Napoli 2-1 Palermo: result and report

Serie A · Wednesday 24 September 2008

Result

Napoli 2-1 Palermo

Serie A · Wednesday 24 September 2008, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Napoli 2-1 Palermo: match report

Napoli won against Palermo 2-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 24 September 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Marek Hamsik opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Napoli's goals came from Marek Hamsik (14') and Marcelo Zalayeta (75'). Palermo scored through Fabrizio Miccoli (83', penalty).

Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; Palermo received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Napoli were 7th on 5 points from 3 and Palermo 4th on 6 points from 3. Napoli went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Palermo 8th with 57.

Napoli lined up in a 3-5-2 and Palermo in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Napoli win, 0 draws and 1 for Palermo.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Marek HamsikNapoli · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Moris CarrozzieriPalermo
  • 61'Yellow card · Cesare BovoPalermo
  • 65'Yellow card · Manuele BlasiNapoli
  • 75'Goal · Marcelo ZalayetaNapoli · 2-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Federico BalzarettiPalermo
  • 79'Yellow card · Salvatore AronicaNapoli
  • 83'Penalty goal · Fabrizio MiccoliPalermo · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Napoli 1, draws 0, Palermo 1.

Team news

Napoli line-up (3-5-2)

Gennaro Iezzo, Luigi Vitale, Salvatore Aronica, Paolo Cannavaro, Marek Hamšík, Walter Gargano, Germán Denis, Marcelo Zalayeta, Manuele Blasi, Christian Maggio, Matteo Contini

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

Cesare Bovo, Mattia Cassani, Federico Balzaretti, Moris Carrozzieri, Mark Bresciano, Fábio Simplício, Antonio Nocerino, Edinson Cavani, Fabrizio Miccoli, Fabio Liverani, Marco Amelia