Novara 2-2 Palermo: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 21 December 2011
Result
Novara 2-2 Palermo
Serie A · Wednesday 21 December 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Novara 2-2 Palermo: match report
Novara drew with Palermo 2-2 in Serie A on Wednesday 21 December 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.
Novara's goals came from A. Mazzarani (77') and Marco Rigoni (85'). Palermo scored through an own goal by Carlalberto Ludi (20') and Hongyi Huang (73').
Discipline: Novara received 2 yellow cards; Palermo received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Novara were 19th on 11 points from 15 and Palermo 11th on 20 points from 15. Novara went on to finish that season 19th with 32 points, and Palermo 16th with 43.
Novara lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Palermo in a 4-3-2-1.
Going into the match Novara's last five read L-D-L-W-L and Palermo's L-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 20'Own goal · Carlalberto Ludi
- 29'Yellow card · Afriyie Acquah
- 29'Yellow card · Ivan Radovanovic
- 44'Red card · Josip Ilicic
- 73'Goal · Hongyi Huang
- 77'Goal · A. Mazzarani
- 85'Goal · Marco Rigoni
- 86'Yellow card · Giuseppe Gemiti
- 90+2'Yellow card · Édgar Barreto
Team news
Novara line-up (4-3-1-2)
Samir Ujkani, Giuseppe Gemiti, Carlalberto Ludi, Michel Morganella, Luigi Giorgi, Filippo Porcari, Ivan Radovanović, Raffaele Rubino, Pablo Granoche, Marco Rigoni, Massimo Paci
Palermo line-up (4-3-2-1)
Francesco Benussi, Matías Silvestre, Mauro Cetto, Ezequiel Muñoz, Federico Balzaretti, Giulio Migliaccio, Afriyie Acquah, Josip Ilicic, Edgar Álvarez Reyes, Igor Budan, Édgar Barreto