Palermo 1-3 Fiorentina: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 26 October 2008
Result
Palermo 1-3 Fiorentina
Serie A · Sunday 26 October 2008, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Palermo 1-3 Fiorentina: match report
Palermo lost to Fiorentina 1-3 in Serie A on Sunday 26 October 2008. The half-time score was 0-2.
Alberto Gilardino opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Palermo's goal came from Fábio Simplício (50'). Fiorentina scored through Alberto Gilardino (19'), Adrian Mutu (42') and Adrian Mutu (62').
Discipline: Palermo received 2 yellow cards; Fiorentina received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Palermo were 11th on 12 points from 7 and Fiorentina 8th on 13 points from 7. Palermo went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Fiorentina 5th with 68.
Palermo lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Fiorentina in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Palermo wins, 1 draw and 2 for Fiorentina.
Going into the match Palermo's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Fiorentina's W-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Alberto Gilardino
- 42'Goal · Adrian Mutu
- 50'Goal · Fábio Simplício
- 62'Goal · Adrian Mutu
- 69'Yellow card · Riccardo Montolivo
- 77'Yellow card · Mark Bresciano
- 86'Yellow card · Fabio Liverani
Head-to-head
Team news
Palermo line-up (4-3-1-2)
Paolo Dellafiore, Mattia Cassani, Federico Balzaretti, Andrea Raggi, Mark Bresciano, Fábio Simplício, Antonio Nocerino, Edinson Cavani, Fabrizio Miccoli, Fabio Liverani, Marco Amelia
Fiorentina line-up (4-3-3)
Sébastien Frey, Dario Dainelli, Alessandro Gamberini, Juan Manuel Vargas, Gianluca Comotto, Marco Donadel, Riccardo Montolivo, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Mario Santana, Adrian Mutu, Alberto Gilardino