Palermo vs. Bari

The match began 20 minutes late than originally scheduled as the pitch was allowed to dry. It had become wet after shower in the morning.

Palermo started in the wonted 4-3-1-2 formation with Javier Pastore playing behind strikers Edinson Cavani and Fabrizio Miccoli. Visitors Bari designed a flat 4-4-2 system with Vitali Kutozov and Riccardo Meggiorini leading the promoted side's attackline.

No sooner did the match kickoff that Bari opened the scoring. Riccardo Allegretti scored with a right-footed shot from a very close range as custodian Rubinho was caught in two minds and left his goal open. Palermo took immediate control of the game , but a spate of attacks lead to nothing.

The second half started on a similar note on which the first half had ended. A couple of minutes later the hosts constructed yet another concrete move as Pastore and Balzaretti combined but Gillet again came to Bari's rescue once more. Pastore then fired a rocket from 20 metres but it didn't do any damage whatsoever.

Palermo poured men forward in the final 10 minutes of the game as Igor Budan and Miccoli both came close to scoring. Eventually it would be the former who would score his side's equaliser in the 90th minute when assisted by a Federico Balzaretti cross he scored with his right foot from the centre of the Bari penalty box to rescue a point for Walter Zenga's side.