Genoa 2-2 Palermo: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 24 March 2010
Result
Genoa 2-2 Palermo
Serie A · Wednesday 24 March 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Genoa 2-2 Palermo: match report
Genoa drew with Palermo 2-2 in Serie A on Wednesday 24 March 2010. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Abel Hernández opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Genoa's goals came from Salvatore Bocchetti (75') and Houssine Kharja (90+7', penalty). Palermo scored through Abel Hernández (34') and Javier Pastore (78').
Discipline: Genoa received 2 yellow cards; Palermo received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Genoa were 8th on 42 points from 29 and Palermo 4th on 47 points from 29. Genoa went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Palermo 5th with 65.
Genoa lined up in a 3-4-3 and Palermo in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Genoa wins, 2 draws and 1 for Palermo.
Going into the match Genoa's last five read L-W-D-L-W and Palermo's D-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Omar Milanetto
- 9'Yellow card · Simon Kjaer
- 34'Goal · Abel Hernández
- 61'Yellow card · Salvatore Bocchetti
- 68'Yellow card · Edinson Cavani
- 75'Goal · Salvatore Bocchetti
- 78'Goal · Javier Pastore
- 78'Yellow card · Javier Pastore
- 80'Yellow card · Federico Balzaretti
- 88'Second yellow · Simon Kjaer
- 90+6'Yellow card · Salvatore Sirigu
- 90+7'Penalty goal · Houssine Kharja
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa line-up (3-4-3)
Domenico Criscito, Emiliano Moretti, Salvatore Bocchetti, Nenad Tomovic, Giandomenico Mesto, Alberto Zapater, Omar Milanetto, Raffaele Palladino, Giuseppe Sculli, Rodrigo Palacio, Marco Amelia
Palermo line-up (4-3-1-2)
Salvatore Sirigu, Mattia Cassani, Simon Kjær, Federico Balzaretti, Javier Pastore, Giulio Migliaccio, Antonio Nocerino, Edinson Cavani, Nicolás Bertolo, Abel Hernández, Dorin Nicolae Goian