TERNI. Ternana was ultimately too good for Palermo with the goal of A. Partipilo (57′), A. Palumbo (77′) and R. Moro (90′).

The match was played at the Stadio Libero Liberati stadium in Terni on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Gianluca Manganiello with the assistance of Stefano Liberti and Nicolò Cipriani. The 4th official was Samuele Andreano. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.3 degrees Celsius or 70.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Ternana was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Palermo that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Palermo was more pushing with 36 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 0 were on target. Nonetheless, Ternana was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Ternana shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Palermo shot 7 times, 0 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Ternana received 2 yellow cards (F. Cassata and R. Moro). Regarding the opposition, Palermo received 3 yellow cards (J. Segre, J. T. Broh and I. Marconi).

Standings

After this encounter, Ternana will have 16 points like Brescia to sit in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Palermo will stay with 7 points to hold in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Ternana will host Bari 1908 on the 18th of March with a 8-3 head to head stats in favor of Bari 1908 (3 draws).

Palermo will host Bari 1908 on the 21st of January with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Palermo (6 draws).

Ternana – Formation

Ternana started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

The manager Cristiano Lucarelli decided to play with the following team: Antony Iannarilli (6.2), Valerio Mantovani (6.9), Frederik Sørensen (7.2), Marco Capuano (6.6), Niccolò Corrado (6.9), Francesco Cassata (6.8), Francesco Di Tacchio (7.1), Mamadou Coulibaly (7.4), Anthony Partipilo (7.4), Antonio Palumbo (8.1) and Alfredo Donnarumma (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Salim Diakite (6.8), Bruno Martella, Luca Ghiringhelli, Fabrizio Paghera, Stefano Pettinari (6.4), Alessandro Celli (6.4), Mattia Proietti, Pietro Rovaglia, Titas Krapikas, Raúl Moro (6.8), Gabriele Capanni and Marino Defendi (6.8).

Substitutions

Ternana made 5 changes: M. Capuano for S. Diakite (33′), F. Cassata for M. Defendi (64′), A. Palumbo for S. Pettinari (80′), N. Corrado for R. Moro (80′) and A. Donnarumma for A. Celli (80′).

Best player: Antonio Palumbo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ternana was Antonio Palumbo.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 27 passes (77% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 9 crosses.

Palermo – Formation

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

Eugenio Corini played with: Mirko Pigliacelli (6.5), Marco Sala (6.8), Ionuț Nedelcearu (6.6), Ivan Marconi (6.9), Aleš Matějů (6.8), Jacopo Segre (6.6), Leo Štulac (7.3), Dario Šarić (6.5), Salvatore Elia (6.5), Matteo Brunori (6.6) and Francesco Di Mariano (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Alessio Buttaro (6.1), Luca Vido (6.2), Samuele Damiani, Mladen Devetak, Claudio Gomes, Jérémie Broh (6.1), Edoardo Lancini, Nicola Valente (6.7), Davide Bettella, Roberto Floriano (6.5), Edoardo Soleri and Samuele Massolo.

Substitutions

Palermo made 5 changes: M. Sala for A. Buttaro (34′), D. Saric for J. T. Broh (68′), S. Elia for N. Valente (68′), J. Segre for R. Floriano (79′) and F. Di Mariano for L. Vido (79′).

Best player: Leo Štulac​

The player that probably impressed the most for Palermo was Leo Štulac.

His rating is (7.3) with 47 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Venezia – Bari 1908 – 1-2
• Ternana – Palermo – 3-0
• Reggina – Cosenza – 3-0
• Pisa – Parma – 0-0
• Frosinone – SPAL – 2-0
• Brescia – Cittadella – 1-1
• Ascoli – Modena – 1-2