PALERMO. Palermo conquers Genoa 1-0 after M. Brunori scored just 1 goal (49′). Genoa was vastly better in terms of ball possession (65%).​

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 Francesco Cosso with the help of Vittorio Di Gioia and Marco Scatragli. The 4th official was Gabriele Scatena. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 24.1 degrees Celsius or 75.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Genoa was in firm control of the ball 65% while Palermo was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Genoa was more pushing with 44 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 9 were on target. Nevertheless, Palermo managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Palermo shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Genoa shot 15 times, 9 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Palermo received 3 yellow cards (A. Mateju, M. Brunori and L. Stulac). On the other side, Genoa received 4 yellow cards (M. Pajac, F. Jagiello, M. Badelj and P. Galdames).

Standings

After this encounter, Palermo will have 7 points like Benevento, Cagliari and Cosenza to hold in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Genoa will stay with 8 points like Ascoli to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Palermo will host Bari 1908 on the 21st of January with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Palermo (6 draws).

Genoa will host Bari 1908 on the 19th of May with a 1-1 head to head.

Palermo – Formation

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

The manager Eugenio Corini decided to play with the following team: Mirko Pigliacelli (8.2), Alessio Buttaro (7.3), Ionuț Nedelcearu (7.0), Ivan Marconi (8.0), Aleš Matějů (6.5), Jacopo Segre (6.8), Leo Štulac (6.9), Dario Šarić (7.1), Salvatore Elia (6.7), Matteo Brunori (8.0) and Francesco Di Mariano (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Samuele Damiani (6.4), Samuele Massolo, Nicola Valente, Edoardo Pierozzi, Giovanni Grotta, Luca Vido, Claudio Gomes (6.8), Marco Sala, Edoardo Lancini, Roberto Crivello, Roberto Floriano and Edoardo Soleri (6.7).

Substitutions

Palermo made 5 changes: D. Saric for S. Damiani (60′), F. Di Mariano for E. Soleri (83′), L. Stulac for C. Gomes (83′), A. Mateju for M. Sala (89′) and M. Brunori for L. Vido (89′).

Best player: Mirko Pigliacelli​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Palermo was the goalkeeper: Mirko Pigliacelli. His rating is 8.20. He performed 5 saves.

Genoa – Formation

Genoa started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Alexander Blessin played with: Josep Martínez (7.5), Silvan Hefti (6.6), Mattia Bani (6.4), Radu Drăguşin (6.5), Marko Pajač (6.8), Manolo Portanova (6.4), Morten Frendrup (7.0), Milan Badelj (6.4), Filip Jagiełło (6.9), Massimo Coda (7.1) and Caleb Ekuban (6.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Güven Yalçın (6.9), George Pușcaș (6.2), Alessandro Vogliacco, Kelvin Yeboah, Adrian Šemper, Stefano Sabelli, Mattia Aramu (6.5), Kevin Strootman (6.7), Giuseppe Agostino, Lennart Czyborra and Pablo Galdames (6.7).

Substitutions

Genoa made 5 changes: F. Jagiello for M. Aramu (53′), M. Portanova for G. Yalcin (53′), M. Badelj for K. Strootman (65′), M. Pajac for P. Galdames (65′) and S. Hefti for G. Puscas (78′).

Best player: Josep Martínez​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Genoa was the goalkeeper: Josep Martínez. His rating is 7.45. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Palermo – Genoa – 1-0