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Palermo's revival continues under new Coach Francesco Guidolin, as they end Atalanta's unbeaten home record.
The Orobici had to face life without Cristiano Doni, who started his three-match ban for angrily punching the door of the referee's locker room. With Riccardo Zampagna still frozen out, giving Simone Inzaghi a rare start. The Rosanero recovered from two straight defeats to beat Fiorentina last week and Coach Francesco Guidolin confirmed the new 4-3-3 system.
Palermo's only Serie A victory here was a 1-0 result in November 1953.
The Rosanero broke through with the first real effort on goal after 13 minutes. Fabrizio Miccoli hit the set piece to the other flank, where Cristian Zaccardo crossed back for an Edison Cavani header.
Moments later Cavani nodded a Caserta cross past the far post, but Atalanta fought back with Alberto Fontana palming away a Guarente snapshot.
Andrea Barzagli got a crucial deflection to turn Sergio Floccari's angled drive off target,
Inzaghi's first Serie A start in two years lasted just 32 minutes, as he suffered bruising to his ribs in a collision and was replaced by Marino Defendi.
Miccoli incredibly failed to score from point-blank range, as Zaccardo's deflected cross fell to him totally unmarked, but Coppola managed to get a hand to it. It didn't matter as from the resulting corner Giuseppe Biava's header ricocheted in off Antonio Langella's arm.
Coppola denied Cavani a second, while Miccoli combined with Amauri to fire over.
Palermo secured the points after the break, as Zaccardo rolled across from the right for Amauri's cool as a cucumber finish.
Ferdinando Tissone pulled one back for Atalanta with a missile of a free kick that took a deflection off Amauri and squirmed off the goalkeeper's chest from a tight angle.
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