Mantova vs Sampdoria — Serie B result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 13 September 2026

Serie B·Sunday, 13 September 2026

2 – 0

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 30.9 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Mantova

42%

pick · result

Draw

31%

Sampdoria

27%

Final score

2–0

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Mantova win 42.3% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Mantova win. Expected goals 1.46–1.17 against 2–0 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals48%2 scored
Both teams score56%no
Mantova clean sheet31%yes
Sampdoria clean sheet23%no
Mantova score 2+43%yes
Sampdoria score 2+32%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.2021
1X2 Brier score0.5007
Probability on the result42.3%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (14.8%), 1–0 (9.6%), 2–1 (9.4%). It finished 2–0.

Want the model's read each week? Subscribe for free.

Recent form

Mantova

22 AugAvs Carrarese2–1W
30 AugHvs Empoli3–1W
6 SeptAvs Cesena1–1D
13 SeptHvs Sampdoria2–0W
20 SeptHvs Pisa2–2D

Sampdoria

23 AugAvs Cesena1–1D
29 AugHvs Juve Stabia1–2L
7 SeptAvs Palermo1–3L
13 SeptAvs Mantova0–2L
19 SeptHvs Catanzaro2–1W

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatMantova
(Home · 5 matches)
Sampdoria
(Away · 6 matches)
BTTS rate40.0%66.7%
Over 2.5 rate40.0%33.3%
Clean sheet20.0%0.0%
Avg goals2.802.83

Home stats use Mantova's home record; away stats use Sampdoria's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.