Mantova 3-0 Cesena: result and report
Serie B · Tuesday 17 March 2026
Result
Mantova 3-0 Cesena
Serie B · Tuesday 17 March 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Mantova 3-0 Cesena: match report
Mantova beat Cesena 3-0 in Serie B on Tuesday 17 March 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Mantova's goals came from an own goal by Giovanni Zaro (6'), Andrea Meroni (57') and Leonardo Mancuso (90+3'). Cesena did not score.
Discipline: Mantova received 1 yellow card; Cesena received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Mantova were 15th on 31 points from 30 and Cesena 8th on 40 points from 30. Mantova went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Cesena 10th with 46.
Mantova lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Cesena in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alessio Castellini of Mantova (7.8), ahead of Andrea Meroni (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Mantova win, 0 draws and 2 for Cesena.
Going into the match Mantova's last five read D-W-L-D-W and Cesena's D-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 6'Own goal · Giovanni Zaro
- 49'Yellow card · Matteo Guidi
- 53'Yellow card · Andrea Ciofi
- 55'Yellow card · Matteo Piacentini
- 57'Goal · Andrea Meroni
- 62'Yellow card · Simone Trimboli
- 90+3'Goal · Leonardo Mancuso
Head-to-head
Team news
Mantova line-up (3-4-2-1)
Francesco Bardi, Andrea Meroni, Stefano Cella, Alessio Castellini, Ali Dembélé, Simone Trimboli, Rachid Kouda, Fahem Benaïssa, Tommaso Marras, Nicolò Buso, Davis Mensah
Cesena line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jonathan Klinsmann, Andrea Ciofi, Giovanni Zaro, Matteo Piacentini, Matteo Guidi, Matteo Francesconi, Tommaso Corazza, Riccardo Ciervo, Tommaso Berti, Cristian Shpendi, Giacomo Vrioni