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Mantova and Palermo produced the same expected goals. It finished 0-2, and the reason is two shots
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Mantova and Palermo produced the same expected goals. It finished 0-2, and the reason is two shots

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1.98 against 1.98: at the Martelli the two sides built exactly the same amount of danger. Then Ruocco shot wide from 0.845 in front of an open goal and twenty minutes later Segre scored from 0.866. Take those two away and you are left with 1.13 against 1.11. Inside it is Inzaghi's plan, which seven days after Empoli did the exact opposite.
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