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Palermo will host Venezia at the Renzo Barbera on Monday in the first leg of the semifinals of the 2023-24 Serie B promotion playoffs campaign. The home side have had their struggles in the league this season but continue their push for a return to Serie A after a seven-year absence.
They beat Sampdoria 2-0 in the playoff quarterfinals on Friday, with Salim Diakite scoring a goal in either half to hand the Rosanero a fully deserved victory on home turf.
Venezia endured a sluggish finish to the regular season, ultimately losing out on automatic promotion to Como and now have to settle for the promotion playoffs.
They were beaten 2-1 by Spezia in their final game of the regular season, heading into the break a goal up via a Jay Idzes strike before their opponents turned the game on its head in the second half.
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Palermo vs Venezia Head-to-Head
There have been 45 meetings between Palermo and Venezia. The hosts have won 16 of those games while the visitors have won two fewer. There have been 15 draws between the two teams.
The two sides last faced off in a league clash back in March which the visitors won 3-0.
Palermo Form Guide in Serie B: W-W-D-L-L
Venezia Form Guide in Serie B: L-W-L-W-W
Palermo vs Venezia Team News
Palermo
Pietro Ceccaroni lasted just 20 minutes against Sampdoria last time out before coming off injured and is expected to miss the midweek clash as a result. He joins Francesco Di Mariano and Aljosa Vasic on the injury list for the hosts. Ionut Nedelcearu has served his one-game suspension and should return to the side on Monday.
Injured: Pietro Ceccaroni, Aljosa Vasic, Francesco Di Mariano
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Venezia
Giorgio Altare received a late red card against Spezia last time out and has been suspended from the midweek clash. Mikael Ellertsson is also set to miss out with a suspension due to an accumulation of bookings.
Injured: None
Doubtful: None
Suspended: Giorgio Altare, Mikael Ellertsson
Palermo vs Venezia Predicted XI
Palermo Predicted XI (3-5-2): Sebastiano Desplanches; Simon Graves Jensen, Fabio Lucioni, Ivan Marconi; Salim Diakite, Jacopo Segre, Filippo Ranocchia, Federico Di Francesco, Kristoffer Lund; Roberto Insigne, Matteo Brunori
Venezia Predicted XI (3-5-2): Jesse Joronen; Jay Idzes, Michael Svoboda, Marin Sverko; Antonio Candela, Tanner Tessmann, Magnus Kofod Andersen, Gianluca Busio, Francesco Zampano; Christian Gytkjær, Joel Pohjanpalo
Palermo vs Venezia Prediction
Palermo are on a run of back-to-back victories after winning just one of their previous 12 matches. They have won just one of their last seven home matches and could struggle here.
Venezia, on the other hand, have lost two of their last three matches after losing just one of their seven prior. They have had mixed results on the road of late but should avoid defeat on Monday.
Prediction: Palermo 1-1 Venezia
