PALERMO. Palermo was in the end too strong for Como with the goal of Matteo Brunori (35′), Filippo Ranocchia (64′) and Federico Di Francesco (83′). Como was decisively better in terms of ball possession (67%).
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 Gianluca Aureliano with the collaboration of Niccolò Pagliardini and . The 4th official was Valerio Vogliaco.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Como was in firm control of the ball 67% while Palermo was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Como had a more offensive attitude with 49 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Palermo found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Palermo shot 7 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Como shot 17 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Palermo received 1 yellow card (Francesco Di Mariano). Talking about the opposition, Como received 4 yellow cards (Alessandro Bellemo , Samuel Ballet, Samuel Ballet and Marco Curto).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Palermo has 45 points like Como to hold in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Como will stays with 45 points like Palermo to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Palermo will play away against Cremonese on the 24th of February with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of Palermo (2 draws).
Como will host Parma on the 24th of February with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Parma (1 draw).
Palermo – Formation
Palermo
90'
64'
67'
Palermo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Eugenio Corini decided to play with the following team: Mirko Pigliacelli , Salim Diakité , Ionuț Nedelcearu , Pietro Ceccaroni , Giuseppe Aurelio , Filippo Ranocchia , Claudio Gomes , Jacopo Segre , Francesco Di Mariano , Matteo Brunori and Federico Di Francesco .
The home team had on the bench: Leo Štulac, Leonardo Mancuso, Roberto Insigne, Manfredi Nespola, Adnan Kanurić, Ivan Marconi, Aljosa Vasic , Alessio Buttaro, Edoardo Soleri, Liam Henderson, Chaka Traorè and Mamadou Coulibaly .
Substitutions
Palermo made 5 changes: Federico Di Francesco for Roberto Insigne (87′), Matteo Brunori for Edoardo Soleri (87′), Jacopo Segre for Chaka Traorè (90′), Filippo Ranocchia for Mamadou Coulibaly (72′) and Francesco Di Mariano for Aljosa Vasic (72′).
Player of the match: Matteo Brunori
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Palermo was Matteo Brunori.
His rating is with 1 goal, 8 passes (38% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 1 duel out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Como – Formation
Como
Como started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Francesc Fàbregas i Soler played with: Adrian Semper , Marco Curto , Edoardo Goldaniga , Federico Barba , Nikolas Ioannou , Alessandro Bellemo , Daniele Baselli , Gabriel Strefezza , Simone Verdi , Lucas Da Cunha and Alessandro Gabrielloni .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Marco Sala, Alessio Iovine, Moutir Chajia , Pierre Bolchini, Nicholas Gioacchini, Cas Odenthal, Matthias Braunöder, Oliver Abildgaard , Samuel Ballet , Jean-Pierre Nsame , Tommaso Cassandro and Ben Lhassine Kone .
Como could not rely on the presence of Ben Lhassine Kone (injured) and Oliver Abildgaard (injured).
Substitutions
Como made 5 changes: Daniele Baselli for Ben Lhassine Kone (19′), Ben Lhassine Kone for Oliver Abildgaard (45′), Simone Verdi for Moutir Chajia (69′), Alessandro Gabrielloni for Samuel Ballet (69′) and Marco Curto for Jean-Pierre Nsame (69′).
Player of the match: Lucas Da Cunha
The most impressive player for Como was Lucas Da Cunha.
His rating is with 52 passes (84% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Bari 1908 – FeralpiSalò – 1-0
- Sampdoria – Brescia – 1-1
- Spezia – Cittadella – 4-2
- Reggiana – Ternana – 0-2
- Parma – Pisa – 3-2
- Palermo – Como – 3-0
- Lecco – Cosenza – 1-3
- Catanzaro – Südtirol – 2-2
