Inter 5-3 Palermo: result and report

Serie A · Thursday 29 October 2009

Result

Inter 5-3 Palermo

Serie A · Thursday 29 October 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Inter 5-3 Palermo: match report

Inter won against Palermo 5-3 in Serie A on Thursday 29 October 2009. The half-time score was 4-0.

Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Inter's goals came from Samuel Eto'o (7', penalty), Mario Balotelli (34'), Mario Balotelli (42'), Samuel Eto'o (44') and Diego Milito (83'). Palermo scored through Fabrizio Miccoli (49'), Abel Hernández (61') and Fabrizio Miccoli (67').

Discipline: Inter received 1 yellow card; Palermo received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Inter were 1st on 22 points from 9 and Palermo 7th on 15 points from 9. Inter went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Palermo 5th with 65.

Inter lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Palermo in a 3-4-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Inter wins, 3 draws and 1 for Palermo.

Going into the match Inter's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Palermo's W-W-W-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Penalty goal · Samuel Eto'oInter · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Mario BalotelliInter · 2-0
  • 36'Yellow card · C. ChivuInter
  • 38'Yellow card · D. GoianPalermo
  • 42'Goal · Mario BalotelliInter · 3-0
  • 44'Goal · Samuel Eto'oInter · 4-0
  • 49'Goal · Fabrizio MiccoliPalermo · 4-1
  • 61'Goal · Abel HernándezPalermo · 4-2
  • 67'Goal · Fabrizio MiccoliPalermo · 4-3
  • 83'Goal · Diego MilitoInter · 5-3
  • 86'Yellow card · Hongyi HuangPalermo

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Inter 4, draws 3, Palermo 1.

Team news

Inter line-up (4-3-1-2)

Júlio César, Ivan Cordoba, Javier Zanetti, Maicon, Walter Samuel, Cristian Eugene Chivu, Sulley Muntari, Esteban Cambiasso, Mario Balotelli, D. Stanković, Samuel Eto'o

Palermo line-up (3-4-1-2)

Salvatore Sirigu, Mattia Cassani, Cristian Melinte, Simon Kjær, Javier Pastore, Giulio Migliaccio, Mark Bresciano, Fábio Simplício, Edinson Cavani, Fabrizio Miccoli, Dorin Nicolae Goian