17th October MANTOVA - PALERMO

Prices are indicative and sourced from a range of bookmakers, and may differ from those of any individual bookmaker.

Open an account with Bet365

• The market leans one way without any real conviction. Palermo is the shortest price on a book of 3.25 / 3.30 / 2.10 (1 / X / 2), an implied 43.8%. Across the three outcomes the book reads 28.3% / 27.9% / 43.8% on an overround of 8.7%.

• The draw is unusually well backed at 3.30 (27.9%), which normally points to a cagey, low-scoring game rather than an open one.

• In the league table Mantova sit 2nd on 14 points (4W 2D 0L) with Palermo 1st on 16 points (5W 1D 0L).

• Mantova read W-D-W-D-W-W across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (4W 2D 0L) — a strong recent run.

• Palermo read W-W-D-W-W-W across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (5W 1D 0L) — about as good as form gets.

• Head to head the record reads 0-5-1 — Mantova wins, draws, then Palermo wins. Their last meeting finished Palermo - Mantova: 2-1.

• Mantova lean hardest on Rares Ilie (9.5), Bodin Tomasevic (9.5), Francesco Ruocco (8.7) on our Player Index — how much of the side's football each man accounts for, out of 10. It measures involvement and cover, not performance.

• Palermo lean hardest on Jacopo Segre (9.5), Tommaso Augello (9.3), Filippo Ranocchia (9.3) on our Player Index — how much of the side's football each man accounts for, out of 10. It measures involvement and cover, not performance.

• The read: Palermo at 2.10 is the side the market is with, and nothing in the data above argues against it.

• This analysis is generated automatically from BTFNews odds, market and statistical data at 08:50 on 16th October 2026. It is information, not advice — always check team news before the off.