Cynical Press
Palermo
Palermo broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 21 fouls and 4 bookings.
- Fouls
- 21
- Yellow cards
- 4
Serie B · Matchday 1Palermo
D. Johnsen 4'
1 – 0
FT
HT 1–0
Juve Stabia
Serie B
Matchday 1Palermo1–0Juve Stabia
1.21
Expected goals
1.04
4′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: PAL 1.21, JS 1.04.
Match report
Palermo 1-0 Juve Stabia
Palermo edged out Juve Stabia 1-0 at Stadio Renzo Barbera in Serie B. Johnsen opened the scoring for Palermo on 4'.
Expected goals finished Palermo 1.21, Juve Stabia 1.04. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Palermo graded out for cynical press — 21 fouls and 4 yellow cards. Both sides graded out for fine margins — 47.0% v 53.0% possession and 1.21 v 1.04 expected goals.
Mattia Fortin came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.9 for Palermo across 90 minutes.
It was a niggly afternoon: 32 fouls between them and 5 yellow cards, with Palermo conceding the most free-kicks (21).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
47%Possession53%
16Shots13
1.21xG1.04
What the numbers say
2 readsFine Margins
Both teams
Nothing separated these two — possession and chance quality finished all but level.
- Possession
- 47.0% v 53.0%
- Expected goals
- 1.21 v 1.04
Timeline
D. Johnsen — assist: J. Pohjanpalo
⚽4'
Tommaso Cassandro
Foul
🟨45+2'
Half-time
Jacopo Segre
Foul
🟨46'
Tommaso Augello
Foul
🟨62'
N. Estevez ↑ F. Ranocchia ↓
🔄64'
G. Strefezza ↑ D. Vavassori ↓
🔄64'
🔄67'
T. Douglas ↑ G. Scuderi ↓
🔄67'
N. Karic ↑ T. Battistella ↓
P. Peda ↑ T. Cassandro ↓
🔄72'
🔄75'
F. Artioli ↑ D. Buglio ↓
🔄75'
S. Fernandes ↑ K. Piscopo ↓
E. Gyasi ↑ D. Johnsen ↓
🔄85'
J. Le Douaron ↑ J. Pohjanpalo ↓
🔄85'
🔄85'
R. Sandrucci ↑ N. Patane ↓
Emmanuel Gyasi
Foul
🟨88'
🟨90'
Romeo Sandrucci
Foul
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo
RefereeGiuseppe Collu, Italy
CompetitionSerie B
Season2026
RoundMatchday 1
StatusMatch Finished