Cittadella 1-2 Mantova: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 18 January 2025

Result

Cittadella 1-2 Mantova

Serie B · Saturday 18 January 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Cittadella · Mantova · Serie B predictions

Cittadella 1-2 Mantova: match report

Cittadella lost to Mantova 1-2 in Serie B on Saturday 18 January 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Francesco Ruocco opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Cittadella's goal came from Alessio Vita (59'). Mantova scored through Francesco Ruocco (34') and Leonardo Mancuso (52', penalty).

Discipline: Cittadella received 2 yellow cards; Mantova received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cittadella were 14th on 24 points from 20 and Mantova 13th on 24 points from 21. Cittadella went on to finish that season 19th with 39 points, and Mantova 15th with 44.

Cittadella lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Mantova in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alessio Vita of Cittadella (8.7), ahead of Edoardo Masciangelo (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cittadella wins, 0 draws and 3 for Mantova.

Going into the match Cittadella's last five read D-W-W-W-D and Mantova's D-L-D-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Nicola PavanCittadella
  • 20'Yellow card · Simone BrancaCittadella
  • 34'Goal · Francesco RuoccoMantova · 0-1
  • 52'Penalty goal · Leonardo MancusoMantova · 0-2
  • 59'Goal · Alessio VitaCittadella · 1-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Stefano CellaMantova
  • 86'Yellow card · Salvatore BurraiMantova
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Simone TrimboliMantova

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Cittadella 2, draws 0, Mantova 3.

Team news

Cittadella line-up (3-5-1-1)

Elhan Kastrati, Alessandro Salvi, Nicola Pavan, Lorenzo Carissoni, Francesco D'Alessio, Francesco Amatucci, Simone Branca, Simone Tronchin, Edoardo Masciangelo, Alessio Vita, Luca Pandolfi

Mantova line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marco Festa, Tommaso Maggioni, Sebastien De Maio, Stefano Cella, Cristiano Bani, Simone Trimboli, Salvatore Burrai, Davide Bragantini, Leonardo Mancuso, Francesco Ruocco, Davis Mensah