Analysis:

Palermo welcome Cagliari to the Stadio Barbera in a derby between Sicily and Sardinia. The home side is looking to do well after a successful midweek in the Europa League.

Palermo have been busy in the transfer market as well. The departures of Simon Kjaer and Edinson Cavani have been covered by the signings of Ezequiel Munoz, Mauricio Pinilla and Massimo Maccarone.

Defender Federico Balzaretti has urged his team mates not to repeat last season's mistakes and start off slowly.

For Cagliari, they have appointed Pierpaolo Bisoli and he has listed up Federico Marchetti so he will not play at all. Meanwhile, Robert Acquafresca and Alex Pinardi are recent additions and should strenghten the side.

Bisoli the man at the helm was responsible for promoting Cesena to promotions last season.

For the hosts - Palermo, they will be missing Fabrizio Miccoli and Dorin Goian, who are injured and will be out for a month. Delio Rossi is unsure whether to field Munoz or Glik at the back. Maccarone instead should be playing up front ahead of Pinilla. Abel Hernandez looks likely to be his striking partner.

Cagliari will start with Michael Agazzi in goal while Daniele Ragatzu is also out after he is suspended following a friendly match scuffle against Bastia. Alessandro Agostini is also definitely out for this one while Daniele Conti is lacking match fitness.

Lorenzo Ariaudo will get the nod to start at left back even though he is more suited to a central position. Alessandro Matri could start alone upfront while Bisoli could leave Acquafresca on the bench and opt for a 4-3-2-1 formation.

Take Palermo to win here.

Cheers and good luck,
Cruiser

The Statistics :

PALERMO LAST SIX HOME FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2010-05-09	D	1-1	H v Sampdoria
	2010-04-24	W	3-1	H v Milan_AC
	2010-04-11	W	3-1	H v Chievo
	2010-03-27	W	3-1	H v Bologna
	2010-03-20	D	1-1	H v Inter_Milan
	2010-03-07	W	1-0	H v Livorno
CAGLIARI LAST SIX AWAY FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2010-05-09	L	2-1	A v Roma_AS
	2010-04-25	D	0-0	A v Napoli
	2010-04-11	L	1-0	A v Juventus
	2010-03-28	D	1-1	A v Sampdoria
	2010-03-24	L	3-1	A v Atalanta
	2010-03-14	L	5-3	A v Genoa

HEAD TO HEAD PALERMO v CAGLIARI
DATE	HOME	SCORE	AWAY
2009-05-03	Palermo	5-1	Cagliari
2008-02-17	Palermo	2-1	Cagliari
2007-04-07	Palermo	1-3	Cagliari
2005-12-04	Palermo	2-2	Cagliari
2004-12-19	Palermo	3-0	Cagliari

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