Roma 4-1 Palermo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 4 November 2012

Result

Roma 4-1 Palermo

Serie A · Sunday 4 November 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Roma 4-1 Palermo: match report

Roma beat Palermo 4-1 in Serie A on Sunday 4 November 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Francesco Totti opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Roma's goals came from Francesco Totti (11'), Pablo Osvaldo (31'), Erik Lamela (69') and Mattia Destro (79'). Palermo scored through Josip Ilicic (84').

Discipline: Roma received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Palermo received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Roma were 10th on 14 points from 10 and Palermo 20th on 8 points from 10. Roma went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Palermo 19th with 34.

Roma lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Palermo in a 3-4-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Roma wins, 1 draw and 3 for Palermo.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Eros PisanoPalermo
  • 11'Goal · Francesco TottiRoma · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · Pablo OsvaldoRoma · 2-0
  • 69'Goal · Erik LamelaRoma · 3-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Mattia DestroRoma
  • 79'Goal · Mattia DestroRoma · 4-0
  • 80'Second yellow · Mattia DestroRoma
  • 84'Goal · Josip IlicicPalermo · 4-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Nicolás BurdissoRoma
  • 88'Yellow card · Ezequiel MuñozPalermo

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Roma 6, draws 1, Palermo 3.

Team news

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

Mauro Goicoechea, Marquinhos, Iván Piris, Nicolás Burdisso, Federico Balzaretti, Alessandro Florenzi, Michael Bradley, Erik Lamela, Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Pablo Osvaldo, Francesco Totti

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

Samir Ujkani, Ezequiel Muñoz, Steve von Bergen, Santiago García, Eros Pisano, Michel Morganella, Egídio Raúl Arévalo Ríos, Franco Brienza, Jasmin Kurtic, Fabrizio Miccoli, Édgar Barreto