Match Info

Serie B - Round 2

Date: 30 August 2026, Sunday

Location: Stadio Danilo Martelli (Mantova)

Referee: Colombo A. (Ita)

Where to Watch on TV:


Italy	DAZN Italia, LAB Channel
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World	OneFootball TV


	Mantova		Empoli

	1	X	2
	1.81	3.40	3.90	Watch
	1.93	3.40	3.90
	2.00	3.50	3.50	Watch
	2.00	3.43	4.32
	1.97	3.19	4.12	Watch
	1.94	3.30	4.30
	1.92	3.52	4.04	Watch
	1.93	3.45	4.00
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.94 ↓ (2.04)	3.4 ↑ (3.27)	4.01 ↑ (3.62)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.50

The best margin for this event is 2.3%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Mantova
48.7%

Draw
27.8%

Empoli
23.5%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

45.8%

28.5%

25.8%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Mantova has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+2.9%)

Empoli has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-2.3%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
66.7%	33.3%	0%

Mantova - Empoli Predictions

Users Predictions: 9 users predict this event. Mantova will win (votes: 6 - 66.7%). It will Tie (votes: 3 - 33.3%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Mantova: 35.9% – 97.5%.

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 1 Selected Experts predict this event. Mantova (votes: 1 - 100%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:0

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
22. Bardi F. (G) 5. Tomasevic B. 29. Cella S. 27. Castellini A. 41. Silva J. 21. Trimboli S. (C) 25. Ignacchiti L. 50. Benaissa-Yahia F. 8. Ilie R. 19. Ruocco F. 9. Gliozzi E.	12. Seghetti J. (G) 8. Magnino L. (C) 25. Curto M. 33. Cauz C. 35. Egan M. 10. Saporiti E. 21. Yepes G. 98. Zedadka K. 91. Corrado N. 11. Shpendi S. 20. Di Stefano F.
Substitutes
11. Cajazzo I. 71. Chinetti F. 12. Gasparini M. (G) 1. Gemello L. (G) 18. Keita S. 75. Kospo E. 80. Kouda R. 6. Longonda J. 33. Marai C. 20. Paoletti F. 99. Vlahovic V. 10. Wieser D.	57. Belardinelli L. 40. Berizzi R. 39. Biondini E. 44. Deli L. 13. Filippis E. (G) 38. Huqi M. 28. Indragoli G. 45. Orlandi A. 1. Perisan S. (G) 77. Popov B. 6. Romagnoli S. 29. Tosto L.
Coaches
Modesto F.	Pagliuca G.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 0)
23', Yepes G. 🟨,
42', Castellini A. 🟨,
2nd Half (3 - 1)
49', Zedadka K. 🟨,
51', 0 - 1, Saporiti E. ⚽, Egan M. (A),
51', Bardi F. 🟨,
55', Pagliuca G. 🟨,
55', Zedadka K. ↓, Belardinelli L. ↑,
55', Gliozzi E. ↓, Vlahovic V. ↑,
56', Ilie R. ↓, Cajazzo I. ↑,
56', Ignacchiti L. ↓, Kouda R. ↑,
57', Curto M. 🟨,
58', 1 - 1, Ruocco F. ⚽, Castellini A. (A),
61', 2 - 1, Vlahovic V. ⚽, Cella S. (A),
72', Di Stefano F. ↓, Popov B. ↑,
72', Yepes G. ↓, Deli L. ↑,
74', Belardinelli L. 🟨,
78', Ruocco F. ↓, Longonda J. ↑,
83', Tomasevic B. ↓, Kospo E. ↑,
86', Deli L. 🟨,
86', Corrado N. ↓, Berizzi R. ↑,
86', Saporiti E. ↓, Orlandi A. ↑,
90', 3 - 1, Benaissa-Yahia F. ⚽, Vlahovic V. (A),
90+3', Magnino L. 🟨,

Preview

Mantova could have a small edge in this match.

There will not play in Mantova: Banna Y. (Coach's decision) Bayou B. (Coach's decision) Mensah D. (Injury) Radaelli N. (Injury) Vesentini F. (Injury)

There will not play in Empoli: Ceesay J. (Red Card) Degli Innocenti D. (Injury)

In the last 2 head-to-head matches, Mantova won 0 matches, drew 1 match, lost 1 match, and goals 2:3. (average 1:1.5).

Including home match between the teams, Mantova won 0 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 0:1.

Outrights of Italian Serie B for now

Mantova: 3.19% Empoli: 1.55%

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
3	Mantova	5	3	2	0	10:5	5	11
13	Empoli	5	2	0	3	4:6	-2	6

Last Results with these Odds

Empoli - the odds 3.62 are the expected chance of winning is 25.76%, but this team recently wins 9% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Mantova FC
Italian Serie B
22.08.26	Carrarese - Mantova	1:2 ✺
Coppa Italia
16.08.26	Lazio - Mantova	0:2 ✺
Club Friendly
06.08.26	Legnago Salus - Mantova	1:3 ✺
30.07.26	Mantova - Alcione	6:2 ✺
Italian Serie B
08.05.26	Frosinone - Mantova	5:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 25.3 WWWWL
- FC Empoli
Italian Serie B
22.08.26	Empoli - Cremonese	1:0 ✺
Coppa Italia
17.08.26	Pisa - Empoli	2:1 penalties ✺
Club Friendly
01.08.26	Empoli - Spezia	1:1 ✺
25.07.26	Empoli - Virtus Entella	1:0 ✺
Italian Serie B
08.05.26	Monza - Empoli	2:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 13.1 WLTWT

Latest Head to Head

Italian Serie B
14.03.26	Empoli - Mantova	2:2
21.12.25	Mantova - Empoli	0:1

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