Cagliari 2-1 Palermo: result and report
Serie A · Monday 31 October 2016
Result
Cagliari 2-1 Palermo
Serie A · Monday 31 October 2016, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Cagliari 2-1 Palermo: match report
Cagliari beat Palermo 2-1 in Serie A on Monday 31 October 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
D. Dessena opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Cagliari's goals came from D. Dessena (53') and D. Dessena (64'). Palermo scored through Ilija Nestorovski (79').
Discipline: Cagliari received 5 yellow cards; Palermo received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cagliari were 16th on 13 points from 10 and Palermo 18th on 6 points from 10. Cagliari went on to finish that season 12th with 47 points, and Palermo 19th with 26.
Cagliari lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Palermo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniele Dessena of Cagliari (8.1), ahead of Thiago Cionek (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cagliari wins, 4 draws and 4 for Palermo.
Going into the match Cagliari's last five read L-L-W-W-W and Palermo's L-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Andrea Rispoli
- 28'Yellow card · Marco Sau
- 33'Yellow card · Fabio Pisacane
- 33'Yellow card · Robin Quaison
- 53'Goal · D. Dessena
- 57'Yellow card · Simone Padoin
- 64'Goal · D. Dessena
- 78'Yellow card · Marco Storari
- 79'Goal · Ilija Nestorovski
- 90'Yellow card · H. Aleesami
- 90+4'Yellow card · Nicolò Barella
Head-to-head
Team news
Cagliari line-up (4-3-1-2)
Marco Storari, Bruno Alves, Mauricio Isla, Fabio Pisacane, Luca Ceppitelli, Daniele Dessena, Davide Di Gennaro, Simone Padoin, Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Marco Borriello, Marco Sau
Palermo line-up (4-3-3)
Josip Posavec, Andrea Rispoli, Siniša Anđelković, Thiago Cionek, Haitam Aleesami, O. Hiljemark, Ivaylo Chochev, Mato Jajalo, Carlos Embalo, Robin Quaison, Ilija Nestorovski