Palermo vs Perugia, 2018-19 Italian Serie B, Regular Season
· Italian Serie BSA win despite Maxwell century
A round-up of the action from the first day of the Emerging Players Tournament
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 3': Attempt blocked. Marco Moscati (Perugia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Valerio Verre.
- 3': Attempt saved. Vlad Dragomir (Perugia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Valerio Verre.
- 3': Foul by Roberto Pirrello (Palermo).
- 3': Luca Vido (Perugia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 4': Foul by Luca Vido (Perugia).
- 4': Roberto Pirrello (Palermo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Offside, Palermo. Slobodan Rajkovic tries a through ball, but Ilija Nestorovski is caught offside.
- 9': Offside, Palermo. Mato Jajalo tries a through ball, but Ilija Nestorovski is caught offside.
- 10': Foul by Valerio Verre (Perugia).
- 10': Slobodan Rajkovic (Palermo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Offside, Perugia. Valerio Verre tries a through ball, but Luca Vido is caught offside.
- 13': Corner, Palermo. Conceded by Pierre-Yves Ngawa.
- 14': Goal! Palermo 1, Perugia 0. Giuseppe Bellusci (Palermo) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Trajkovski with a cross following a corner.
- 16': Hand ball by Luca Vido (Perugia).
- 17': Foul by Nicola Falasco (Perugia).
- 17': Ilija Nestorovski (Palermo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Goal! Palermo 2, Perugia 0. Ilija Nestorovski (Palermo) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Haitam Aleesami.
- 19': Foul by Alessandro Salvi (Palermo).
- 19': Nicola Falasco (Perugia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 20': Foul by Aleksandar Trajkovski (Palermo).
- 20': Gabriel (Perugia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Foul by Mato Jajalo (Palermo).
- 20': Luca Vido (Perugia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 20': Mato Jajalo (Palermo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 22': Foul by Mato Jajalo (Palermo).
- 22': Valerio Verre (Perugia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 23': Aleksandar Trajkovski (Palermo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by Marco Moscati (Perugia).
- 23': Marco Moscati (Perugia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 23': Hand ball by Roberto Pirrello (Palermo).
- 25': Foul by Slobodan Rajkovic (Palermo).
- 25': Luca Vido (Perugia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 26': Attempt missed. Marco Moscati (Perugia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 28': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Trajkovski (Palermo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolas Haas.
- 30': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Trajkovski (Palermo) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alessandro Salvi.
- 32': Offside, Perugia. Federico Melchiorri tries a through ball, but Luca Vido is caught offside.
- 32': Foul by Norbert Gyömbér (Perugia).
- 32': Ilija Nestorovski (Palermo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Trajkovski (Palermo) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left from a direct free kick.
- 34': Foul by Vlad Dragomir (Perugia).
- 34': Nicolas Haas (Palermo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 34': Offside, Palermo. Giuseppe Bellusci tries a through ball, but Haitam Aleesami is caught offside.
- 40': Offside, Palermo. Ilija Nestorovski tries a through ball, but Cesar Falletti is caught offside.
- 40': Aleksandar Trajkovski (Palermo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Norbert Gyömbér (Perugia).
- 40': Norbert Gyömbér (Perugia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 41': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Trajkovski (Palermo) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Roberto Pirrello.
- 43': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Trajkovski (Palermo) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolas Haas.
- 43': Federico Melchiorri (Perugia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 43': Foul by Roberto Pirrello (Palermo).
- 44': Corner, Perugia. Conceded by Haitam Aleesami.
- 45': Attempt missed. Jawad El Yamiq (Perugia) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marco Moscati with a cross following a corner.
- 45': Cesar Falletti (Palermo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45': Foul by Pierre-Yves Ngawa (Perugia).
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Palermo 2, Perugia 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Palermo 2, Perugia 0.
- 46': Corner, Perugia. Conceded by Giuseppe Bellusci.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Federico Melchiorri (Perugia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luca Vido.
- 48': Foul by Luca Vido (Perugia).
- 48': Mato Jajalo (Palermo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Attempt saved. Ilija Nestorovski (Palermo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Mato Jajalo.
- 51': Attempt missed. Federico Melchiorri (Perugia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Luca Vido.
- 51': Foul by Federico Melchiorri (Perugia).
- 51': Mato Jajalo (Palermo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Corner, Palermo. Conceded by Norbert Gyömbér.
- 55': Corner, Palermo. Conceded by Pierre-Yves Ngawa.
- 56': Corner, Palermo. Conceded by Vlad Dragomir.
- 58': Goal! Palermo 3, Perugia 0. Aleksandar Trajkovski (Palermo) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolas Haas.
- 59': Substitution, Perugia. Raffaele Bianco replaces Valerio Verre.
- 60': Attempt saved. Vlad Dragomir (Perugia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 63': Attempt blocked. Raffaele Bianco (Perugia) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is blocked. Assisted by Vlad Dragomir.
- 63': Attempt saved. Federico Melchiorri (Perugia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luca Vido.
- 63': Attempt blocked. Mattia Mustacchio (Perugia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 65': Attempt missed. Luca Vido (Perugia) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Raffaele Bianco.
- 65': Substitution, Palermo. Radoslaw Murawski replaces Aleksandar Trajkovski.
- 66': Penalty Palermo. Cesar Falletti draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 66': Penalty conceded by Nicola Falasco (Perugia) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 68': Substitution, Perugia. Andrea Bianchimano replaces Luca Vido because of an injury.
- 68': Goal! Palermo 4, Perugia 0. Ilija Nestorovski (Palermo) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 71': Cesar Falletti (Palermo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Raffaele Bianco (Perugia).
- 72': Substitution, Palermo. Luca Fiordilino replaces Cesar Falletti.
- 74': Offside, Perugia. Federico Melchiorri tries a through ball, but Andrea Bianchimano is caught offside.
- 74': Foul by Raffaele Bianco (Perugia).
- 74': Ilija Nestorovski (Palermo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 75': Attempt missed. Vlad Dragomir (Perugia) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Andrea Bianchimano.
- 79': Goal! Palermo 4, Perugia 1. Vlad Dragomir (Perugia) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mattia Mustacchio with a cross.
- 80': Foul by Jawad El Yamiq (Perugia).
- 80': Nicolas Haas (Palermo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Substitution, Palermo. Carlos Embalo replaces Ilija Nestorovski.
- 84': Offside, Perugia. Jawad El Yamiq tries a through ball, but Nicola Falasco is caught offside.
- 84': Substitution, Perugia. Pasquale Mazzocchi replaces Nicola Falasco.
- 86': Attempt saved. Mattia Mustacchio (Perugia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 88': Corner, Perugia. Conceded by Alberto Brignoli.
- 88': Attempt missed. Norbert Gyömbér (Perugia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 88': Attempt saved. Jawad El Yamiq (Perugia) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Moscati with a cross.
- 88': Corner, Perugia. Conceded by Alberto Brignoli.
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Palermo 4, Perugia 1.
- 90'+3': Match ends, Palermo 4, Perugia 1.
- 88': Corner, Perugia. Conceded by Giuseppe Bellusci.
- 88': Attempt missed. Norbert Gyömbér (Perugia) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 88': Attempt saved. Jawad El Yamiq (Perugia) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Moscati with a cross.
- 88': Corner, Perugia. Conceded by Alberto Brignoli.
Statistics
 PER |
PAL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 8 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 4 | Offsides | 4 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 2 | Saves | 5 |
| 48.8 | Possession | 51.2 |
| 17 | SHOTS | 10 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 385 | Accurate Passes | 438 |
| 462 | Passes | 494 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 7 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 20 | Crosses | 7 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 50 | Long Balls | 59 |
| 35 | Accurate Long Balls | 38 |
| 0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 16 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 19 | Tackles | 10 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 19 |
| 9 | Effective Clearances | 17 |
| 9 | Clearances | 17 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie B
Venue: Renzo Barbera
Location: Palermo, Italy
Attendance: 5,313
Venue: Renzo Barbera
Location: Palermo, Italy
Attendance: 5,313
Italian Serie B Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vicenza | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 2 | Arezzo | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 3 | Ascoli | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Mantova | 1 | +1 | 3 |
Line-Ups
Palermo (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Brignoli (GK) |
| 2 | Giuseppe Bellusci |
| 5 | Slobodan Rajkovic |
| 31 | Roberto Pirrello |
| 8 | Mato Jajalo  |
| 32 | Nicolas Haas |
| 19 | Haitam Aleesami |
| 14 | Alessandro Salvi |
| 30 | Ilija Nestorovski |
| 20 | César Falletti |
| 10 | Aleksandar Trajkovski |
Perugia (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 | Gabriel (GK) |
| 32 | Norbert Gyömbér |
| 4 | Jawad El Yamiq |
| 15 | Pierre-Yves Ngawa |
| 24 | Vlad Dragomir |
| 23 | Marco Moscati |
| 5 | Valerio Verre |
| 25 | Nicola Falasco |
| 9 | Mattia Mustacchio |
| 10 | Luca Vido |
| 11 | Federico Melchiorri |
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