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

Sat 14th Mar, 14:00 BST, Carlo Castellani, Empoli

Mantova, led by manager Davide Possanzini, visit Alessio Dionisi and his Empoli side at the Carlo Castellani on Saturday afternoon in the Serie B. All the odds are provided straight from the UK's leading bookmakers, while predictions are calculated from stats over a 20-game period. Particular attention is given to Serie B match data, including head-to-head records. Explore it all using the tabs below.

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means that there will be a maximum of 3 goals scored by Empoli and Mantova combined during 90 minutes. Up to date form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to our prediction, and we think there's a 78% chance of it being a winning tip. The top price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.30.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Empoli are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 47% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.95.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Empoli 47%	1.90	1.95
Draw 27%	3.50	3.25
Mantova 26%	3.80	3.30
Empoli 1-0 13%	7.50	7.00
Draw 1-1 13%	6.50	6.50
Empoli 2-0 9%	9.50	9.00
Empoli 2-1 9%	9.00	8.00
Draw 0-0 9%	10.00	9.00
Mantova 1-0 9%	11.00	9.50
Mantova 2-1 6%	13.00	11.00
Draw 2-2 4%	13.00	12.00
Empoli 3-0 4%	17.00	15.00
Mantova 2-0 4%	19.00	15.00
Empoli 3-1 4%	17.00	13.00
Empoli 3-2 2%	26.00	19.00
Mantova 3-1 2%	29.00	19.00
Empoli 4-0 2%	41.00	26.00
Empoli 4-1 2%	34.00	23.00
Over 2.5 Goals 43%	1.95	1.83
Under 2.5 Goals 57%	1.85	1.80
Home 1st Goal 52%	1.73	1.73
Away 1st Goal 42%	2.30	2.38
No 1st Goal 5%	10.00	9.00
BTTS - Yes 48%	1.75	1.75
BTTS - No 52%	2.00	1.95
BTTS - Home Win 19%	4.00	4.00
BTTS - Draw 18%	4.33	4.40
BTTS - Away Win 11%	7.00	6.00
Home/draw 74%	1.25	1.29
Away/draw 53%	1.80	1.75
Home/away 73%	1.29	1.30
Over 1.5 Goals 69%	1.29	1.25
Under 1.5 Goals 31%	3.50	3.25
Over 3.5 Goals 22%	3.40	3.00
Under 3.5 Goals 78%	1.30	1.30
Over 4.5 Goals 10%	6.50	5.50
Under 4.5 Goals 90%	1.11	1.10
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	15.00	10.00
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1.03	1.02
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1.06	1.04
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	10.00	8.50
Home DNB 66%	1.44	1.48
Away DNB 45%	2.63	2.50
Empoli win to nil 29%	3.50	-
Mantova win to nil 15%	6.50	-
Empoli / Empoli 26%	3.20	3.10
Empoli / Mantova 3%	34.00	26.00
Empoli / Draw 6%	13.00	12.00
Draw / Empoli 16%	5.00	5.25
Draw / Mantova 10%	8.00	7.50
Draw / Draw 15%	5.50	5.00
Mantova / Empoli 4%	23.00	19.00
Mantova / Mantova 14%	6.00	5.25
Mantova / Draw 6%	15.00	12.00

Win / draw / win Serie B table

Empoli have played 29 matches so far this season and lay in 13th place in the Serie B league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 2, drawn 3 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 2 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Empoli have outscored their opponents by 36 goals to 30 goals.

Home League Performance

Empoli have played 15 games at home winning 3, drawing 9 and losing 3 games. They have scored 20 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Mantova are in 16th position in the Serie B on 30 points having played 29 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 19 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 9 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

22 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 5 and won 5. Mantova have conceded 36 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 5 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	Empoli Mantova
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Venezia	29	19	6	4	35	63	d 1-1A	Apr 25	l 2-5A	l 3-0A
2	Monza	29	18	6	5	21	60	d 1-1A	May 8	May 1	l 1-0A
3	Frosinone	29	16	10	3	27	58	d 1-1A	d 2-2F	l 1-5A	May 8
4	Palermo	29	16	9	4	27	57	l 1-3A	l 3-2F	d 1-1A	l 2-1A
5	Catanzaro	29	13	10	6	11	49	w 1-0F	l 3-2F	l 1-3F	l 2-0A
6	Modena	29	12	8	9	13	44	d 0-00-0	l 2-1F	l 1-3A	Mar 21
7	Juve Stabia	29	9	13	7	-2	40	l 1-2F	l 2-0A	w 2-0F	l 2-1A
8	Cesena	29	11	6	12	-5	39	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	Mar 17	l 3-2F
9	Sudtirol	29	8	13	8	2	37	l 0-1A	w 1-2A	d 1-1A	Apr 25
10	Padova	29	8	10	11	-6	34	w 3-1F	Apr 12	w 1-0F	w 1-2F
11	Avellino	29	8	9	12	-15	33	May 1	w 0-3F	Apr 18	d 0-00-0
12	Carrarese	29	7	11	11	-6	32	d 2-2A	l 3-0A	d 1-1F	d 0-00-0
13	Empoli	29	7	10	12	-6	31	-	-	l 0-1A	Mar 14
14	V.Entella	29	7	10	12	-13	31	Apr 19	l 1-0A	Apr 6	l 1-0A
15	Sampdoria	29	7	9	13	-11	30	d 1-1F	Apr 6	w 2-1A	w 0-1F
16	Mantova	29	8	6	15	-14	30	Mar 14	w 0-1F	-	-
17	Spezia	29	7	8	14	-10	29	d 1-1A	Mar 17	w 4-1A	Apr 12
18	Reggiana	29	7	8	14	-13	29	d 1-1A	l 3-1F	l 0-1A	l 1-0A
19	Bari 1908	29	6	10	13	-19	28	w 5-0F	l 2-1A	w 2-1F	l 1-0A
20	Pescara	29	5	10	14	-16	25	Mar 22	l 4-0A	w 2-1F	d 2-2F

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Win / draw / win form

Mantova have lost 3 consecutive away league games

Empoli have not won in 7 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Empoli	1 - 1	Cesena
Empoli	1 - 1	Reggiana
Empoli	1 - 2	Juve Stabia
Empoli	0 - 0	Modena
Empoli	0 - 1	Sudtirol
Empoli	1 - 1	Frosinone
Empoli	1 - 3	Palermo
Empoli	5 - 0	Bari 1908
Empoli	1 - 0	Catanzaro
Empoli	1 - 1	Sampdoria
Empoli	1 - 1	Venezia
Empoli	1 - 1	Monza
Empoli	2 - 2	Carrarese
Empoli	1 - 1	Spezia
Empoli	3 - 1	Padova
Empoli	1 - 2	Verona
Empoli	2 - 1	Parma
Empoli	0 - 1	Lazio
Empoli	2 - 2	Venezia
Empoli	0 - 0	Cagliari

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Empoli	2 - 3	Catanzaro
A	Empoli	1 - 2	Bari 1908
H	Empoli	1 - 1	Cesena
A	Empoli	2 - 2	Frosinone
H	Empoli	1 - 1	Reggiana
H	Empoli	1 - 2	Juve Stabia
A	Empoli	2 - 3	Palermo
H	Empoli	0 - 0	Modena
A	Empoli	0 - 3	Carrarese
H	Empoli	0 - 1	Sudtirol
A	Empoli	1 - 0	Cesena
H	Empoli	1 - 1	Frosinone
A	Empoli	1 - 0	Mantova
A	Empoli	0 - 2	Juve Stabia
H	Empoli	1 - 3	Palermo
H	Empoli	5 - 0	Bari 1908
A	Empoli	3 - 0	Avellino
H	Empoli	1 - 0	Catanzaro
A	Empoli	0 - 1	V.Entella
H	Empoli	1 - 1	Sampdoria

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Palermo	2 - 1	Mantova
Catanzaro	2 - 0	Mantova
Reggiana	1 - 0	Mantova
Pescara	2 - 2	Mantova
Padova	1 - 2	Mantova
Carrarese	0 - 0	Mantova
Cesena	3 - 2	Mantova
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Mantova	2 - 0	Juve Stabia
A	Mantova	1 - 2	Palermo
H	Mantova	1 - 1	Carrarese
H	Mantova	2 - 1	Sampdoria
A	Mantova	0 - 2	Catanzaro
A	Mantova	0 - 1	Reggiana
H	Mantova	2 - 1	Bari 1908
A	Mantova	2 - 2	Pescara
H	Mantova	2 - 5	Venezia
A	Mantova	2 - 1	Padova
H	Mantova	1 - 1	Palermo
A	Mantova	0 - 0	Carrarese
H	Mantova	0 - 1	Empoli
A	Mantova	2 - 3	Cesena
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

Goal Statistics

	Empoli 13th	Mantova 16th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 24% 1 34% 2 24% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Empoli will score 1 or more goals	0 37% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 74% probability of Mantova scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-1 Empoli’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-16 Mantova have scored 16% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Serie B - 2025/2026 season

21%

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EMP

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Games scored	23		19
Failed to score	6		10
Scored first	13		10
Goals scored	36		30
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1
Avg. shots per game	9		10
Avg. shots per goal	7		10
Conversion rate for	14		10
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		+21%

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EMP

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Games conceded	23		24
Clean sheets	6		5
Conceded first	15		17
Goals conceded	42		44
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	16%		15%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		+4%

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

Empoli Serie B squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
29	10	7	7
A Fulignati	S. Shpendi	S Elia	S Elia

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Fulignati GLK	29			3 -
N. Obaretin DEF	27		1	4 1
G Guarino DEF	26	3		5 1
S Elia MID	26	2	7	6 1
S. Shpendi FWD	26	10	1	3 -
M Lovato DEF	24	1		2 1
R Ilie MID	24	1	4	3 -
G Yepes MID	23	1		7 -
J Ceesay MID	23	3		2 -
B. Moruzzi DEF	21		2	2 -
A Ghion MID	20		1	1 -
L. Ignacchiti MID	20		2	1 -
D Innocenti MID	19		2	3 -
M Nasti FWD	19	4		2 -
F Carboni DEF	17		1	1 -
B. Popov FWD	16	5		2 1
M Curto DEF	14		2	3 -
E. Saporiti MID	14	1		1 -
T Ebuehi DEF	13	1	1	-
P Pellegri FWD	12	3	2	2 -
N Haas MID	10			-
L Belardinelli MID	7			4 -
I. Konate FWD	5			-
F Bianchi FWD	3			-
L. Tosto DEF	1			-
G Indragoli DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	23	7	10
S. Shpendi	S. Shpendi	S Elia	S Elia

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S. Shpendi FWD	10	23	1	3
B. Popov FWD	5	6		1
M Nasti FWD	4	9		1
G Guarino DEF	3	7		1
J Ceesay MID	3	6		2
P Pellegri FWD	3	7	2
S Elia MID	2	10	7	10
M Lovato DEF	1	6
R Ilie MID	1	5	4	4
G Yepes MID	1	4		3
E. Saporiti MID	1	7		2
T Ebuehi DEF	1	2	1	1
N. Obaretin DEF		2	1
B. Moruzzi DEF		4	2	4
A Ghion MID		5	1	2
L. Ignacchiti MID		6	2	1
D Innocenti MID		2	2	2
F Carboni DEF			1	1
M Curto DEF			2	3
L Belardinelli MID		1
I. Konate FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1139	43	153
N. Obaretin	S Elia	G Guarino

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
N. Obaretin DEF	1139	42	118
A Fulignati GLK	1124		9
G Guarino DEF	1110	36	153
M Lovato DEF	1032	33	115
A Ghion MID	775	30	98
G Yepes MID	612	25	64
S Elia MID	505	43	129
M Curto DEF	408	28	62
L. Ignacchiti MID	403	20	65
B. Moruzzi DEF	392	31	80
D Innocenti MID	383	15	53
S. Shpendi FWD	311	21	103
R Ilie MID	291	24	70
F Carboni DEF	270	20	51
J Ceesay MID	246	12	57
M Nasti FWD	202	5	42
E. Saporiti MID	154	9	32
L Belardinelli MID	152		15
T Ebuehi DEF	126	6	18
N Haas MID	117	6	15
B. Popov FWD	95	4	40
P Pellegri FWD	63	2	17
G Indragoli DEF	38		6
I. Konate FWD	25		9
L. Tosto DEF	23	4	8
F Bianchi FWD	7	1	1

Mantova Serie B squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
28	7	4	10
S Trimboli	F. Ruocco	N. Radaelli	N. Radaelli

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Trimboli MID	28		3	8 -
A. Castellini DEF	27			4 -
L Mancuso FWD	26	6		1 -
D Mensah FWD	26	3	1	3 -
S Cella DEF	25	1		5 -
N. Radaelli DEF	22		4	9 1
T Maggioni DEF	21			-
D Wieser MID	21		1	3 -
T. Marras FWD	21	5		-
F Paoletti MID	20			4 -
F. Ruocco MID	19	7	1	4 -
M Festa GLK	18			-
C Bani DEF	17			7 -
D Bragantini FWD	17	4	1	1 -
F Artioli MID	13	1	1	2 -
C Falletti MID	13		1	1 -
M. Caprini FWD	13			2 -
N Bonfanti FWD	12			1 -
A. Fiori FWD	10	2		1 -
F Galuppini MID	8			1 -
V Mantovani DEF	7			1 -
Z Majer MID	7			1 -
G. Fedel MID	4			-
S Mullen DEF	2			-
T. Pittino DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	17	4	5
F. Ruocco	L Mancuso	N. Radaelli	S Trimboli

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
F. Ruocco MID	7	10	1	1
L Mancuso FWD	6	17
T. Marras FWD	5	15		2
D Bragantini FWD	4	7	1	3
D Mensah FWD	3	5	1	1
A. Fiori FWD	2	7
S Cella DEF	1	4		1
F Artioli MID	1	6	1	2
S Trimboli MID		10	3	5
A. Castellini DEF		8		3
N. Radaelli DEF		10	4	5
T Maggioni DEF		1		1
D Wieser MID		1	1	2
F Paoletti MID		7		2
C Bani DEF		1		1
C Falletti MID		1	1	2
M. Caprini FWD		4		1
N Bonfanti FWD		9		2
F Galuppini MID		6		1
V Mantovani DEF		1		2
Z Majer MID		1
G. Fedel MID		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1655	58	153
A. Castellini	A. Castellini	S Trimboli

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A. Castellini DEF	1655	58	146
S Cella DEF	1553	20	106
S Trimboli MID	1425	33	153
C Bani DEF	982	34	66
N. Radaelli DEF	715	36	76
F Artioli MID	699	10	59
T Maggioni DEF	557	14	46
D Wieser MID	555	17	41
M Festa GLK	523		5
F. Ruocco MID	493	13	72
F Paoletti MID	435	13	42
D Bragantini FWD	371	9	47
V Mantovani DEF	330	3	20
T. Marras FWD	289	13	45
C Falletti MID	270	6	23
L Mancuso FWD	251	7	59
D Mensah FWD	214	8	75
Z Majer MID	194	8	13
F Galuppini MID	188	5	27
M. Caprini FWD	165	11	50
A. Fiori FWD	162	5	23
N Bonfanti FWD	122	4	33
G. Fedel MID	106	4	11
S Mullen DEF	49	2	3
T. Pittino DEF	8	2	3