Timeline
- 23' Gerard Yepes Yellow Card
- 42' Alessio Castellini Yellow Card
- 49' Karim Zedadka Yellow Card
- 51' Edoardo Saporiti
- 51' Francesco Bardi Yellow Card
- 55' Luca Belardinelli for Karim Zedadka
- 55' Vanja Vlahovic for Ettore Gliozzi
- 56' Ismael Cajazzo for Rares Ilie
- 56' Rachid Kouda for Lorenzo Ignacchiti
- 57' Marco Curto Yellow Card
- 58' Francesco Ruocco
- 61' Vanja Vlahovic
- 72' Bohdan Popov for Filippo Distefano
- 72' Lapo Deli for Gerard Yepes
- 74' Luca Belardinelli Yellow Card
- 78' Jean-Pierre Mboyo for Francesco Ruocco
- 83' Eman Kospo for Bodin Tomasevic
- 86' Lapo Deli Yellow Card
- 86' Roberto Berizzi for Niccolò Corrado
- 86' Andrea Orlandi for Edoardo Saporiti
- 90' Fahem Benaissa-Yahia
- 90'+3' Luca Magnino Yellow Card
Match stats
46.4%
Possession
53.6%
16
Shots
6
9
On target
2
13
Fouls
20
2
Yellow cards
6
0
Red cards
0
1
Offsides
1
1
Saves
6
286
Accurate passes
321
Lineups
Mantova
3-4-2-1
22
Bardi
27
Castellini
29
Cella
5
Tomasevic
50
Benaissa-Yahia
25
Ignacchiti
21
Trimboli
41
Silva
19
Ruocco
9
Gliozzi
8
Ilie
Empoli
3-4-2-1
12
Seghetti
33
Cauz
25
Curto
8
Magnino
91
Corrado
98
Zedadka
21
Yepes
35
Egan
20
Distefano
11
Shpendi
10
Saporiti
Mantova
3-4-2-1
- 22 Francesco Bardi G
- 29 Stefano Cella CD
- 27 Alessio Castellini CD-L
- 5 Bodin Tomasevic ▼ CD-R
- 25 Lorenzo Ignacchiti ▼ CM-L
- 21 Simone Trimboli CM-R
- 50 Fahem Benaissa-Yahia LM
- 41 Jonathan Silva RM
- 9 Ettore Gliozzi ▼ F
- 19 Francesco Ruocco ▼ CF-L
- 8 Rares Ilie ▼ CF-R
Came on
- 99 Vanja Vlahovic ▲ SUB
- 6 Jean-Pierre Mboyo ▲ SUB
- 80 Rachid Kouda ▲ SUB
- 75 Eman Kospo ▲ SUB
- 11 Ismael Cajazzo ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
- 71 Federico Chinetti SUB
- 12 Manuel Gasparini SUB
- 20 Flavio Paoletti SUB
- 1 Luca Gemello SUB
- 33 Cristian Marai SUB
- 18 Sambaly Keïta SUB
- 10 David Wieser SUB
Empoli
3-4-2-1
- 12 Jacopo Seghetti G
- 25 Marco Curto CD
- 33 Cristian Cauz CD-L
- 8 Luca Magnino CD-R
- 98 Karim Zedadka ▼ CM-L
- 21 Gerard Yepes ▼ CM-R
- 91 Niccolò Corrado ▼ LM
- 35 Matteo Egan RM
- 11 Steven Shpendi F
- 20 Filippo Distefano ▼ CF-L
- 10 Edoardo Saporiti ▼ CF-R
Came on
- 44 Lapo Deli ▲ SUB
- 45 Andrea Orlandi ▲ SUB
- 40 Roberto Berizzi ▲ SUB
- 77 Bohdan Popov ▲ SUB
- 57 Luca Belardinelli ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
- 28 Gabriele Indragoli SUB
- 6 Simone Romagnoli SUB
- 38 Mattia Huqi SUB
- 1 Samuele Perisan SUB
- 13 Emiliano Filippis SUB
- 29 Lorenzo Tosto SUB
- 39 Edoardo Biondini SUB
Commentary
- 90'+3' Luca Magnino (Empoli) Yellow Card at 90'+3'
- 90' Fahem Benaissa-Yahia (Mantova) Goal at 90'
- 86' Andrea Orlandi (Empoli) Substitution at 86'
- 86' Roberto Berizzi (Empoli) Substitution at 86'
- 86' Lapo Deli (Empoli) Yellow Card at 86'
- 83' Eman Kospo (Mantova) Substitution at 83'
- 78' Jean-Pierre Mboyo (Mantova) Substitution at 78'
- 74' Luca Belardinelli (Empoli) Yellow Card at 74'
- 72' Lapo Deli (Empoli) Substitution at 72'
- 72' Bohdan Popov (Empoli) Substitution at 72'
- 61' Vanja Vlahovic (Mantova) Goal at 61'
- 58' Francesco Ruocco (Mantova) Goal at 58'
Recent form
Mantova
W
W
L
L
W
- W Monza 3-2 Italian Serie B
- L at Frosinone 5-0 Italian Serie B
- L Carpi 1-0 Club Friendly
- W at Lazio 2-0 Coppa Italia
- W at Carrarese 2-1 Italian Serie B
Empoli
W
L
D
D
W
- W US Avellino 1-0 Italian Serie B
- D at Monza 2-2 Italian Serie B
- D at Livorno 1-1 Club Friendly
- L at Pisa 1-1 Coppa Italia
- W Cremonese 1-0 Italian Serie B
Head to head
EMP leads series 2-0-3
- 14 Mar 2026 Empoli 2–2 Mantova 2025-26 Italian Serie B
- 21 Dec 2025 Mantova 0–1 Empoli 2025-26 Italian Serie B
- 23 Mar 2010 Empoli 4–0 Mantova 2009/10 Italian Serie B
- 17 Oct 2009 Mantova 1–1 Empoli 2009/10 Italian Serie B
- 16 May 2009 Mantova 1–1 Empoli 2008/09 Italian Serie B
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