Mantova 3-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie B · Sunday 30 August 2026

Result

Mantova 3-1 Empoli

Serie B · Sunday 30 August 2026, 17:00 UTC · Stadio Danilo Martelli, Mantova · half-time 0-0

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Mantova 3-1 Empoli: match report

Mantova won against Empoli 3-1 in Serie B on Sunday 30 August 2026 at Stadio Danilo Martelli. The half-time score was 0-0.

Edoardo Saporiti opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Mantova's goals came from Francesco Ruocco (58'), Vanja Vlahović (61') and Fahem Benaïssa (90'). Empoli scored through Edoardo Saporiti (51').

Discipline: Mantova received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 7 yellow cards.

In the current table Mantova are 4th on 18 points and Empoli are 18th on 8 points.

Mantova lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Empoli in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Vanja Vlahović of Mantova (8.1), ahead of Edoardo Saporiti (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Mantova wins, 1 draw and 1 for Empoli.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Gerard YepesEmpoli
  • 42'Yellow card · Alessio CastelliniMantova
  • 49'Yellow card · Karim ZedadkaEmpoli
  • 51'Goal · Edoardo SaporitiEmpoli · 0-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Francesco BardiMantova
  • 55'Yellow card · Guido PagliucaEmpoli
  • 57'Yellow card · Marco CurtoEmpoli
  • 58'Goal · Francesco RuoccoMantova · 1-1
  • 61'Goal · Vanja VlahovićMantova · 2-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Luca BelardinelliEmpoli
  • 86'Yellow card · Lapo DeliEmpoli
  • 90'Goal · Fahem BenaïssaMantova · 3-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Luca MagninoEmpoli

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
4Mantova105321511+418WLWLD
18Empoli102261017-78LDLLD

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Head-to-head

2 meetings: Mantova 0, draws 1, Empoli 1.

Team news

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

Francesco Bardi, Bodin Tomasevic, Stefano Cella, Alessio Castellini, Jonathan Silva, Simone Trimboli, Lorenzo Ignacchiti, Fahem Benaïssa, Rareș Ilie, Francesco Ruocco, Ettore Gliozzi

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

Jacopo Seghetti, Luca Magnino, Marco Curto, Cristian Căuz, Matteo Egan, Gerard Yepes, Karim Zedadka, Niccolò Corrado, Edoardo Saporiti, Filippo Distefano, Stiven Shpendi

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