Match Report
Palermo went into the game 8th in the table on 52 points; Brescia sat 15th on 43 — a 9-point gap. Brescia's recent output outran their position: 6th on form over five rounds, 15th in the table. Per game in the league, Palermo were scoring 1.37 and conceding 1.13, Brescia 1.11 and 1.26, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 13 games: 4 Palermo wins, 4 for Brescia, 5 draws, at 2.38 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 62% of the meetings. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 31% of the meetings.
Stadio Renzo Barbera in Palermo, capacity 36,349, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Palermo: Joel Pohjanpalo (87')