Roma 4-1 Palermo: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 23 October 2016
Result
Roma 4-1 Palermo
Serie A · Sunday 23 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Roma 4-1 Palermo: match report
Roma beat Palermo 4-1 in Serie A on Sunday 23 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Roma's goals came from Mohamed Salah (31'), Leandro Paredes (51'), Edin Dzeko (68') and Federico Insúa (82'). Palermo scored through Robin Quaison (80').
Discipline: Roma received 3 yellow cards; Palermo received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Roma were 4th on 16 points from 8 and Palermo 17th on 6 points from 8. Roma went on to finish that season 2nd with 87 points, and Palermo 19th with 26.
Roma lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Palermo in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Salah of Roma (8.5), ahead of Leandro Paredes (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Roma wins, 2 draws and 3 for Palermo.
Going into the match Roma's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Palermo's L-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · K. Manolas
- 31'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 35'Yellow card · Edoardo Goldaniga
- 36'Yellow card · Juan Jesus
- 39'Yellow card · Ivaylo Chochev
- 51'Goal · Leandro Paredes
- 68'Goal · Edin Dzeko
- 80'Goal · Robin Quaison
- 82'Goal · Federico Insúa
- 84'Yellow card · Mohamed Salah
Head-to-head
Team news
Roma line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Juan Jesus, Federico Fazio, Emerson, Konstantinos Manolas, Radja Nainggolan, Leandro Paredes, Mohamed Salah, Daniele De Rossi, Stephan El Shaarawy, Edin Džeko
Palermo line-up (3-4-2-1)
Josip Posavec, Siniša Anđelković, Edoardo Goldaniga, Thiago Cionek, Alessandro Gazzi, Haitam Aleesami, Bruno Henrique, Michel Morganella, Ivaylo Chochev, Alessandro Diamanti, Ilija Nestorovski