Palermo vs. Catania

Palermo wasted no time in breaking the deadlock, as Giulio Migliaccio rose to get a glancing header to the free kick whipped into the box by Fabrizio Miccoli. Goalkeeper Mariano Andujar seemed static and slow to react, as did his defenders.

Javier Pastore flashed a daisy-cutter across the face of goal and Taka Morimoto drilled just over from an impossible angle. Only the crossbar denied Palermo a second after 24 minutes, as Miccoli cut in from the left side of the penalty area and unleashed a right-foot shot that cannoned off the woodwork.

Edison Cavani hit the side-netting and a Morimoto glancing header was well blocked on the line. Edison Cavani hit the side-netting and a Morimoto glancing header was well blocked on the line.

Catania made two attacking substitutions at the break and they paid off, as Jorge Martinez drew them level. A through ball found Morimoto for an angled drive parried by Sirigu into the path of Martinez.

Morimoto's left-foot attempt skimmed the woodwork and Catania thought they had taken the lead on 83 minutes when a Giuseppe Mascara free kick got a final touch off Spolli, but the defender was offside and interfering with play, so the linesman raised his flag.

There was an important moment for Palermo late on, as Fabio Liverani came off the bench for his first appearance of the season.