Palermo 2-1 Napoli: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 23 April 2011

Result

Palermo 2-1 Napoli

Serie A · Saturday 23 April 2011, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Palermo · Napoli · Serie A predictions

Palermo 2-1 Napoli: match report

Palermo beat Napoli 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 23 April 2011. The half-time score was 2-1.

Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Palermo's goals came from Federico Balzaretti (38') and Cesare Bovo (45+1', penalty). Napoli scored through Edinson Cavani (2', penalty).

Discipline: Palermo received 4 yellow cards; Napoli received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Palermo were 8th on 47 points from 33 and Napoli 2nd on 65 points from 33. Palermo went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Napoli 3rd with 70.

Palermo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Napoli in a 3-4-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Palermo wins, 1 draw and 3 for Napoli.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · Mattia CassaniPalermo
  • 2'Penalty goal · Edinson CavaniNapoli · 0-1
  • 14'Yellow card · Federico BalzarettiPalermo
  • 31'Yellow card · M. PazienzaNapoli
  • 35'Yellow card · Antonio NocerinoPalermo
  • 37'Yellow card · Giuseppe MascaraNapoli
  • 38'Goal · Federico BalzarettiPalermo · 1-1
  • 45+1'Penalty goal · Cesare BovoPalermo · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Cesare BovoPalermo

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Palermo 3, draws 1, Napoli 3.

Team news

Palermo line-up (4-3-3)

Salvatore Sirigu, Cesare Bovo, Ezequiel Muñoz, Mattia Cassani, Federico Balzaretti, Giulio Migliaccio, Armin Bačinovič, Antonio Nocerino, Javier Pastore, Josip Ilicic, Abel Hernández

Napoli line-up (3-4-3)

Morgan De Sanctis, Víctor Ruiz, Andrea Dossena, Hugo Campagnaro, Emilson Cribari, Marek Hamšík, Walter Gargano, Edinson Cavani, Giuseppe Mascara, Michele Pazienza, Christian Maggio