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 · Mantova · Serie B predictions

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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Filippo RanocchiaPalermo · 1-0
  • 17'Yellow card · Federico ZucconMantova
  • 19'Yellow cardPalermo
  • 19'Yellow card · Filippo RanocchiaPalermo
  • 32'Second yellow · Federico ZucconMantova
  • 38'Goal · Joel PohjanpaloPalermo · 2-0
  • 67'Second yellow · Alexis BlinPalermo
  • 67'Red card · Alexis BlinPalermo
  • 68'Penalty goal · Tommaso MarrasMantova · 2-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Alessio CastelliniMantova
  • 71'Yellow card · Nicolò RadaelliMantova
  • 75'Yellow card · Niccolò PierozziPalermo
  • 81'Yellow card · Patryk PedaPalermo
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Emmanuel GyasiPalermo

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Palermo 0, draws 3, Mantova 0.

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