In the Serie B game on 13 September 2026, Mantova beat Sampdoria 2:0. Match numbers: shots on target 5:2, fouls 13:9.
Match report
Mantova beat Sampdoria 2-0 at Stadio Danilo Martelli on Saturday in the fourth round of Serie B. The hosts stayed top of the table after a result that extended their unbeaten start to five matches. Sampdoria remain bottom after four games without victory.
Francesco Ruocco opened the scoring in the fifty-eighth minute, finishing from a close-range opportunity. Tobias Lauritsen missed a penalty for Sampdoria shortly after, the shot flying wide of the left post. Jean-Pierre Longonda Itamba Mboyo doubled the lead in the sixty-sixth minute, keeping the visitors from mounting any real response.
Mantova made three substitutions around the seventy-second minute, bringing on Rares Ilie and Liam Henderson alongside a fresh pair of legs. Sampdoria responded with four changes, including Tjas Begic and Ettore Gliozzi coming on early in the second half. Yellow cards went to Fahem Benaissa Yahia, Lorenzo Insigne, Francesco Modesto and Liam Henderson.
Mantova controlled the middle of the park with 52 per cent possession, though Sampdoria attempted more crosses from wide areas. The hosts registered five shots on target to Sampdoria's two, and their accuracy rate of 50 per cent told the story of efficiency. Sampdoria wasted chances, with nine shots off target and an accuracy of just 15 per cent.
By then the result was clear. Mantova move to ten points from four games, two ahead of second place. Sampdoria sit on one point at the foot of the table, three defeats in four outings. The gap between the two sides is widening, and the visitors have work to do.
