Fiorentina 2-1 Palermo: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 4 December 2016
Result
Fiorentina 2-1 Palermo
Serie A · Sunday 4 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Fiorentina 2-1 Palermo: match report
Fiorentina beat Palermo 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 4 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Federico Bernardeschi opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Federico Bernardeschi (33', penalty) and Khouma Babacar (90+3'). Palermo scored through Mato Jajalo (49').
Discipline: Fiorentina received 2 yellow cards; Palermo received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fiorentina were 10th on 20 points from 13 and Palermo 19th on 6 points from 14. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 8th with 60 points, and Palermo 19th with 26.
Fiorentina lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Palermo in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Davide Astori of Fiorentina (7.8), level with Khouma Babacar (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Fiorentina wins, 3 draws and 2 for Palermo.
Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read L-W-D-W-D and Palermo's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · M. Morganella
- 32'Yellow card · H. Aleesami
- 33'Penalty goal · Federico Bernardeschi
- 49'Goal · Mato Jajalo
- 51'Yellow card · N. Tomović
- 82'Yellow card · Milan Badelj
- 90+3'Goal · Khouma Babacar
Head-to-head
Team news
Fiorentina line-up (3-4-1-2)
Ciprian Tătărușanu, Davide Astori, Carlos Salcedo, Nenad Tomovic, Matías Vecino, Federico Bernardeschi, Cristian Tello, Borja Valero, Nikola Kalinić, Khouma Babacar, Josip Ilicic
Palermo line-up (3-5-1-1)
Josip Posavec, Siniša Anđelković, Thiago Cionek, Giuseppe Pezzella, O. Hiljemark, Ivaylo Chochev, Haitam Aleesami, Mato Jajalo, Michel Morganella, Robin Quaison, Ilija Nestorovski