Serie B WON 1–1
Sun, Sep 6 · 15:00 · Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Cesena Home
VS
Mantova Away
Cesena vs Mantova — Serie B
Tipster's pick Over 1.5 Goals
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.28 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate75%
This price needs78%
Expert analysis

Cesena Mantova Games Tend to Deliver Goals

Cesena and Mantova both carry attacking records from recent matches that point toward multiple goals. Historical encounters between the sides have repeatedly produced open exchanges with few low-scoring affairs. Mantova’s away form shows consistent ability to create chances and find the net. Cesena at home has allowed enough opportunities for opponents to keep games lively rather than cagey. Neither side has recorded a clean sheet in their latest outings, leaving space for both attacks to contribute. The combined goal averages from their campaigns suggest the pattern of open play should persist into this fixture.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
1–1 WON

Our pick “Over 1.5 Goals” at odds 1.28 won — final score 1–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Rachid Kouda 19'
  3. Francesco Ruocco 31'
  4. Gianluca Frabotta ↓ Antonio David 45'
  5. Ettore Gliozzi ↓ Vanja Vlahovic 45'
  6. Second half
  7. Luca D'Andrea ↓ X. Druiventak 55'
  8. Francesco Modesto 58'
  9. Davide Bragantini ↓ Rares Ilie 58'
  10. David·Wieser ↓ Lorenzo Ignacchiti 58'
  11. Alessandro Debenedetti ↓ Marco Dalla Vecchia 68'
  12. Tommaso Del Lungo ↓ Rachid Kouda 76'
  13. Flavio Paoletti ↓ Alessio Castellini 76'
  14. Cristian Shpendi assist Luca D'Andrea 77'
  15. Matteo Guidi ↓ Antonio Fiori 80'
  16. Massimiliano Mangraviti ↓ Mihajlo Ilic 80'
This season
Cesena Mantova
Over 2.5 goals 0% 50%
Clean sheet 0% 0%
Failed to score 0% 0%
Scored per game 1.5 2.5
Conceded per game 1.0 1.0
Scored home / away 1.0 / 2.0 3.0 / 2.0

Across 2 and 2 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 MOD Modena 2 2 0 0 6
2 MAN Mantova 2 2 0 0 6
3 PAL Palermo 2 2 0 0 6
4 CES Cesena 2 1 1 0 4
5 ASC Ascoli 2 1 1 0 4
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Cesena WDLDW
W vs Vis Pesaro 3–0 Aug 5
D @ Forli 0–0 Aug 8
L @ Sassuolo 0–3 Aug 17
D vs Sampdoria 1–1 Aug 23
W @ Virtus Entella 2–1 Aug 29
Mantova LWWWL
L vs Athletic Carpi 0–1 Aug 9
W @ Lazio 2–0 Aug 16
W @ Carrarese 2–1 Aug 22
W vs Empoli 3–1 Aug 30
L @ Palermo 2–5 Sep 3
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Cesena
Scored 1.2 avg
3 0 0 1 2
Conceded 1.0 avg
0 0 3 1 1
Mantova
Scored 1.8 avg
0 2 2 3 2
Conceded 1.6 avg
1 0 1 1 5
Head-to-head · last meetings
6 Cesena
1 Draws
3 Mantova
Mar 2026 Mantova 3–0 Cesena Mantova
Dec 2025 Cesena 3–2 Mantova Cesena
Aug 2025 Mantova 1–2 Cesena Cesena
May 2025 Mantova 3–0 Cesena Mantova
Sep 2024 Cesena 4–2 Mantova Cesena

Over 2.5 goals in 9 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Cesena 4-2-3-1
  • 1 A. Siano G
  • 15 A. Ciofi D
  • 6 M. Ilić D
  • 4 Jacopo Gelli D
  • 3 A. David D
  • 14 X. Druiventak M
  • 25 D. Bisoli M
  • 27 M. Dalla Vecchia M
  • 10 R. Pagano M
  • 80 A. Fiori M
  • 9 C. Shpendi F
Bench L. D'Andrea, A. Debenedetti, L. Ferretti, G. Frabotta, M. Francesconi, Matteo Guidi, V. Magni, M. Mangraviti, T. Mazzi, M. Natta, L. Schirone, E. Bohinen

Alessandro Diamanti

Mantova 3-4-2-1
  • 22 F. Bardi G
  • 5 B. Tomašević D
  • 29 S. Cella D
  • 27 A. Castellini D
  • 41 Jonathan Silva M
  • 25 L. Ignacchiti M
  • 80 R. Kouda M
  • 50 F. Benaissa-Yahia M
  • 8 R. Ilie M
  • 19 F. Ruocco M
  • 99 V. Vlahović F
Bench J. Mboyo, E. Gliozzi, L. Gemello, Tommaso Del Lungo, Federico Chinetti, I. Cajazzo, D. Bragantini, S. Keita, E. Košpo, Cristian Marai, F. Paoletti, D. Wieser

F. Modesto