Cagliari 2-1 Palermo: result and report

Serie A · Monday 31 October 2016

Result

Cagliari 2-1 Palermo

Serie A · Monday 31 October 2016, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Cagliari 2-1 Palermo: match report

Cagliari beat Palermo 2-1 in Serie A on Monday 31 October 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

D. Dessena opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Cagliari's goals came from D. Dessena (53') and D. Dessena (64'). Palermo scored through Ilija Nestorovski (79').

Discipline: Cagliari received 5 yellow cards; Palermo received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cagliari were 16th on 13 points from 10 and Palermo 18th on 6 points from 10. Cagliari went on to finish that season 12th with 47 points, and Palermo 19th with 26.

Cagliari lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Palermo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniele Dessena of Cagliari (8.1), ahead of Thiago Cionek (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cagliari wins, 4 draws and 4 for Palermo.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Andrea RispoliPalermo
  • 28'Yellow card · Marco SauCagliari
  • 33'Yellow card · Fabio PisacaneCagliari
  • 33'Yellow card · Robin QuaisonPalermo
  • 53'Goal · D. DessenaCagliari · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Simone PadoinCagliari
  • 64'Goal · D. DessenaCagliari · 2-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Marco StorariCagliari
  • 79'Goal · Ilija NestorovskiPalermo · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · H. AleesamiPalermo
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Nicolò BarellaCagliari

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cagliari 2, draws 4, Palermo 4.

Team news

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

Marco Storari, Bruno Alves, Mauricio Isla, Fabio Pisacane, Luca Ceppitelli, Daniele Dessena, Davide Di Gennaro, Simone Padoin, Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Marco Borriello, Marco Sau

Palermo line-up (4-3-3)

Josip Posavec, Andrea Rispoli, Siniša Anđelković, Thiago Cionek, Haitam Aleesami, O. Hiljemark, Ivaylo Chochev, Mato Jajalo, Carlos Embalo, Robin Quaison, Ilija Nestorovski