MONZA. Cremonese and Monza draw 1-1. D. Ciofani scored the first goal (62′) for Cremonese. C. Augusto settled the score (69′). Monza was much better in terms of ball possession (65%)
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 Antonio Giua with the assistance of Damiano Margani and Matteo Bottegoni. The 4th official was Giacomo Camplone. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.1 degrees Celsius or 61.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Monza was in firm control of the ball 65% while Cremonese was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Monza was more pushing with 46 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Monza to win the match.
Monza shot 15 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Cremonese shot 8 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Monza received 3 yellow cards (Matteo Pessina, Armando Izzo and V. Antov). On the opposite side, Cremonese received 5 yellow cards (Leonardo Sernicola, Cyriel Dessers, Matteo Bianchetti, Charles Pickel and Michele Castagnetti).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Monza will have 34 points like Fiorentina to remain in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Cremonese will have 13 points to remain in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Monza will play away with Udinese on the 8th of April with a 1-1 head to head.
Cremonese will play away agasint Sampdoria on the 8th of April with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Sampdoria (0 draws).
Monza – Formation

Monza started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
The manager Raffaele Palladino decided to play with the following team: Michele Di Gregorio
, Armando Izzo , Pablo Marí , Luca Caldirola , Matteo Pessina , Patrick Ciurria , Stefano Sensi , José Machín , Carlos Augusto , Andrea Petagna and Gianluca Caprari .The home team had on the bench: Samuele Vignato, Mattia Valoti, Filippo Ranocchia
, Alessio Cragno, Franco Carboni, Andrea Barberis, Alessandro Sorrentino, Dany Mota , Marco D’Alessandro, Giulio Donati, Valentin Antov , Samuele Birindelli, Christian Gytkjær and Andrea Colpani .Substitutions
Monza made 4 changes: Gianluca Caprari for Dany Mota (65′), Armando Izzo for Filippo Ranocchia (65′), Stefano Sensi for Andrea Colpani (77′) and Andrea Petagna for Christian Gytkjær (77′).
Best player: Andrea Petagna
The player that probably impressed the most for Monza was Andrea Petagna.
His rating is
with 19 passes (57% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12.Cremonese – Formation

Cremonese started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Davide Ballardini played with: Marco Carnesecchi
, Emanuel Aiwu , Matteo Bianchetti , Johan Vásquez , Leonardo Sernicola , Charles Pickel , Pablo Galdames , Soualiho Meïté , Emanuele Valeri , Frank Tsadjout and David Okereke .These were the players on the bench: Mouhamadou Sarr, Christian Acella, Daniel Ciofani
, Felix Afena-Gyan, Alex Ferrari, Cyriel Dessers , Cristian Buonaiuto, Michele Castagnetti , Luka Lochoshvili, Marco Benassi , Gianluca Saro and Giacomo Quagliata.Cremonese could not rely on the presence of Cyriel Dessers (injured).
Substitutions
Cremonese made 6 changes: Leonardo Sernicola for Michele Castagnetti (46′), Frank Tsadjout for Daniel Ciofani (46′), Pablo Galdames for Marco Benassi (63′), David Okereke for Valentin Antov (65′), David Okereke for Cyriel Dessers (65′) and Charles Pickel for Alex Ferrari (85′).
Best player: Daniel Ciofani
The player that probably impressed the most for Cremonese was Daniel Ciofani.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 10 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 5.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.