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.
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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