Palermo 2-1 Mantova: result and report
Serie B · Wednesday 4 March 2026
Result
Palermo 2-1 Mantova
Serie B · Wednesday 4 March 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Palermo 2-1 Mantova: match report
Palermo defeated Mantova 2-1 in Serie B on Wednesday 4 March 2026. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Filippo Ranocchia opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Palermo's goals came from Filippo Ranocchia (2') and Joel Pohjanpalo (38'). Mantova scored through Tommaso Marras (68', penalty).
Discipline: Palermo received 5 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Mantova received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Palermo were 4th on 51 points from 27 and Mantova 17th on 27 points from 27. Palermo went on to finish that season 4th with 75 points, and Mantova 11th with 46.
Palermo lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Mantova in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Filippo Ranocchia of Palermo (7.8), ahead of Mattia Bani (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Palermo wins, 3 draws and 0 for Mantova.
Going into the match Palermo's last five read L-W-W-D-W and Mantova's D-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Filippo Ranocchia
- 17'Yellow card · Federico Zuccon
- 19'Yellow card
- 19'Yellow card · Filippo Ranocchia
- 32'Second yellow · Federico Zuccon
- 38'Goal · Joel Pohjanpalo
- 67'Second yellow · Alexis Blin
- 67'Red card · Alexis Blin
- 68'Penalty goal · Tommaso Marras
- 70'Yellow card · Alessio Castellini
- 71'Yellow card · Nicolò Radaelli
- 75'Yellow card · Niccolò Pierozzi
- 81'Yellow card · Patryk Peda
- 90+2'Yellow card · Emmanuel Gyasi
Head-to-head
Team news
Palermo line-up (3-4-2-1)
Jesse Joronen, Patryk Peda, Mattia Bani, Pietro Ceccaroni, Niccolò Pierozzi, Jacopo Segre, Filippo Ranocchia, Tommaso Augello, Jérémy Le Douaron, Antonio Palumbo, Joel Pohjanpalo
Mantova line-up (3-4-2-1)
Francesco Bardi, Ali Dembélé, Stefano Cella, Alessio Castellini, Nicolò Radaelli, Simone Trimboli, Federico Zuccon, Fahem Benaïssa, Davide Bragantini, Maat Daniel Caprini, Davis Mensah