MONZA. Monza beat Empoli to win 2-1. It was Monza to strike first with a goal of Patrick Ciurria at the 19′. Then it was a goal in the 51′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Armando Izzo gave the win to Monza in the 67′ minute with a goal. Empoli lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the U-Power Stadium stadium in Monza on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Ermanno Feliciani with the assistance of Filippo Meli and Giorgio Peretti. The 4th official was Gianpiero Miele. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.9 degrees Celsius or 58.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Empoli had a superior ball possession 57% while Monza was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Empoli was more pushing with 70 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Monza found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Monza shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Empoli shot 18 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Monza received 2 yellow cards (Samuele Birindelli and Matteo Pessina). On the opposite side, Empoli received 3 yellow cards (Fabiano Parisi, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro and Razvan Marin).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Monza will have 32 points like Udinese to sit in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Empoli will stay with 28 points to sit in the 13th 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 statistic in favor of Monza (0 draws).
Empoli will play away agasint Atalanta on the 17th of March with a 7-5 head to head stats in favor of Atalanta (5 draws).
Monza – Formation
Monza
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71'
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Monza started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Raffaele Palladino decided to play with the following team: Michele Di Gregorio , Armando Izzo , Pablo Marí , Luca Caldirola , Samuele Birindelli , Matteo Pessina , Stefano Sensi , Carlos Augusto , Patrick Ciurria , Gianluca Caprari and Andrea Petagna .
The home team had on the bench: Samuele Vignato, Alessandro Sorrentino, Leonardo Colombo, José Machín , Andrea Barberis, Andrea Colpani , Alessio Cragno, Franco Carboni , Marlon, Marco D’Alessandro, Mattia Valoti, Valentin Antov and Christian Gytkjær.
Substitutions
Monza made 5 changes: Stefano Sensi for José Machín (64′), Carlos Augusto for F. Carboni (65′), Samuele Birindelli for Andrea Colpani (71′), Gianluca Caprari for Mattia Valoti (82′) and Andrea Petagna for Christian Gytkjær (82′).
Best player: Armando Izzo
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Monza was Armando Izzo.
His rating is with 1 goal, 26 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 8.
Empoli – Formation
Empoli
Empoli started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Paolo Zanetti played with: Samuele Perisan , Petar Stojanović , Ardian Ismajli , Sebastiano Luperto , Fabiano Parisi , Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro , Răzvan Marin , Filippo Bandinelli , Tommaso Baldanzi , Martín Satriano and Francesco Caputo .
They had on the bench: Roberto Piccoli , Duccio Degli Innocenti, Marko Pjaca , Tyronne Ebuehi, Emanuel Vignato, Koni De Winter, Liberato Cacace, Alberto Grassi, Lorenzo Tonelli, Jacopo Fazzini , Nicolas Haas, Liam Henderson, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Samir Ujkani and Lovro Štubljar.
Substitutions
Empoli made 5 changes: Filippo Bandinelli for Jacopo Fazzini (71′), T. Baldanzi for Marko Pjaca (71′), Francesco Caputo for Roberto Piccoli (80′), Fabiano Parisi for Liberato Cacace (87′) and Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro for Emanuel Vignato (87′).
Best player: Martín Satriano
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Empoli was Martín Satriano.
His rating is with 1 goal, 12 passes (58% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
