National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Piacenza or Mantova that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Serie C: Girone A game only four days ago.
Piacenza form and stats
Piacenza have reached this Coppa Italia Serie C stage through battling and winning against Reggiana. Last season their Coppa Italia Serie C adventure ended in the quarter-finals.A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Piacenza, who played 0-0 against Trento Calcio 1921. That match was also played at this venue (Stadio Comunale).
Before that, Piacenza had a Coppa Italia Serie C home game versus Reggiana which ended with a victory 1-0.It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Piacenza, who have participated in two training matches. Piacenza have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 2 games.
Mantova form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Pontedera in order to reach 2nd round of Coppa Italia Serie C.Mantova are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.
There were no winners in Mantova's previous match, a Serie C: Girone A home game that ended 1-1 vs Giana Erminio.
Before that, Mantova travelled to Legnago Salus and returned home with a draw after the Serie C: Girone A game finished 1-1.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Serie C: Girone A trip to FeralpiSalo.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Mantova have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former ten meetings involving these two teams are: zero wins for Piacenza, four draws and six wins for Mantova. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Milillo 1 goals | C. de Cenco 1 goals |
Piacenza missing players
Mantova missing players
| Piacenza | Mantova | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Scored | S | 18 | 25 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 44% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8.4 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 7.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | ||