Bologna 3-1 Palermo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 20 November 2016

Result

Bologna 3-1 Palermo

Serie A · Sunday 20 November 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Bologna · Palermo · Serie A predictions

Bologna 3-1 Palermo: match report

Bologna defeated Palermo 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 20 November 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Ilija Nestorovski opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Bologna's goals came from Mattia Destro (20'), Blerim Dzemaili (67') and Federico Viviani (72'). Palermo scored through Ilija Nestorovski (9').

Discipline: Bologna received 1 yellow card; Palermo received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bologna were 16th on 13 points from 12 and Palermo 18th on 6 points from 12. Bologna went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Palermo 19th with 26.

Bologna lined up in a 4-3-3 and Palermo in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Federico Viviani of Bologna (8.7), ahead of Blerim Džemaili (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bologna wins, 2 draws and 5 for Palermo.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Ilija NestorovskiPalermo · 0-1
  • 20'Goal · Mattia DestroBologna · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Thiago CionekPalermo
  • 44'Yellow card · Daniele GastaldelloBologna
  • 67'Goal · Blerim DzemailiBologna · 2-1
  • 72'Goal · Federico VivianiBologna · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bologna 3, draws 2, Palermo 5.

Team news

Bologna line-up (4-3-3)

Angelo Da Costa, Domenico Maietta, Adam Masina, Daniele Gastaldello, VasilīsTorosidīs, Federico Viviani, Ádám Nagy, Blerim Džemaili, Mattia Destro, Ladislav Krejčí, Luca Rizzo

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

Josip Posavec, Andrea Rispoli, Siniša Anđelković, Thiago Cionek, Haitam Aleesami, O. Hiljemark, Alessandro Gazzi, Roland Sallai, Alessandro Diamanti, Bruno Henrique, Ilija Nestorovski