Palermo 1-3 Fiorentina: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 6 January 2016
Result
Palermo 1-3 Fiorentina
Serie A · Wednesday 6 January 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Palermo 1-3 Fiorentina: match report
Palermo were beaten by Fiorentina 1-3 in Serie A on Wednesday 6 January 2016. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Josip Ilicic opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Palermo's goal came from Alberto Gilardino (77'). Fiorentina scored through Josip Ilicic (13'), Josip Ilicic (42') and Jakub Blaszczykowski (90+3').
Discipline: Palermo received 3 yellow cards; Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Palermo were 16th on 18 points from 17 and Fiorentina 2nd on 35 points from 17. Palermo went on to finish that season 17th with 39 points, and Fiorentina 5th with 64.
Palermo lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Fiorentina in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josip Ilicic of Fiorentina (8.9), ahead of Borja Valero (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Palermo wins, 2 draws and 5 for Fiorentina.
Going into the match Palermo's last five read L-W-L-L-D and Fiorentina's W-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Josip Ilicic
- 22'Yellow card · Aljaz Struna
- 34'Yellow card · Federico Bernardeschi
- 42'Goal · Josip Ilicic
- 73'Yellow card · Milan Badelj
- 77'Goal · Alberto Gilardino
- 79'Yellow card · M. Morganella
- 81'Yellow card · Gastón Brugman
- 89'Yellow card · Borja Valero
- 90+3'Goal · Jakub Blaszczykowski
Head-to-head
Team news
Palermo line-up (4-3-1-2)
Stefano Sorrentino, Siniša Anđelković, Edoardo Goldaniga, Achraf Lazaar, Aljaž Struna, O. Hiljemark, Gastón Brugman, Ivaylo Chochev, Mato Jajalo, Aleksandar Trajkovski, Franco Vázquez
Fiorentina line-up (3-4-2-1)
Ciprian Tătărușanu, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Davide Astori, Facundo Roncaglia, M. Badelj, Matías Vecino, Federico Bernardeschi, Marcos Alonso, Nikola Kalinić, Borja Valero, Josip Ilicic