Ninety
Palermo
Coppa Italia
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5 - 2
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Mantova
Palermo vs Mantova: match report
Palermo hosted Mantova at Stadio Renzo Barbera on Thursday 3 September 2026, in the Coppa Italia. Palermo are without 1 player (Jesse Joronen); Mantova are missing 1 (Nicolò Radaelli). Davide Di Marco is the referee, averaging 4.0 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.7.
Result and scorers
Palermo 5-2 Mantova. Goals: Gabriel Strefezza 9' for Palermo; Antonio Palumbo 45'+6' (pen) for Palermo; Francesco Ruocco 52' for Mantova; Rachid Kouda 55' for Mantova; Joel Pohjanpalo 70' for Palermo; Dennis Johnsen 89' for Palermo; Joel Pohjanpalo 90'+5' for Palermo.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 9' Goal: Gabriel Strefezza (Palermo) 1-0
- 44' Yellow card: Rares Ilie (Mantova)
- 45'+6' Penalty: Antonio Palumbo (Palermo) 2-0
- 52' Goal: Francesco Ruocco (Mantova) 2-1
- 55' Goal: Rachid Kouda (Mantova) 2-2
- 59' Yellow card: Alessandro Gabrielloni (Palermo)
- 62' Yellow card: Francesco Ruocco (Mantova)
- 70' Goal: Joel Pohjanpalo (Palermo) 3-2
- 89' Goal: Dennis Johnsen (Palermo) 4-2
- 90'+5' Goal: Joel Pohjanpalo (Palermo) 5-2
Match stats (contains the result)
| 43.3% | Possession | 56.7% |
| 13 | Shots | 13 |
| 9 | Shots on target | 8 |
| 3 | Corners | 2 |
| 9 | Fouls | 14 |
| 2 | Offsides | 6 |
| 6 | Saves | 4 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Palermo 4-2-3-1
Coach: Filippo Inzaghi
- 14 Mattia Fortin GK
- 84 Tommaso Cassandro DEF
- 96 Giangiacomo Magnani DEF
- 93 Federico Barba DEF
- 33 Andrea Bozzolan MID
- 6 Claudio Gomes MID
- 24 Nahuel Estévez MID
- 7 Gabriel Strefezza FWD
- 5 Antonio Palumbo MID
- 9 Dominic Vavassori FWD
- 99 Alessandro Gabrielloni FWD
Bench
- 17 Dennis Tørset Johnsen MID
- 29 Patryk Peda DEF
- 23 Hernani MID
- 20 Joel Pohjanpalo FWD
- 8 Jacopo Segre MID
- 12 Manfredi Nespola GK
- 1 Mattia Perin GK
- 13 Mattia Bani DEF
- 32 Pietro Ceccaroni DEF
- 10 Filippo Ranocchia MID
- 27 Niccolò Pierozzi MID
- 3 Tommaso Augello MID
Mantova 3-4-2-1
Coach: Francesco Modesto
- 22 Francesco Bardi GK
- 58 Tommaso Del Lungo DEF
- 29 Stefano Cella DEF
- 27 Alessio Castellini DEF
- 11 Ismale Cajazzo FWD
- 21 Simone Trimboli MID
- 25 Lorenzo Ignacchiti MID
- 50 Fahem Benaïssa-Yahia MID
- 71 Federico Chinetti FWD
- 8 Rares Ilie MID
- 9 Ettore Gliozzi FWD
Bench
- 80 Rachid Kouda MID
- 19 Francesco Ruocco MID
- 41 Jonathan Silva MID
- 99 Vanja Vlahovic FWD
- 5 Bodin Tomasevic DEF
- 1 Luca Gemello GK
- 12 Manuel Gasparini GK
- 33 Cristian Marai DEF
- 75 Eman Kospo DEF
- 10 David Wieser MID
- 20 Flavio Paoletti MID
- 6 Jean-Pierre Longonda MID
- 18 Sambaly Keita MID
Injuries and suspensions
Palermo
- Jesse Joronen injury, back Late September 2026
Mantova
- Nicolò Radaelli injury, back Day to day
Previous meetings
- Wednesday 4 March 2026: Palermo 2-1 Mantova
- Sunday 11 January 2026: Mantova 1-1 Palermo
- Sunday 16 February 2025: Palermo 2-2 Mantova
- Wednesday 30 October 2024: Mantova 0-0 Palermo