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Cesena v Mantova : Serie B match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 13th Dec, 18:30 BST, Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi, Cesena

Mantova, led by manager Davide Possanzini, visit Michele Mignani and his Cesena side at the Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi on Saturday evening in the Serie B. In this preview you'll find odds for the 17 biggest betting markets plus predictions, stats and head to head (H2H) data for both teams. You can access it all using the tabs below.

Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

Maybe it'd be too strong to say that we expect Michele Mignani and Davide Possanzini to park the bus here, but we're certainly not expecting a glut of goals as Cesena and Mantova go head-to-head. The stats belowpoint towards there being under 2.5 goals (i.e. 2 goals of fewer in total), and we think that's a good shout here. With best odds of 1.75 available on under 2.5 goals and neither side looking like strong favourites to win, that's the bet we're recommending.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Cesena are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 55% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.76.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cesena 55%	1.76	1.75 13%
Draw 27%	3.50 3%	3.30 3%
Mantova 18%	4.50 10%	4.00 25%
Cesena 1-0 17%	7.00	6.50 8%
Cesena 2-0 12%	8.50	7.50 12%
Draw 1-1 12%	6.50 7%	6.50 8%
Draw 0-0 12%	10.00	8.50 13%
Cesena 2-1 9%	8.50	7.50 6%
Mantova 1-0 8%	12.00 9%	10.00 25%
Cesena 3-0 6%	15.00	12.00 20%
Mantova 2-1 4%	15.00 15%	12.00 9%
Cesena 3-1 4%	15.00	12.00 20%
Draw 2-2 3%	15.00 12%	13.00
Mantova 2-0 3%	23.00 10%	17.00 31%
Cesena 4-0 2%	29.00	21.00 19%
Cesena 4-1 1%	29.00 15%	21.00 19%
Cesena 3-2 1%	26.00	21.00 9%
Mantova 3-1 1%	34.00	26.00 24%
Over 2.5 Goals 36%	1.95	1.91 7%
Under 2.5 Goals 64%	1.85	1.75 8%
Home 1st Goal 55%	1.62	1.62 7%
Away 1st Goal 37%	2.60 4%	2.70 13%
No 1st Goal 8%	10.00	8.50 13%
BTTS - Yes 38%	1.80 6%	1.85 3%
BTTS - No 62%	1.95 2%	1.83 2%
BTTS - Home Win 17%	4.00	3.90 13%
BTTS - Draw 15%	4.50 10%	4.60
BTTS - Away Win 6%	9.00 13%	7.50 15%
Home/draw 82%	1.18 3%	1.20 8%
Away/draw 45%	1.95	1.95 15%
Home/away 73%	1.29	1.29 1%
Over 1.5 Goals 63%	1.29 1%	1.29 4%
Under 1.5 Goals 37%	3.50 3%	3.10 11%
Over 3.5 Goals 17%	3.40	3.20 11%
Under 3.5 Goals 83%	1.30	1.29 6%
Over 4.5 Goals 7%	7.00	5.75 18%
Under 4.5 Goals 93%	1.10	1.09 3%
Over 5.5 Goals 2%	15.00	11.00 15%
Under 5.5 Goals 98%	1.03	1.01 1%
Over 0.5 Goals 88%	1.06	1.05 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 12%	10.00	7.50 7%
Home DNB 74%	1.33 2%	1.33 11%
Away DNB 37%	3.25 8%	3.10 29%
Cesena win to nil 38%	3.00	-
Mantova win to nil 12%	8.00 14%	-
Cesena / Cesena 28%	2.88	2.80 15%
Cesena / Mantova 3%	34.00	29.00 12%
Cesena / Draw 6%	15.00	13.00 8%
Draw / Cesena 17%	4.75	4.50 10%
Draw / Mantova 9%	9.00	8.50 21%
Draw / Draw 16%	5.50	4.80 4%
Mantova / Cesena 4%	23.00	19.00 10%
Mantova / Mantova 12%	7.00	6.50 24%
Mantova / Draw 6%	15.00	13.00

Win / draw / win Serie B table

Cesena have played 15 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Serie B league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 3 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Cesena have outscored their opponents by 21 goals to 13 goals.

Home League Performance

Cesena have played 6 games at home winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 9 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 5 goals at home.

Mantova are in 18th position in the Serie B on 14 points having played 15 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 8 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 2 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Mantova have conceded 22 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Cesena Mantova
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Frosinone	15	9	4	2	16	31	Mar 14	l 3-1A	l 1-5A	May 9
2	Monza	15	9	4	2	11	31	Mar 3	l 1-0A	May 1	l 1-0A
3	Cesena	15	8	3	4	6	27	-	-	Mar 17	Dec 13
4	Venezia	15	7	5	3	13	26	Feb 14	w 1-2F	Jan 24	l 3-0A
5	Palermo	15	7	5	3	13	26	d 1-1F	Apr 18	Jan 11	Mar 3
6	Modena	15	7	5	3	11	26	w 1-0F	Mar 7	l 1-3A	Mar 21
7	Catanzaro	15	5	7	3	3	22	Mar 21	Dec 27	l 1-3F	Feb 14
8	Empoli	15	5	5	5	2	20	Jan 10	Feb 28	Dec 21	Mar 14
9	Reggiana	15	5	5	5	0	20	l 1-2F	Jan 17	l 0-1A	Feb 10
10	Avellino	15	5	5	5	-8	20	w 3-0F	Jan 31	Apr 18	d 0-00-0
11	Juve Stabia	15	4	7	4	-4	19	Dec 20	Apr 11	Mar 7	l 2-1A
12	Padova	15	4	6	5	-3	18	May 9	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	Jan 17
13	Carrarese	15	3	7	5	-4	16	w 2-1F	May 1	Feb 28	Dec 27
14	V.Entella	15	3	6	6	-7	15	d 1-1F	Feb 10	Apr 6	l 1-0A
15	Bari 1908	15	3	6	6	-11	15	Jan 24	l 1-0A	Feb 7	l 1-0A
16	Sudtirol	15	2	8	5	-4	14	Apr 6	w 0-1F	d 1-1A	Apr 25
17	Spezia	15	3	5	7	-6	14	Feb 21	w 1-2A	w 4-1A	Apr 11
18	Mantova	15	4	2	9	-10	14	Dec 13	Mar 17	-	-
19	Sampdoria	15	3	4	8	-7	13	Apr 25	w 1-2F	Feb 21	w 0-1F
20	Pescara	15	1	7	7	-11	10	Feb 7	w 1-3F	w 2-1F	Jan 31

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Win / draw / win form

Cesena have won 3 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cesena	1 - 0	Modena
Cesena	3 - 0	Avellino
Cesena	2 - 1	Carrarese
Cesena	1 - 2	Reggiana
Cesena	1 - 1	Palermo
Cesena	1 - 1	V.Entella
Cesena	2 - 1	Palermo
Cesena	0 - 2	Sassuolo
Cesena	1 - 1	Frosinone
Cesena	1 - 2	Juve Stabia
Cesena	0 - 0	Spezia
Cesena	2 - 0	Salernitana
Cesena	1 - 1	Pisa
Cesena	1 - 1	Bari 1908
Cesena	0 - 0	Cittadella
Cesena	0 - 1	Cremonese
Cesena	2 - 1	Cosenza
Cesena	1 - 1	Reggiana
Cesena	1 - 0	Sudtirol
Cesena	2 - 0	Brescia

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Cesena	1 - 1	Padova
H	Cesena	1 - 0	Modena
A	Cesena	0 - 1	Monza
H	Cesena	3 - 0	Avellino
A	Cesena	0 - 1	Bari 1908
H	Cesena	2 - 1	Carrarese
A	Cesena	1 - 0	Sudtirol
A	Cesena	2 - 1	Spezia
H	Cesena	1 - 2	Reggiana
A	Cesena	1 - 3	Frosinone
H	Cesena	1 - 1	Palermo
A	Cesena	2 - 1	Venezia
A	Cesena	2 - 1	Sampdoria
H	Cesena	1 - 1	V.Entella
A	Cesena	3 - 1	Pescara
A	Cesena	0 - 1	Catanzaro
A	Cesena	1 - 0	Modena
A	Cesena	1 - 0	Cosenza
H	Cesena	2 - 1	Palermo
A	Cesena	0 - 3	Mantova

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Venezia	3 - 0	Mantova
Sampdoria	0 - 1	Mantova
Bari 1908	1 - 0	Mantova
Avellino	0 - 0	Mantova
Juve Stabia	2 - 1	Mantova
V.Entella	1 - 0	Mantova
Monza	1 - 0	Mantova
Salernitana	2 - 0	Mantova
Cremonese	4 - 2	Mantova
Brescia	1 - 2	Mantova
Pisa	3 - 1	Mantova
Frosinone	2 - 1	Mantova
Palermo	2 - 2	Mantova
Modena	3 - 1	Mantova
Cittadella	1 - 2	Mantova
Cosenza	2 - 2	Mantova
Spezia	1 - 1	Mantova
Sudtirol	2 - 2	Mantova
Catanzaro	2 - 2	Mantova
Sassuolo	1 - 0	Mantova

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Mantova	0 - 1	Reggiana
A	Mantova	0 - 3	Venezia
H	Mantova	4 - 1	Spezia
H	Mantova	1 - 0	Padova
A	Mantova	1 - 0	Sampdoria
H	Mantova	1 - 3	Catanzaro
A	Mantova	0 - 1	Bari 1908
H	Mantova	1 - 1	Sudtirol
A	Mantova	0 - 0	Avellino
A	Mantova	1 - 2	Juve Stabia
H	Mantova	1 - 5	Frosinone
H	Mantova	1 - 3	Modena
A	Mantova	0 - 1	V.Entella
H	Mantova	2 - 1	Pescara
A	Mantova	0 - 1	Monza
H	Mantova	0 - 0	Catanzaro
H	Mantova	2 - 1	Carrarese
A	Mantova	0 - 2	Salernitana
H	Mantova	3 - 0	Cesena
A	Mantova	2 - 4	Cremonese

Goal Statistics

	Cesena 3rd	Mantova 18th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	0.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 24% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Cesena will score 1 or more goals	0 50% 1 35% 2 12% 3 4+ There is a 85% probability of Mantova scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-19 Cesena have scored 19% fewer goals at home than predicted	-4 Mantova’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Serie B - 2025/2026 season

38%

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CES

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Games scored	12		9
Failed to score	2		5
Scored first	10		4
Goals scored	20		13
Avg. goals scored	1.3		0.9
Avg. shots per game	8		10
Avg. shots per goal	6		12
Conversion rate for	17		8
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		+38%

21%

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CES

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Games conceded	11		11
Clean sheets	3		3
Conceded first	4		9
Goals conceded	14		22
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate against	13%		15%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		+21%

Cesena v Mantova Serie B lLine ups will show here when available.

Cesena Serie B squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	5	5	4
J Klinsmann	C. Shpendi	T. Berti	M Mangraviti

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Klinsmann GLK	15		1	1 -
A. Ciofi DEF	15		1	-
G Zaro DEF	15	1		1 -
T. Berti MID	15	1	5	3 -
J. Miller Blesa FWD	15	4		1 -
C. Shpendi FWD	15	5	2	1 -
M Mangraviti DEF	14	1		4 -
E Adamo MID	14	1		4 -
M. Francesconi MID	14			3 -
R Ciervo FWD	14	4	1	3 -
M Castagnetti MID	13	1	1	4 -
S Bastoni MID	13		1	1
G Frabotta DEF	12	2	1	2 -
S. Balde FWD	12		1	-
M Olivieri FWD	10			1 -
R Celia DEF	7			-
D Bisoli MID	7	1		1 -
M. Guidi DEF	6			-
V. Magni DEF	3			-
M Piacentini DEF	3			-
T Arrigoni MID	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	15	5	5
C. Shpendi	C. Shpendi	T. Berti	T. Berti

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C. Shpendi FWD	5	15	2	2
J. Miller Blesa FWD	4	6		4
R Ciervo FWD	4	7	1	5
G Frabotta DEF	2	2	1	2
G Zaro DEF	1	2
T. Berti MID	1	4	5	5
M Mangraviti DEF	1	2
E Adamo MID	1	1		2
M Castagnetti MID	1	3	1	1
D Bisoli MID	1	2
J Klinsmann GLK			1	1
A. Ciofi DEF		2	1	2
M. Francesconi MID				1
S Bastoni MID		1	1	2
S. Balde FWD		3	1	2
M Olivieri FWD		1
R Celia DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
748	32	89
G Zaro	G Zaro	G Zaro

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
G Zaro DEF	748	32	89
A. Ciofi DEF	732	20	56
M Mangraviti DEF	689	22	64
M Castagnetti MID	654	29	63
T. Berti MID	611	11	40
R Ciervo FWD	409	13	35
J Klinsmann GLK	396		7
G Frabotta DEF	352	11	46
M. Francesconi MID	325	19	37
J. Miller Blesa FWD	306	10	52
S Bastoni MID	270	8	28
E Adamo MID	234	7	29
C. Shpendi FWD	192	3	55
D Bisoli MID	142	8	25
S. Balde FWD	90	4	15
M Olivieri FWD	52	1	15
M Piacentini DEF	46
R Celia DEF	45	5	15
M. Guidi DEF	36	4	8
V. Magni DEF	22	6	8
T Arrigoni MID	6

Mantova Serie B squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	4	2	6
M Festa	L Mancuso	S Trimboli	N. Radaelli

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Festa GLK	15			-
S Trimboli MID	15		2	4 -
S Cella DEF	13	1		2 -
T Maggioni DEF	13			-
A. Castellini DEF	13			1 -
L Mancuso FWD	13	4		1 -
N. Radaelli DEF	12		1	5 1
D Wieser MID	12			1 -
D Mensah FWD	12			1 -
C Bani DEF	11			5 -
F Artioli MID	11		1	1 -
F Paoletti MID	11			3 -
N Bonfanti FWD	11			1 -
M. Caprini FWD	10			2 -
D Bragantini FWD	9		1	1 -
F Galuppini MID	8			1 -
F. Ruocco MID	8	4		1 -
C Falletti MID	8		1	-
T. Marras FWD	8	2		-
V Mantovani DEF	7			1 -
Z Majer MID	7			1 -
A. Fiori FWD	7	2		1 -
G. Fedel MID	3			-
S Mullen DEF	1			-
T. Pittino DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	10	2	2
L Mancuso	L Mancuso	S Trimboli	S Trimboli

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Mancuso FWD	4	10
F. Ruocco MID	4	4		1
T. Marras FWD	2	4
A. Fiori FWD	2	7
S Cella DEF	1	3		1
S Trimboli MID		5	2	2
T Maggioni DEF				1
A. Castellini DEF		6
N. Radaelli DEF		7	1	2
D Wieser MID				1
D Mensah FWD		1
C Bani DEF				1
F Artioli MID		4	1	2
F Paoletti MID		6		1
N Bonfanti FWD		9		2
M. Caprini FWD		4		1
D Bragantini FWD		3	1	1
F Galuppini MID		6		1
C Falletti MID		1	1	1
V Mantovani DEF		1		2
Z Majer MID		1
G. Fedel MID		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1029	25	82
S Cella	A. Castellini	S Trimboli

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S Cella DEF	1029	12	56
A. Castellini DEF	895	25	63
C Bani DEF	753	12	36
S Trimboli MID	742	17	82
F Artioli MID	622	9	53
N. Radaelli DEF	506	20	44
M Festa GLK	455		5
V Mantovani DEF	329	3	20
T Maggioni DEF	325	11	28
D Wieser MID	302	4	19
F. Ruocco MID	250	9	33
D Bragantini FWD	237	7	34
F Paoletti MID	208	2	15
Z Majer MID	194	8	13
F Galuppini MID	188	5	27
C Falletti MID	139	3	12
L Mancuso FWD	138	3	27
M. Caprini FWD	121	6	39
N Bonfanti FWD	112	4	31
G. Fedel MID	103	3	9
A. Fiori FWD	96	3	15
T. Marras FWD	87	5	15
D Mensah FWD	71	4	29
S Mullen DEF	36	1	2
T. Pittino DEF	8	2	3