Cagliari 3-1 Palermo: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 16 January 2011
Result
Cagliari 3-1 Palermo
Serie A · Sunday 16 January 2011, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Cagliari 3-1 Palermo: match report
Cagliari defeated Palermo 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 16 January 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Alessandro Matri opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Cagliari's goals came from Alessandro Matri (23'), an own goal by Antonio Nocerino (47') and Davide Biondini (54'). Palermo scored through Javier Pastore (50').
Discipline: Cagliari received 1 yellow card; Palermo received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cagliari were 12th on 23 points from 19 and Palermo 7th on 31 points from 19. Cagliari went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Palermo 8th with 56.
Cagliari lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Palermo in a 4-3-2-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cagliari wins, 3 draws and 4 for Palermo.
Going into the match Cagliari's last five read W-L-L-W-L and Palermo's D-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Daniele Conti
- 12'Yellow card · Josip Ilicic
- 13'Yellow card · Armin Bačinovič
- 23'Goal · Alessandro Matri
- 47'Own goal · Antonio Nocerino
- 50'Goal · Javier Pastore
- 51'Yellow card · Mattia Cassani
- 54'Goal · Davide Biondini
- 71'Yellow card · Federico Balzaretti
Head-to-head
Team news
Cagliari line-up (4-3-1-2)
Michael Agazzi, Davide Astori, Francesco Pisano, Michele Canini, Alessandro Agostini, Radja Nainggolan, Daniele Conti, Davide Biondini, Robert Acquafresca, Nenê, Alessandro Matri
Palermo line-up (4-3-2-1)
Salvatore Sirigu, Ezequiel Muñoz, Mattia Cassani, Federico Balzaretti, Siniša Anđelković, Giulio Migliaccio, Armin Bačinovič, Antonio Nocerino, Javier Pastore, Josip Ilicic, Massimo Maccarone