Palermo 2-2 Spezia: result and report

Serie B · Monday 23 October 2023

Result

Palermo 2-2 Spezia

Serie B · Monday 23 October 2023, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Palermo 2-2 Spezia: match report

Palermo drew with Spezia 2-2 in Serie B on Monday 23 October 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Arkadiusz Reca opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Palermo's goals came from Leonardo Mancuso (73') and Leo Štulac (90+14'). Spezia scored through Arkadiusz Reca (31') and Francesco Pio Esposito (70').

Discipline: Palermo received 3 yellow cards; Spezia received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Palermo were 3rd on 19 points from 8 and Spezia 18th on 6 points from 8. Palermo went on to finish that season 6th with 59 points, and Spezia 17th with 44.

Palermo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Spezia in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Szymon Żurkowski of Spezia (7.8), ahead of Leo Stulac (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Palermo win, 4 draws and 1 for Spezia.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

7'Yellow card · Matteo BrunoriPalermo
7'Yellow card · Francesco CassataSpezia
17'Yellow card · Nicolò BertolaSpezia
31'Goal · Arkadiusz RecaSpezia · 0-1
36'Yellow card · Fabio LucioniPalermo
57'Yellow card · Bartlomiej DragowskiSpezia
63'Yellow card · Szymon ZurkowskiSpezia
70'Goal · Francesco Pio EspositoSpezia · 0-2
73'Goal · Leonardo MancusoPalermo · 1-2
87'Yellow card · Pietro CeccaroniPalermo
90'Yellow card · Dimitrios NikolaouSpezia
90+12'Second yellow · Nicolò BertolaSpezia
90+14'Goal · Leo ŠtulacPalermo · 2-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Palermo 1, draws 4, Spezia 1.

Palermo 2-2 SpeziaSerie B · 1 May 2019
Spezia 1-1 PalermoSerie B · 23 Dec 2018
Spezia 0-0 PalermoSerie B · 20 Jan 2018
Palermo 2-0 SpeziaSerie B · 26 Aug 2017
Palermo 1-1 SpeziaSerie B · 22 Feb 2014
Spezia 1-0 PalermoSerie B · 20 Sep 2013

Team news

Unavailable

Przemysław WiśniewskiSpezia · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
Petko HristovSpezia · injury (Muscle Injury)
Francesco Di MarianoPalermo · injury (Adductor Injury)
Lukas MühlSpezia · injury (Leg Injury)

Palermo line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mirko Pigliacelli, Ales Mateju, Fabio Lucioni, Pietro Ceccaroni, Kristoffer Lund, Claudio Gomes, Jacopo Segre, Roberto Insigne, Liam Henderson, Federico Di Francesco, Matteo Brunori

Spezia line-up (3-4-2-1)

Bartłomiej Drągowski, Kelvin Amian, Nicolò Bertola, Dimitrios Nikolaou, Salvatore Elia, Salvatore Esposito, Francesco Cassata, Arkadiusz Reca, Szymon Żurkowski, Luca Moro, Mirko Antonucci