Palermo 5-2 Lecce: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 15 March 2009
Result
Palermo 5-2 Lecce
Serie A · Sunday 15 March 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-2
Palermo 5-2 Lecce: match report
Palermo beat Lecce 5-2 in Serie A on Sunday 15 March 2009. The half-time score was 3-2.
Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Palermo's goals came from Edinson Cavani (11', penalty), Fábio Simplício (18'), Fabrizio Miccoli (41'), Simon Kjaer (56') and Edinson Cavani (59'). Lecce scored through Simone Tiribocchi (17') and Simone Tiribocchi (34').
Discipline: Palermo received 3 yellow cards; Lecce received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Palermo were 9th on 39 points from 27 and Lecce 19th on 23 points from 27. Palermo went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Lecce 20th with 30.
Palermo lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Lecce in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Palermo win, 1 draw and 1 for Lecce.
Going into the match Palermo's last five read W-L-L-D-W and Lecce's D-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Simon Kjaer
- 11'Penalty goal · Edinson Cavani
- 11'Yellow card · Giuseppe Vives
- 16'Yellow card · Fabiano
- 17'Goal · Simone Tiribocchi
- 18'Goal · Fábio Simplício
- 34'Goal · Simone Tiribocchi
- 37'Yellow card · Fabrizio Miccoli
- 41'Goal · Fabrizio Miccoli
- 54'Yellow card · Fabio Liverani
- 56'Goal · Simon Kjaer
- 59'Goal · Edinson Cavani
- 61'Yellow card · Axel Konan
- 89'Yellow card · Fabio Caserta
Head-to-head
Team news
Palermo line-up (4-3-1-2)
Cesare Bovo, Mattia Cassani, Simon Kjær, Federico Balzaretti, Giulio Migliaccio, Fábio Simplício, Antonio Nocerino, Edinson Cavani, Fabrizio Miccoli, Fabio Liverani, Marco Amelia
Lecce line-up (3-5-2)
Guglielmo Stendardo, Fabiano, Raffaele Schiavi, Alberto Giuliatto, Dušan Basta, Edinho, Gianni Munari, Giuseppe Vives, José Castillo Álvarez, Simone Tiribocchi, Antonio Rosati