There was player in the Palermo squad who did not miss a single championship match. It is defender Mattia Cassani, with 25 appearances and 2338 minutes played, numbers which place him well above his team mates. He is followed by Fabio Simplicio with 24 (but only 1655 minutes), Simon Kjaer and Fabrizio Miccoli with 23.

Midfielder Fabio Liverani is the only player to have received two red cards. When it comes to yellow cards the record-man is Cesare Bovo with 9, followed by Kjaer with 8 and Liverani, Migliaccio and Miccoli with 4.

There are no Palermo strikers in the top part of the top scorers’ table. The goal scorers for Palermo are Miccoli and Cavani with 8, Budan and Hernandez with 4, Kjaer, Nocerino, Fabio Simplicio with 2 and Balzaretti, Bovo, Blasi, Migliaccio and Pastore with 1.

Palermo is fresh from a good 3-1 result at home against Lazio. The best players on the field according to La Gazzetta dello Sport were Kjaer, Nocerino and Pastore all given a 7 score. The Dane, who has up to now had a splendid season was defined as being “an unclimable wall”. The former Juventus midfielder, who also scored the third goal combines “quantity and quality” and was also a protagonist in the opening goal by Hernandez who was laucnhed thanks to his assist. Pastore, a Zamparini favourite, saw his performance being defined as “outbursts of stardom and ardour which began showing”.