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Palermo 5-2 Mantova · Coppa Italia

Palermo beat Mantova 5-2 in the Coppa Italia. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Palermo and Mantova met in the Coppa Italia at Renzo Barbera in Palermo on Thursday, 3 September 2026.

Goalscorers

Palermo: G. Strefezza 9'; A. Palumbo 45'; J. Pohjanpalo 70', 90'; D. Johnsen 89'. Mantova: F. Ruocco 52'; R. Kouda 55'.

How the match went

Mantova saw more of the ball, 56% of it. Palermo had 13 shots with 9 on target, Mantova 13 with 8 on target. There were 5 corners in total, 3 to Palermo and 2 to Mantova. Palermo conceded 9 fouls, Mantova 14. The referee showed 3 yellow cards (1 for Palermo, 2 for Mantova).

Line-ups

Palermo started in a 4-1-4-1: Mattia Fortin, Tommaso Cassandro, Giangiacomo Magnani, Federico Barba, Andrea Bozzolan, Nahuel Estévez, Gabriel Strefezza, Antonio Palumbo, Claudio Gomes, Dominic Vavassori, Alessandro Gabrielloni.

Mantova started in a 3-4-2-1: Francesco Bardi, Tommaso Del Lungo, Stefano Cella, Alessio Castellini, Ismael Cajazzo, Simone Trimboli, Lorenzo Ignacchiti, Fahem Benaissa-Yahia, Federico Chinetti, Rareș Ilie, Ettore Gliozzi.

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Minute by minute

  1. 9'Goal! Palermo 1-0 Mantova. G. Strefezza (Palermo) scores, assisted by C. Gomes.
  2. 45+2'VAR check complete: the goal for Mantova stands.
  3. 45+6'Goal! Palermo 2-0 Mantova. A. Palumbo (Palermo) converts the penalty.
  4. 45'Half-time. Palermo 2-0 Mantova.
  5. 52'Goal! Palermo 2-1 Mantova. F. Ruocco (Mantova) scores.
  6. 55'Goal! Palermo 2-2 Mantova. R. Kouda (Mantova) scores, assisted by R. Ilie.
  7. 70'Goal! Palermo 3-2 Mantova. J. Pohjanpalo (Palermo) scores, assisted by D. Johnsen.
  8. 89'Goal! Palermo 4-2 Mantova. D. Johnsen (Palermo) scores, assisted by J. Segre.
  9. 90+5'Goal! Palermo 5-2 Mantova. J. Pohjanpalo (Palermo) scores, assisted by D. Vavassori.
  10. 90'Full-time. Palermo 5-2 Mantova.
Full commentary (59 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Palermo vs Mantova.
  2. 7'Attempt missed. F. Chinetti (Mantova), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.10.
  3. 9'Goal! Palermo 1-0 Mantova. G. Strefezza (Palermo) scores, assisted by C. Gomes.
  4. 11'Attempt saved. D. Vavassori (Palermo), header. xG 0.04.
  5. 11'Corner, Palermo.
  6. 14'Substitution, Mantova: R. Kouda comes on for S. Trimboli.
  7. 21'Attempt saved. D. Vavassori (Palermo), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.13.
  8. 22'Attempt missed. A. Palumbo (Palermo), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.05.
  9. 24'Offside, Mantova.
  10. 28'Corner, Palermo.
  11. 28'Attempt blocked. G. Strefezza (Palermo), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.05.
  12. 32'Attempt saved. T. D. Lungo (Mantova), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  13. 33'Offside, Mantova.
  14. 36'Attempt missed. T. D. Lungo (Mantova), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  15. 39'Offside, Mantova.
  16. 40'Corner, Mantova.
  17. 40'Attempt saved. L. Ignacchiti (Mantova), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  18. 43'Yellow card for R. Ilie (Mantova) for argument.
  19. 43'Attempt missed. E. Gliozzi (Mantova), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  20. 44'Attempt saved. N. Estévez (Palermo), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  21. 45'4 minutes of added time.
  22. 45+2'Offside, Mantova.
  23. 45+2'VAR check complete: the goal for Mantova stands.
  24. 45+3'Offside, Palermo.
  25. 45+6'Goal! Palermo 2-0 Mantova. A. Palumbo (Palermo) converts the penalty.
  26. 45'Half-time. Palermo 2-0 Mantova.
  27. 46'The second half is under way.
  28. 46'Substitution, Mantova: J. Silva comes on for F. Chinetti.
  29. 46'Substitution, Palermo: D. Johnsen comes on for G. Strefezza.
  30. 46'Substitution, Mantova: F. Ruocco comes on for I. Cajazzo.
  31. 46'Attempt missed. E. Gliozzi (Mantova), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  32. 50'Attempt saved. C. Gomes (Palermo), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  33. 52'Goal! Palermo 2-1 Mantova. F. Ruocco (Mantova) scores.
  34. 55'Goal! Palermo 2-2 Mantova. R. Kouda (Mantova) scores, assisted by R. Ilie.
  35. 57'Attempt saved. E. Gliozzi (Mantova), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  36. 59'Yellow card for A. Gabrielloni (Palermo) for handball.
  37. 60'Substitution, Mantova: V. Vlahović comes on for E. Gliozzi.
  38. 60'Offside, Palermo.
  39. 61'Substitution, Palermo: P. Peda comes on for G. Magnani.
  40. 61'Substitution, Palermo: Hernani comes on for A. Palumbo.
  41. 61'Substitution, Palermo: J. Pohjanpalo comes on for A. Gabrielloni.
  42. 62'Yellow card for F. Ruocco (Mantova) for foul.
  43. 67'Corner, Palermo.
  44. 67'Off the woodwork! Hernani (Palermo), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.01.
  45. 68'Attempt missed. Hernani (Palermo), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  46. 70'Goal! Palermo 3-2 Mantova. J. Pohjanpalo (Palermo) scores, assisted by D. Johnsen.
  47. 73'Substitution, Palermo: J. Segre comes on for C. Gomes.
  48. 77'Substitution, Mantova: B. Tomašević comes on for T. D. Lungo.
  49. 78'Attempt saved. B. Tomašević (Mantova), header from a set piece. xG 0.03.
  50. 80'Offside, Mantova.
  51. 81'Offside, Mantova.
  52. 86'Attempt missed. R. Ilie (Mantova), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  53. 89'Goal! Palermo 4-2 Mantova. D. Johnsen (Palermo) scores, assisted by J. Segre.
  54. 90'6 minutes of added time.
  55. 90+1'Corner, Mantova.
  56. 90+1'Attempt saved. S. Cella (Mantova), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.16.
  57. 90+1'Attempt saved. A. Castellini (Mantova), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.01.
  58. 90+5'Goal! Palermo 5-2 Mantova. J. Pohjanpalo (Palermo) scores, assisted by D. Vavassori.
  59. 90'Full-time. Palermo 5-2 Mantova.
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