National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Mantova or Renate that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Mantova form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Coppa Italia Serie C for Mantova, as the manager Corrent led his troops to eliminate Trento Calcio 1921 and Renate, and reach the 2nd Round. Mantova participated in Coppa Italia Serie C the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The home club members saw a 2-2 draw versus Renate in the Coppa Italia Serie C last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
Prior to that, an away loss at Triestina in the Serie C: Girone A.Mantova have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 0 victories, 3 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Mantova have scored {6 goals} and conceded 9 times.
Renate form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Pro Sesto and Mantova in order to reach 2nd round of Coppa Italia Serie C. Renate was sent out of Coppa Italia Serie C in the 1st round last season.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Mantova in their previous outing. The Coppa Italia Serie C battle ended 2-2.
Preceding that game was the away Serie C: Girone A victory against FeralpiSalò with the score of 4-1.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Renate have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Renate have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (1-3-0) when facing Mantova.These competitors have met previously this season: Mantova - Renate 1-1. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last nine encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. De Francesco 3 goals | D. Mensah 3 goals |  D. Sorrentino 3 goals |
Mantova missing players
Renate missing players
| Mantova | Renate | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Scored | S | 20 | 36 | ||
| 43 | 12 | Conceded | C | 22 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 84% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 72% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 72% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 12% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 43% | ||
| 10.1 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
