DID YOU KNOW?
* Palermo are stationed 8th in Serie A with 43 points from 31 matches, seven points behind sixth-placed Roma.
* The Rosanero sacked coach Serse Cosmi following their 4-0 defeat to Catania in the Sicilian derby last weekend. He replaced Delio Rossi just over a month ago, and Rossi has made a return to the bench.
* The Aquile have lost six of their last seven league encounters, scoring just once in their last six matches.
* The Sicilians have the second worst defensive record in the championship, having shipped 50 goals.
* Cesena are currently third from bottom in the league with 30 points from 31 matches, just a point from safety.
* The Seahorses have lost just once in their last six league encounters.
* Massimo Ficcadenti’s side have won just one of their last seven matches on the road.
* Cesena striker Erjon Bogdani has scored four goals against Palermo. In January 2006 he netted his only hat-trick in Serie A so far.
LAST MEETING
November 21, 2010: Cesena 1-2 Palermo
Josip Ilicic scored for Palermo as early as the 11th minute but Erjon Bogdani equalised. However, Fabrizio Miccoli put the visitors ahead six minutes into the second half and it finished 2-1 to Palermo.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Palermo: Sirigu; Cassani, Goian, Bovo, Balzaretti; Acquah, Bacinovic, Nocerino; Kurtic; Miccoli, Pinilla
Cesena: Antonioli; Santon, Von Bergen, Felipe, Lauro; Caserta, Colucci, Parolo; Giaccherini, Jimenez; Malonga
Prediction
Delio Rossi is back in the Palermo hotseat and the Rosanero are likely to return to winning ways, especially as their opposition this weekend is a certain Cesena, who are third from bottom.
Palermo 2-0 Cesena 
