National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Mantova or Trento Calcio 1921 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
Mantova was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Coppa Italia Serie C.Mantova's previous fixture was a Coppa Italia Serie C game also played at their own stadium, finishing 1-0 against Trento Calcio 1921. The home team are looking to continue in that form.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Pro Sesto that ended 0-0.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Mantova friendly games in pre-season: Mantova played four friendlies, won 0, drew 3 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Mantova scored 6 goals and conceded 9 in these four games.
Trento Calcio 1921 form and stats
Last season their Coppa Italia Serie C adventure ended in the round of 16.Two away matches in a row for Trento Calcio 1921, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs Mantova in the Coppa Italia Serie C.
Ahead of that match was the Serie C: Girone A away draw versus Union ArzignanoChiampo that ended 1-1.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Trento Calcio 1921 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
Mantova have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Trento Calcio 1921.Mantova - Trento Calcio 1921 1-0 was the product when this pair of participants last met, some time ago this season. The games between these clubs have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 3 red cards from the last four duels.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Mensah 2 goals | M. Gerbaudo 1 goals | A. De Francesco 1 goals |
Mantova missing players
Trento Calcio 1921 missing players
| Mantova | Trento Calcio 1921 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 10 | 27 | ||
| 43 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.6 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 30% | ||
| 9.8 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||
