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The spoils were shared in Turin, although there were plenty of chances for both sides and Palermo retain fourth place.
The Rosanero were on the slide and without victory in seven rounds, though Toro's climb since Gianni De Biasi's comeback to the bench saw them dispatch Messina and Catania in the last two weeks, so were on for a Sicilian hat-trick. On-form striker Edison Cavani was out for Palermo with a muscular problem along with Amauri and Eugenio Corini.
The last Serie A away win in this fixture was 1-0 in October 1932, followed by two draws and 13 defeats.
Palermo had the first real chance after three minutes when Andrea Caracciolo sprinted forward, but fired straight at Christian Abbiati. Moments later a free kick was floated in for Christian Zaccardo's head and Abbiati was made to work again with a tough low one-handed save.
Cesare Bovo's free kick was well held and Oscar Brevi brought down David Di Michele on the counter just outside the area.
Palermo were about to take the lead with Di Michele just before the break, but Brevi performed a crucial intervention from a promising position.
Substitute Roberto Stellone sprung the offside trap from Nikola Lazetic's pass over the defence only to balloon his lob over in a one-on-one with Alberto Fontana.
Alessandro Rosina went on a slalom before he was finally brought down by Maurizio Ciaramitaro. Zaccardo's header from a Fabio Simplicio free kick and a Bresciano snapshot were off target.
Caracciolo thought his volley had snatched victory 10 minutes from time, but it was disallowed for an offside position.
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