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 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.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Ilija Nestorovski
- 20'Goal · Mattia Destro
- 31'Yellow card · Thiago Cionek
- 44'Yellow card · Daniele Gastaldello
- 67'Goal · Blerim Dzemaili
- 72'Goal · Federico Viviani
Head-to-head
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