Palermo 4-1 Bologna: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 19 April 2009

Result

Palermo 4-1 Bologna

Serie A · Sunday 19 April 2009, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Palermo · Bologna · Serie A predictions

Palermo 4-1 Bologna: match report

Palermo defeated Bologna 4-1 in Serie A on Sunday 19 April 2009. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Palermo's goals came from an own goal by Manuel Belleri (6'), Simon Kjaer (44'), Davide Succi (63') and Edinson Cavani (90+2'). Bologna scored through Marco Di Vaio (84').

Discipline: Palermo received 2 yellow cards; Bologna received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Palermo were 8th on 46 points from 31 and Bologna 18th on 26 points from 31. Palermo went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Bologna 17th with 37.

Palermo lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Bologna in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Palermo wins, 1 draw and 0 for Bologna.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Own goal · Manuel BelleriPalermo · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Simon KjaerPalermo · 2-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Gaby MudingayiBologna
  • 58'Yellow card · Cristian ZenoniBologna
  • 63'Goal · Davide SucciPalermo · 3-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Sergio VolpiBologna
  • 72'Yellow card · Federico BalzarettiPalermo
  • 77'Second yellow · Sergio VolpiBologna
  • 80'Yellow card · Pablo OsvaldoBologna
  • 84'Goal · Marco Di VaioBologna · 3-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Simon KjaerPalermo
  • 90+2'Goal · Edinson CavaniPalermo · 4-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Palermo 0, draws 1, Bologna 0.

Team news

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

Cesare Bovo, Mattia Cassani, Simon Kjær, Federico Balzaretti, Moris Carrozzieri, Giulio Migliaccio, Edinson Cavani, Davide Succi, Giovanni Tedesco, Fabio Liverani, Marco Amelia

Bologna line-up (3-5-2)

Roberto Colombo, Vaggelīs Moras, Claudio Terzi, Cristian Zenoni, Manuel Belleri, Christian Amoroso, Sergio Volpi, Francesco Valiani, Gaby Mudingayi, Marco Di Vaio, Massimo Marazzina