MONZA. Milan conquers Monza 1-0 after J. Messias scored just 1 goal (31′). Monza lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the U-Power Stadium stadium in Monza on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Rapuano with the support of Damiano Di Iorio and Marco Scatragli. The 4th official was Matteo Marcenaro. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.3 degrees Celsius or 52.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Monza had a strong ball possession 59% while Milan was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Monza was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Milan was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Monza shot 11 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Milan shot 14 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Monza received 3 yellow cards (Marlon, N. Rovella and José Machín). Talking about the opposition, Milan received 3 yellow cards (Rade Krunic , Samuele Birindelli and M. Thiaw).

Standings

After playing this match, Monza will stay with 29 points to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Milan will have 44 points like Roma to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Monza will play away against Hellas Verona on the 12th of March with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Monza (0 draws).

Milan will play away agasint Udinese on the 18th of March with a 17-11 head to head stats in favor of Milan (9 draws).

Monza – Formation

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

The manager Raffaele Palladino decided to play with the following team: Michele Di Gregorio (7.6), Marlon (6.3), Pablo Marí (6.8), Armando Izzo (7.0), Samuele Birindelli (6.5), Nicolò Rovella (7.4), Matteo Pessina (8.1), Patrick Ciurria (7.1), Gianluca Caprari (6.7), Dany Mota (6.6) and Andrea Petagna (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Luca Caldirola, Christian Gytkjær (6.4), Mattia Valoti, Giulio Donati, Alessandro Sorrentino, Filippo Ranocchia, José Machín (6.5), Andrea Barberis, Franco Carboni (6.3), Marco D’Alessandro, Stefano Sensi (7.0), Alessio Cragno, Andrea Colpani and Valentin Antov.

Substitutions

Monza made 5 changes: Andrea Petagna for José Machín (59′), Samuele Birindelli for F. Carboni (59′), N. Rovella for Stefano Sensi (70′), Marlon for Christian Gytkjær (71′) and Dany Mota for Mattia Valoti (83′).

Best player: Matteo Pessina​

The most impressive player for Monza was Matteo Pessina.

His rating is (8.1) with 69 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 13 duels out of 21. He performed 1 cross.

Milan – Formation

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

Stefano Pioli played with: Ciprian Tătărușanu (7.8), Pierre Kalulu (7.6), Fikayo Tomori (7.1), Malick Thiaw (7.0), Junior Messias (8.1), Rade Krunić (7.0), Sandro Tonali (7.1), Theo Hernández (7.5), Brahim Díaz (6.4), Rafael Leão (7.4) and Divock Origi (6.8).

They had on the bench: Antonio Mirante, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Yacine Adli, Matteo Gabbia, Olivier Giroud (6.6), Devis Vásquez, Tommaso Pobega, Aster Vranckx, Alexis Saelemaekers (7.3), Charles De Ketelaere (6.2), Sergiño Dest, Ante Rebić (6.1), Zlatan Ibrahimović, Tiemoué Bakayoko and Simon Kjær.

Substitutions

Milan made 5 changes: Junior Messias for Alexis Saelemaekers (64′), Brahim Díaz for Charles De Ketelaere (64′), Divock Origi  for Olivier Giroud (64′), Rafael Leão for Ante Rebić (79′) and Rade Krunic  for Tiemoué Bakayoko (83′).

Best player: Junior Messias​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Junior Messias.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 23 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Monza – Milan – 0-1
• Inter – Udinese – 3-1
• Sampdoria – Bologna – 1-2