Palermo 2-0 Cesena: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 18 April 2026

Result

Palermo 2-0 Cesena

Serie B · Saturday 18 April 2026, 15:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Palermo 2-0 Cesena: match report

Palermo beat Cesena 2-0 in Serie B on Saturday 18 April 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Joel Pohjanpalo opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Palermo's goals came from Joel Pohjanpalo (9') and Joel Pohjanpalo (71'). Cesena did not score.

Discipline: Palermo received no yellow cards; Cesena received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Palermo were 4th on 65 points from 34 and Cesena 8th on 44 points from 34. Palermo went on to finish that season 4th with 75 points, and Cesena 10th with 46.

Palermo lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Cesena in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joel Pohjanpalo of Palermo (8.8), ahead of Rui Modesto (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Palermo win, 6 draws and 2 for Cesena.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Joel PohjanpaloPalermo · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Alberto CerriCesena
  • 71'Goal · Joel PohjanpaloPalermo · 2-0

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Palermo 1, draws 6, Cesena 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Patryk PedaPalermo · suspension (Yellow Card Suspension)

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

Alfred Gomis, Niccolò Pierozzi, Mattia Bani, Pietro Ceccaroni, Rui Modesto, Jacopo Segre, Filippo Ranocchia, Tommaso Augello, Jérémy Le Douaron, Antonio Palumbo, Joel Pohjanpalo

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

Jonathan Klinsmann, Andrea Ciofi, Giovanni Zaro, Matteo Piacentini, Tommaso Corazza, Michele Castagnetti, Dimitri Bisoli, Cristian Shpendi, Tommaso Berti, Marco Olivieri, Alberto Cerri