Fiorentina 2-1 Palermo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 4 December 2016

Result

Fiorentina 2-1 Palermo

Serie A · Sunday 4 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Fiorentina 2-1 Palermo: match report

Fiorentina beat Palermo 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 4 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Federico Bernardeschi opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Federico Bernardeschi (33', penalty) and Khouma Babacar (90+3'). Palermo scored through Mato Jajalo (49').

Discipline: Fiorentina received 2 yellow cards; Palermo received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fiorentina were 10th on 20 points from 13 and Palermo 19th on 6 points from 14. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 8th with 60 points, and Palermo 19th with 26.

Fiorentina lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Palermo in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Davide Astori of Fiorentina (7.8), level with Khouma Babacar (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · M. MorganellaPalermo
  • 32'Yellow card · H. AleesamiPalermo
  • 33'Penalty goal · Federico BernardeschiFiorentina · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Mato JajaloPalermo · 1-1
  • 51'Yellow card · N. TomovićFiorentina
  • 82'Yellow card · Milan BadeljFiorentina
  • 90+3'Goal · Khouma BabacarFiorentina · 2-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Ciprian Tătărușanu, Davide Astori, Carlos Salcedo, Nenad Tomovic, Matías Vecino, Federico Bernardeschi, Cristian Tello, Borja Valero, Nikola Kalinić, Khouma Babacar, Josip Ilicic

Palermo line-up (3-5-1-1)

Josip Posavec, Siniša Anđelković, Thiago Cionek, Giuseppe Pezzella, O. Hiljemark, Ivaylo Chochev, Haitam Aleesami, Mato Jajalo, Michel Morganella, Robin Quaison, Ilija Nestorovski