alberto Aquilani played with: Nicolas (6.3), Tommaso Barbieri (7.5), Hjörtur Hermannsson (6.4), Antonio Caracciolo (6.0), Tomás Esteves (7.3), Miguel Veloso (7.1), Marius Marin (6.6), Marco D’Alessandro (7.5), Mattia Valoti (7.3), Emanuel Vignato (6.4) and Stefano Moreo (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Maxime Leverbe, Lisandru Tramoni, Ettore Gliozzi (7.0), Ádám Nagy (6.4), Jan Mlakar, Leonardo Loria, Gaetano Masucci (6.6), Alessandro Arena, Alessandro De Vitis (6.4), Matteo Campani and Gabriele Piccinini (7.0).

Substitutions

Pisa made 5 changes: Emanuel Vignato for Gabriele Piccinini (63′), Marco D’Alessandro for Alessandro De Vitis (77′), Stefano Moreo for Ettore Gliozzi (77′), Mattia Valoti for Ádám Nagy (77′) and Antonio Caracciolo for Gaetano Masucci (85′).

Player of the match: Tommaso Barbieri​

The player that probably impressed the most for Pisa was Tommaso Barbieri.

His rating is 7.5 with 21 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

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