Empoli vs Mantova prediction and preview

Serie B · Saturday 30 January 2027, 00:00 UTC

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Empoli vs Mantova

Serie B · Saturday 30 January 2027, 00:00 UTC · Stadio Carlo Castellani, Empoli

Empoli · Mantova · Serie B predictions

Empoli vs Mantova preview

Empoli host Mantova in Serie B on Saturday 30 January 2027, kick-off 00:00 UTC at Stadio Carlo Castellani in Empoli. Empoli go into the round 18th, on 8 points from 10 games, while Mantova sit 4th on 18 points after 10 matches.

Empoli have collected 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their last 5 league games; Mantova have 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats over the same stretch. Over their last 6, Empoli have scored 1.2 and conceded 2.2 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 5. Mantova average 1.2 scored and 1.3 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.

The sides have met 3 times in the records we hold: Empoli won 1, 1 game was drawn and Mantova won 1. Those games averaged 3.0 goals, 2 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 2. The most recent meeting, on 30 Aug 2026, ended Mantova 3-1 Empoli.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
4Mantova105321511+418WLWLD
18Empoli102261017-78LDLLD

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Head-to-head

3 meetings: Empoli 1, draws 1, Mantova 1.

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Empoli expected line-up (3-5-2)

Jacopo Seghetti, Cristian Căuz, Marco Curto, Edoardo Saporiti, Niccolò Corrado, Karim Zedadka, Luca Magnino, Filippo Bandinelli, Bogdan Popov, Joseph Ceesay

Mantova expected line-up (3-4-2-1)

Francesco Bardi, Stefano Cella, Alessio Castellini, Bodin Tomasevic, Fahem Benaïssa, Simone Trimboli, Francesco Ruocco, Rareș Ilie

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