Catania 3-1 Palermo: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 2 December 2007
Result
Catania 3-1 Palermo
Serie A · Sunday 2 December 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Catania 3-1 Palermo: match report
Catania beat Palermo 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 2 December 2007. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Giuseppe Mascara opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Catania's goals came from Giuseppe Mascara (29'), Gionatha Spinesi (41', penalty) and Jorge Martínez Barrios (89'). Palermo scored through Fabio Caserta (63').
Discipline: Catania received 4 yellow cards; Palermo received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Catania were 11th on 15 points from 13 and Palermo 10th on 18 points from 13. Catania went on to finish that season 17th with 37 points, and Palermo 11th with 47.
Catania lined up in a 4-3-3 and Palermo in a 4-3-2-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Catania wins, 0 draws and 2 for Palermo.
Going into the match Catania's last five read L-D-L-D-W and Palermo's L-W-D-D-D.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Giacomo Tedesco
- 29'Goal · Giuseppe Mascara
- 41'Penalty goal · Gionatha Spinesi
- 41'Yellow card · Andrea Barzagli
- 44'Yellow card · Giuseppe Colucci
- 48'Yellow card · Mattia Cassani
- 63'Goal · Fabio Caserta
- 66'Red card · Fabio Caserta
- 84'Yellow card · Jorge Martínez Barrios
- 89'Goal · Jorge Martínez Barrios
- 90+3'Yellow card · Mark Edusei
- 90+3'Yellow card · G. Tedesco
Head-to-head
Team news
Catania line-up (4-3-3)
Ciro Polito, Gennaro Sardo, Lorenzo Stovini, Juan Manuel Vargas, Christian Terlizzi, Mark Edusei, Davide Baiocco, Giacomo Tedesco, Jorge Martínez Barrios, Giuseppe Mascara, Gionatha Spinesi
Palermo line-up (4-3-2-1)
Alberto Fontana, Cristian Zaccardo, Mattia Cassani, Giuseppe Biava, Andrea Barzagli, Roberto Guana, Franco Brienza, Mark Bresciano, Fábio Simplício, Amauri, Aimo Diana