PALERMO. Palermo recovers against Sampdoria with a goal on the G. Leoni 19′ and a goal on the E. Darboe 61′.

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 Antonio Giua who was helped by Vittorio Di Gioia and Domenico Fontemurato. The 4th official was Emanuele Frascaro.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Palermo was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Sampdoria that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Palermo was more pushing with 39 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Palermo to win the match​.

Palermo shot 10 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sampdoria shot 15 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Palermo received 2 yellow cards (Francesco Di Mariano and Fabio Lucioni ). On the other side, Sampdoria received 1 yellow card (Antonio Barreca).

Standings

After this match, Palermo has 50 points to remain in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Sampdoria will has 44 points to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Palermo will play away against Cosenza on the 13th of April with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Cosenza (2 draws).

Sampdoria will host Südtirol on the 13th of April with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Südtirol (1 draw).

Palermo – Formation

Palermo adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Michele Mignani decided to play with the following team: Mirko Pigliacelli (6.6), Salim Diakité (7.0), Fabio Lucioni  (6.8), Pietro Ceccaroni (7.3), Francesco Di Mariano (7.5), Jacopo Segre (7.3), Leo Stulac (7.1), Federico Di Francesco (6.8), Kristoffer Lund (6.3), Leonardo Mancuso (7.3) and Matteo Luigi Brunori  (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: S. Desplanches, Simon Graves, Roberto Insigne, Adnan Kanuric, Ivan Marconi, Ionuţ Nedelcearu, Alessio Buttaro, Edoardo Soleri (7.1), Giuseppe Aurelio, Liam Henderson (6.7) and Chaka Traorè.

Substitutions

Palermo made 3 changes: Leo Stulac for Liam Henderson (64′), Leonardo Mancuso for Edoardo Soleri (64′) and Federico Di Francesco for Chaka Traorè (90′).

Player of the match: Matteo Luigi Brunori ​

The player that probably impressed the most for Palermo was Matteo Luigi Brunori .

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 16 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Sampdoria – Formation

Also Sampdoria adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Andrea Pirlo played with: Filip Stankovic (7.1), G. Leoni (7.1), D. Ghilardi (6.4), F. González (6.6), Petar Stojanović (7.0), Pajtim Kasami (7.1), Gerard Yepes (7.8), Ebrima Darboe (8.7), Antonio Barreca (6.7), Manuel De Luca (7.0) and Valerio Verre (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kristoffer Askildsen, Estanis Pedrola (6.6), A. Lötjönen, Fabio Borini (6.6), Agustín Álvarez, Simone Giordano (6.6), Nicola Ravaglia, Fabio Depaoli (6.4), Nicola Murru (6.4), Stefano Girelli, F. Conti and S. Ntanda.

Sampdoria could not rely on the presence of Fabio Depaoli (injured).

Substitutions

Sampdoria made 5 changes: Antonio Barreca for Simone Giordano (65′), Manuel De Luca for Fabio Borini (66′), Ebrima Darboe for Fabio Depaoli (73′), G. Leoni for Nicola Murru (81′) and Valerio Verre for Estanis Pedrola (81′).

Player of the match: Ebrima Darboe​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sampdoria was Ebrima Darboe.

His rating is 8.7 with 1 goal, 49 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 14 duels out of 18. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Brescia – Pisa – 3-1
• Ternana – Modena – 0-0
• Südtirol – Parma – 0-0
• Spezia – Lecco – 1-1
• Reggiana – Cittadella – 0-2
• Palermo – Sampdoria – 2-2
• FeralpiSalò – Cosenza – 2-2
• Catanzaro – Como – 1-2