Catania 2-0 Palermo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 18 December 2011

Result

Catania 2-0 Palermo

Serie A · Sunday 18 December 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Catania · Palermo · Serie A predictions

Catania 2-0 Palermo: match report

Catania won against Palermo 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 18 December 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Francesco Lodi opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Catania's goals came from Francesco Lodi (32') and Maxi López (61', penalty). Palermo did not score.

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

Going into the game Catania were 13th on 18 points from 14 and Palermo 7th on 20 points from 14. Catania went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Palermo 16th with 43.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Catania wins, 1 draw and 4 for Palermo.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Francesco Della RoccaPalermo
  • 32'Goal · Francesco LodiCatania · 1-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Sergio AlmirónCatania
  • 60'Yellow card · Mauricio PinillaPalermo
  • 61'Penalty goal · Maxi LópezCatania · 2-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Édgar BarretoPalermo
  • 68'Yellow card · Hongyi HuangPalermo
  • 73'Yellow card · Gennaro DelvecchioCatania
  • 73'Yellow card · Matías SilvestrePalermo
  • 84'Yellow card · Giuseppe BellusciCatania

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Catania 5, draws 1, Palermo 4.

Team news

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

Mariano Andújar, Giovanni Marchese, Giuseppe Bellusci, Pablo Alvarez, Sergio Almirón, Francesco Lodi, Gennaro Delvecchio, Pablo Barrientos, Maxi López, Papu Gómez, Nicola Legrottaglie

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

Francesco Benussi, Andrea Mantovani, Matías Silvestre, Federico Balzaretti, Francesco Della Rocca, Giulio Migliaccio, Josip Ilicic, Edgar Álvarez Reyes, Fabrizio Miccoli, Nicolás Bertolo, Édgar Barreto