Palermo challenge Cosenza for praise and football prosperity.
- Palermo have the the best goal difference (+6) in Serie B
- Cosenza have the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie B
Both contenders have had adequate rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face match!
Palermo form and stats
The hosts won their first Serie B game here at Stadio Renzo Barbera, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Palermo last season were 8 wins, 8 draws and 3 losses from 19 games.
The Palermo goalkeeper Mirko Pigliacelli is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 207 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie B.
Happy days for Palermo in their previous game, a fixture away at Ascoli (placed 15th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Manager Corini felt very clever after Mancuso scored the winning goal against Ascoli, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 66th minute. Ceccaroni was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.64 out of 10. The defender Ceccaroni served one assist, hit one key pass and won 2 of 5 duels.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against FeralpiSalo.There will be little rest for Palermo after this match as they are travelling to Venezia for a Serie B game in only four days.
At Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo has the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Cosenza form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Serie B for Cosenza with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Cosenza played 2-2 against Sudtirol in their previous match. The draw against Sudtirol came from a losing position. The Cosenza manager Caserta brought on Mazzocchi as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Defender Venturi was the best team player with a rating of 7.34. Venturi scored one goal and won 0 of 4 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Brescia's place.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cremonese in just four days.
It's early days yet, but Cosenza has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Palermo victory, two draws and one Cosenza win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Tutino 2 goals |   L. Mancuso 1 goals |  J. Segre 1 goals |
Palermo missing players
Cosenza missing players
| Palermo | Cosenza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 80% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 5.8 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.5 | 3.6 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.2 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 8 | 12.4 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 32% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 47% |
| 12.8 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 13.5 | 9.4 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
- Cosenza have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Serie B
- Cosenza have the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie B
- Palermo have the the best goal difference (+6) in Serie B
| Palermo | Last season | Cosenza | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 39 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Drew | D | 6 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 11 | 16 | ||
| 48 | 25 | Scored | S | 10 | 31 | ||
| 49 | 17 | Conceded | C | 35 | 53 | ||
| 89% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 87% | ||
| 71% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 64% | ||
| 42% | 37% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 37% | 36% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 18% | ||
| 18% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 58% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 49% | ||
| 26% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 26% | 32% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 36% | ||
| 5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12.4 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 23% | ||
| 13.1 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.6 | 15.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Venezia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Palermo | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Catanzaro | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Parma | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Modena | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Sudtirol | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Bari 1908 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Brescia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Cremonese | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Cosenza | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Cittadella | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Pisa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Como | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Reggiana | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Ascoli | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 17 | Ternana | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 18 | Spezia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 19 | FeralpiSalo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -10 | 1 |
| 20 | Lecco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
