CREMONA. Monza prevailed over Cremonese.

The match was played at the Stadio Giovanni Zini stadium in Cremona on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Davide Massa who had the assistance of Mauro Galetto and Mario Vigile. The 4th official was Andrea Colombo. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.9 degrees Celsius or 48.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Cremonese was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Monza that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Cremonese was putting more pressure with 51 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 8 were on target. Even so, Monza was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Cremonese shot 10 times, 8 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Monza shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Cremonese received 2 yellow cards (David Okereke and Charles Pickel). Talking about the opposition, Monza received 4 yellow cards (Samuele Birindelli, Gianluca Caprari, Carlos Augusto and Marco D’Alessandro).

Standings

After playing this contest, Cremonese will stay with 7 points to remain in the 20th place. On the other side, Monza will have 21 points to move down in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Cremonese will host Inter on the 28th of January with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Inter (0 draws).

Monza will host Sampdoria on the 6th of February with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Monza (0 draws).

Cremonese – Formation

Cremonese adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Massimiliano Alvini decided to play with the following team: Marco Carnesecchi (6.0), Alex Ferrari (6.6), Matteo Bianchetti (6.1), Giacomo Quagliata (6.2), Paolo Ghiglione (6.3), Charles Pickel (7.3), Soualiho Meïté (6.6), Emanuele Valeri (7.1), Frank Tsadjout (6.6), David Okereke (6.5) and Cyriel Dessers (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Emanuel Aiwu (6.5), Mouhamadou Sarr, Luca Zanimacchia, Cristian Buonaiuto (6.9), Daniel Ciofani (7.4), Tommaso Milanese, Felix Afena-Gyan, Luka Lochoshvili, Michele Castagnetti (7.4), Santiago Ascacibar, Gianluca Saro and Jack Hendry.

Substitutions

Cremonese made 5 changes: Alex Ferrari for E. Aiwu (46′), David Okereke for Michele Castagnetti (46′), Frank Tsadjout for Daniel Ciofani (57′), Charles Pickel for Cristian Buonaiuto (73′) and G. Quagliata for Luca Zanimacchia (82′).

Best player: Cyriel Dessers​

The most impressive player for Cremonese was Cyriel Dessers.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 17 passes (94% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Monza – Formation

Also Monza adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Raffaele Palladino played with: Michele Di Gregorio (7.4), Armando Izzo (6.9), Pablo Marí (6.8), Luca Caldirola (6.8), Samuele Birindelli (7.1), Matteo Pessina (6.6), José Machín (6.8), Carlos Augusto (6.5), Patrick Ciurria (7.3), Gianluca Caprari (7.8) and Andrea Petagna (7.6).

These were the players on the bench: Andrea Carboni, Mattia Valoti, Valentin Antov, Alessio Cragno, Samuele Vignato, Marlon, Andrea Barberis, Christian Gytkjær (6.5), Warren Bondo, Andrea Colpani (6.1), Filippo Ranocchia (6.7), Alessandro Sorrentino, Stefano Sensi and Marco D’Alessandro (6.4).

Substitutions

Monza made 5 changes: Samuele Birindelli for F. Ranocchia (46′), Patrick Ciurria for Marco D’Alessandro (66′), Andrea Petagna for Christian Gytkjaer (66′), José Machín for Andrea Colpani (69′) and Gianluca Caprari for Marlon (84′).

Best player: Gianluca Caprari​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Monza was Gianluca Caprari.

His rating is (7.8) with 2 goals, 36 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Lecce – Milan – 2-2
• Cremonese – Monza – 2-3