Palermo 2-0 Cesena: result and report
Serie B · Saturday 18 April 2026
Result
Palermo 2-0 Cesena
Serie B · Saturday 18 April 2026, 15:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Palermo 2-0 Cesena: match report
Palermo beat Cesena 2-0 in Serie B on Saturday 18 April 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Joel Pohjanpalo opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Palermo's goals came from Joel Pohjanpalo (9') and Joel Pohjanpalo (71'). Cesena did not score.
Discipline: Palermo received no yellow cards; Cesena received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Palermo were 4th on 65 points from 34 and Cesena 8th on 44 points from 34. Palermo went on to finish that season 4th with 75 points, and Cesena 10th with 46.
Palermo lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Cesena in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joel Pohjanpalo of Palermo (8.8), ahead of Rui Modesto (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Palermo win, 8 draws and 1 for Cesena.
Going into the match Palermo's last five read D-W-W-D-L and Cesena's L-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Joel Pohjanpalo
- 41'Yellow card · Alberto Cerri
- 71'Goal · Joel Pohjanpalo
Head-to-head
Team news
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Palermo line-up (3-4-2-1)
Alfred Gomis, Niccolò Pierozzi, Mattia Bani, Pietro Ceccaroni, Rui Modesto, Jacopo Segre, Filippo Ranocchia, Tommaso Augello, Jérémy Le Douaron, Antonio Palumbo, Joel Pohjanpalo
Cesena line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jonathan Klinsmann, Andrea Ciofi, Giovanni Zaro, Matteo Piacentini, Tommaso Corazza, Michele Castagnetti, Dimitri Bisoli, Cristian Shpendi, Tommaso Berti, Marco Olivieri, Alberto Cerri