PALERMO. Venezia was eventually too strong for Palermo with the goal of J. Pohjanpalo was the key of the match after he scored in the 30th and 18th minute. Joel Pohjanpalo (18′), Joel Pohjanpalo (30′) and Christian Gytkjær (90′). Palermo lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stadio Renzo Barbera stadium in Palermo on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Doveri with the collaboration of Mauro Vivenzi and Marcello Rossi. The 4th official was Andrea Zanotti.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Palermo was in firm control of the ball 57% while Venezia was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Palermo had a more offensive attitude with 50 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Venezia succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Palermo shot 14 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Venezia shot 17 times, 8 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Palermo received 1 yellow card (Pietro Ceccaroni). Talking about the opposition, Venezia received 1 yellow card (Giorgio Altare).

Standings

After this match, Palermo stays with 49 points like Catanzaro to sit in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Venezia will has 57 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Palermo will play away against Pisa on the 1st of April with a 1-1 head to head stats.

Venezia will host Reggiana on the 1st of April with a 3-3 head to head statistic.

Palermo – Formation

Palermo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Eugenio Corini decided to play with the following team: Mirko Pigliacelli (7.3), Salim Diakité (6.7), Ionuț Nedelcearu (6.3), Pietro Ceccaroni (6.4), Kristoffer Lund (6.4), Claudio Gomes (6.8), Jacopo Segre (6.7), Francesco Di Mariano (6.4), Liam Henderson (6.7), Federico Di Francesco (7.8) and Matteo Brunori (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Sebastiano Desplanches, Simon Graves Jensen (7.3), Leo Štulac, Leonardo Mancuso, Adnan Kanurić, Ivan Marconi, Aljosa Vasic (6.4), Alessio Buttaro, Edoardo Soleri (6.4), Giuseppe Aurelio (6.6), Chaka Traorè (6.3) and Mamadou Coulibaly.

Substitutions

Palermo made 5 changes: Liam Henderson for Chaka Traorè (62′), Kristoffer Lund for Giuseppe Aurelio (46′), Ionuț Nedelcearu for Simon Graves Jensen (46′), Francesco Di Mariano for Aljosa Vasic (46′) and Jacopo Segre for Edoardo Soleri (78′).

Player of the match: Federico Di Francesco​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Palermo was Federico Di Francesco.

His rating is 7.8 with 43 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 3 crosses.

Venezia – Formation

Venezia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Paolo Vanoli played with: Jesse Joronen (7.7), Giorgio Altare (7.3), Jay Idzes (7.1), Marin Šverko (7.3), Antonio Candela (8.1), Gianluca Busio (7.3), Tanner Tessmann (7.9), Mikael Ellertsson (7.0), Francesco Zampano (7.0), Joel Pohjanpalo (8.2) and Nicholas Pierini (7.9).

They had on the bench: Christian Gytkjær (7.5), Bruno Bertinato, Marco Modolo, Mato Jajalo (6.7), Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason (7.0), Denis Cheryshev, Matteo Grandi, Nunzio Lella, Michael Svoboda (6.4), Maximilian Ullmann, Magnus Kofod Andersen and Marco Olivieri (6.7).

Substitutions

Venezia made 5 changes: Francesco Zampano for Michael Svoboda (80′), Gianluca Busio for Mato Jajalo (81′), Joel Pohjanpalo for Christian Gytkjær (87′), Mikael Ellertsson for Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason (70′) and Nicholas Pierini for Marco Olivieri (70′).

Player of the match: Joel Pohjanpalo​

The player that probably impressed the most for Venezia was Joel Pohjanpalo.

His rating is 8.2 with 2 goals, 24 passes (54% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Palermo – Venezia – 0-3