FIRENZE. Fiorentina and Monza draw 1-1. A. Cabral scored the first goal (19′) for Fiorentina. C. Augusto settled the score (61′).

The match was played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi stadium in Firenze on Wednesday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Ermanno Feliciani who was helped by Matteo Passeri and Alessandro Costanzo. The 4th official was Luca Pairetto. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.6 degrees Celsius or 51.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Fiorentina was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Monza that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Fiorentina to win the match​.

Fiorentina shot 22 times, 6 on target, 16 off target. On the other side, Monza shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Fiorentina received 1 yellow card (Igor). Talking about the opposition, Monza received 3 yellow cards (Samuele Birindelli, José Machín and Andrea Petagna ).

Standings

After this match, Fiorentina will have 20 points to hold in the 10th place. On the other side, Monza will have 17 points like Salernitana to sit in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Fiorentina will play away against Lazio on the 29th of January with a 23-11 head to head statistic in favor of Lazio (5 draws).

Monza will host Inter on the 7th of January with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Fiorentina – Formation

Fiorentina started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Pietro Terracciano (6.8), Dodô (7.0), Lucas Martínez Quarta (7.9), Igor Júlio (7.6), Cristiano Biraghi (7.2), Alessandro Bianco (7.0), Alfred Duncan (6.6), Jonathan Ikoné (7.1), Antonín Barák (6.4), Riccardo Saponara (6.5) and Arthur Cabral (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Pierluigi Gollini, Lorenzo Venuti, Sofyan Amrabat (6.9), Nikola Milenković, Michael Kayode, Luka Jović, Luca Ranieri, Michele Cerofolini, Lorenzo Amatucci, Tommaso Martinelli, Gaetano Castrovilli, Aleksa Terzić, Giacomo Bonaventura (6.7), Filippo Distefano and Christian Kouamé (7.1).

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 5 changes: Riccardo Saponara for Christian Kouamé (64′), Alessandro Bianco for Sofyan Amrabat (64′), Antonín Barák for Giacomo Bonaventura (79′), Alfred Duncan for Gaetano Castrovilli  (86′) and Arthur Cabral for Luka Jović (86′).

Best player: Lucas Martínez Quarta​

The most impressive player for Fiorentina was Lucas Martínez Quarta.

His rating is (7.9) with 50 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 9.

Monza – Formation

Monza started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Raffaele Palladino played with: Michele Di Gregorio (7.4), Marlon (7.1), Luca Caldirola (6.3), Armando Izzo (7.0), Patrick Ciurria (6.9), Matteo Pessina (6.8), Filippo Ranocchia (6.7), Carlos Augusto (7.6), Andrea Colpani (6.6), Gianluca Caprari (6.7) and Dany Mota (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Leonardo Colombo, Andrea Barberis, Marco D’Alessandro, Warren Bondo, José Machín (6.8), Andrea Carboni, Mattia Valoti, Alessandro Sorrentino, Samuele Vignato (6.1), Christian Gytkjær, Alessio Cragno, Andrea Petagna (7.0), Valentin Antov, Samuele Birindelli (6.8) and Pablo Marí (7.0).

Substitutions

Monza made 5 changes: Gianluca Caprari for Samuele Birindelli (46′), Andrea Colpani for Andrea Petagna  (46′), Filippo Ranocchia for José Machín (63′), Luca Caldirola for Pablo Marí (67′) and Patrick Ciurria for Samuele Vignato (83′).

Best player: Carlos Augusto​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Monza was Carlos Augusto.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 24 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Salernitana – Milan – 1-2
• Torino – Hellas Verona – 1-1
• Inter – Napoli – 1-0
• Sassuolo – Sampdoria – 1-2
• Lecce – Lazio – 2-1
• Udinese – Empoli – 1-1
• Roma – Bologna – 1-0
• Spezia – Atalanta – 2-2
• Fiorentina – Monza – 1-1
• Cremonese – Juventus – 0-1