Head-to-Head: Palermo vs Vicenza Virtus

Palermo vs Vicenza Virtus is a rare matchup anchored by a dramatic Coppa Italia tie on 5 August 2018. The teams remained level through extra time, and Palermo advanced 6-5 on penalties. That outcome describes an even contest resolved from the spot rather than a durable club advantage. Any future meeting would begin from a record defined less by sustained control than by a single knockout stalemate and the composure of a shootout.

Past matches, Palermo vs Vicenza Virtus

5 August 2018 2nd Round

Palermo

3 - 3

Vicenza Virtus

Match center

Palermo

3 - 3

5 August 2018

PEN

Vicenza Virtus

Starting eleven

Starting XI Palermo

Vicenza Virtus Starting XI

Substitutes Palermo

Vicenza Virtus Substitutes

Match events

45'

90'

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46'

A. Tronco G. Laurenti
61'

N. Balogh S. Moreo
67'

A. Gashi T. Maistrello
71'

N. Haas M. Jajalo
73'

L. Zarpellon A. Curcio
90' +2
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S. Giacomelli Penalty
90' +4
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S. Rajković Normal Goal
91'

A. Bonetto N. Pasini
100'
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A. Tronco Normal Goal
103'

Carlos Embalo A. Fiordilino
115'

C. Fiore A. Mazzotta
117'
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S. Rajković Normal Goal

Matchup Palermo VS Vicenza Virtus

A cup tie without separation

Palermo and Vicenza Virtus produced a tightly balanced Coppa Italia contest on 5 August 2018. The score stood 1-1 at full time and 2-2 after extra time, leaving neither side ahead through open play. Palermo eventually advanced 6-5 on penalties. The result gives Palermo the formal progression, but the route to it does not establish a conventional head-to-head hierarchy.

Why the setting matters less

Palermo hosted the tie, yet home ground did not settle the contest inside 120 minutes. That detail makes venue a question rather than an answer, especially when the evidence comes from a cup occasion with a shootout resolution. Vicenza Virtus can point to the level score as proof of resistance, while Palermo have a concrete example of surviving a close elimination game.

Room for the matchup to develop

Future meetings can add the variation this pairing lacks: a league result, a different venue or a winner decided before penalties would each clarify its identity. The durable profile is a level contest in which Palermo’s advantage is limited to that shootout outcome.