Napoli 2-0 Palermo: result and report

Serie A · Tuesday 1 May 2012

Result

Napoli 2-0 Palermo

Serie A · Tuesday 1 May 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Napoli 2-0 Palermo: match report

Napoli defeated Palermo 2-0 in Serie A on Tuesday 1 May 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.

Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Napoli's goals came from Edinson Cavani (16', penalty) and Marek Hamsik (35'). Palermo did not score.

Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; Palermo received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Napoli were 3rd on 55 points from 35 and Palermo 14th on 42 points from 35. Napoli went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Palermo 16th with 43.

Napoli lined up in a 3-4-3 and Palermo in a 3-5-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Penalty goal · Edinson CavaniNapoli · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Christian MaggioNapoli
  • 35'Goal · Marek HamsikNapoli · 2-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Federico FernándezNapoli
  • 60'Yellow card · Carlos LabrínPalermo

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Napoli 4, draws 1, Palermo 4.

Team news

Napoli line-up (3-4-3)

Morgan De Sanctis, Salvatore Aronica, Camilo Zúñiga, Federico Fernández, Paolo Cannavaro, Marek Hamšík, Walter Gargano, Gökhan Inler, Edinson Cavani, Christian Maggio, Goran Pandev

Palermo line-up (3-5-2)

Emiliano Viviano, Ezequiel Muñoz, Milan Milanovic, Carlos Alfredo Labrin Candia, Eros Pisano, Giulio Migliaccio, Massimo Donati, Josip Ilicic, Abel Hernández, Nicolás Bertolo, Édgar Barreto