Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Fiorentina WWLLW 3
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Palermo LLLWL 1
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FIO213
PAL011
Renzo Barbera · 13,928 att.

Match Report

Josip Ilicic brace helps to keep Fiorentina top of Serie A

Josip Ilicic brace helps to keep Fiorentina top of Serie A

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
23
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
2
59.7
Possession
40.3
11
SHOTS
11
5
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
440
Accurate Passes
248
552
Passes
361
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
5
13
Crosses
22
0.4
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
66
27
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
3
20
Effective Tackles
19
30
Tackles
25
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
9
36
Clearances
14

Head to Head

FIO leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

PAL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 70Stefano SorrentinoG
  2. 4Sinisa AndelkovicCD-L
  3. 6Edoardo GoldanigaCD-R
  4. 7Achraf LazaarLB
  5. 23Aljaz StrunaRB
  6. 8Aleksandar TrajkovskiM
  7. 28Mato JajaloCM
  8. 16Gastón BrugmanAM
  9. 18Ivaylo ChochevLM
  10. 10Oscar HiljemarkRM
  11. 20Franco VázquezCF-R

FIO · 3-4-2-1

  1. 12Ciprian TatarusanuG
  2. 2Gonzalo RodríguezCD
  3. 13Davide AstoriCD-L
  4. 32Facundo RoncagliaCD-R
  5. 8Matías VecinoCM-L
  6. 5Milan BadeljCM-R
  7. 28Marcos AlonsoLM
  8. 10Federico BernardeschiRM
  9. 9Nikola KalinicF
  10. 20Borja ValeroCF-L
  11. 72Josip IlicicCF-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Palermo 0, Fiorentina 1. Josip Ilicic (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nikola Kalinic.
  2. 22' Aljaz Struna (Palermo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 34' Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' Goal! Palermo 0, Fiorentina 2. Josip Ilicic (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nikola Kalinic.
  5. 45' Substitution, Palermo. Michel Morganella replaces Ivaylo Chochev.
  6. 60' Substitution, Fiorentina. Jakub Blaszczykowski replaces Josip Ilicic.
  7. 61' Substitution, Palermo. Alberto Gilardino replaces Oscar Hiljemark.
  8. 71' Substitution, Fiorentina. Nenad Tomovic replaces Federico Bernardeschi.
  9. 73' Milan Badelj (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 76' Substitution, Palermo. Robin Quaison replaces Aleksandar Trajkovski.
  11. 77' Goal! Palermo 1, Fiorentina 2. Alberto Gilardino (Palermo) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Franco Vázquez with a cross.
  12. 79' Michel Morganella (Palermo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 81' Gastón Brugman (Palermo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 89' Borja Valero (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+1' Substitution, Fiorentina. Manuel Pasqual replaces Nikola Kalinic.
  16. 90'+3' Goal! Palermo 1, Fiorentina 3. Jakub Blaszczykowski (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Borja Valero with a through ball.

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