MONZA. Lecce and Monza draw 1-1. N. Krstovic scored the first goal (3′) for Lecce. A. Colpani equalized (24′). Monza was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%)

The match was played at the U-Power Stadium stadium in Monza on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Livio Marinelli with the collaboration of Luca Mondin and Giuseppe Di Giacinto. The 4th official was Niccolò Baroni. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 25.31 degrees Celsius or 77.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Monza

1 - 1

Lecce

  • 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
  • 25 Total 4
  • 6 On Target 3
  • 12 Off Target 1
  • 7 Shots blocked 0
  • 126 Attack 92
  • 96 Dangerous attack 33
  • 70 Ball safe 76
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 10 Corners 1
Fouls
  • 17 Total 11
  • 5 Yellow Cards 1
  • 1 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Monza had a superior ball possession 59% while Lecce was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Monza was more aggressive with 96 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Monza to win the match​.

Monza shot 25 times, 6 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lecce shot 4 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Monza received 5 yellow cards (Patrick Ciurria, Samuele Birindelli, Pablo Marí, Luca Caldirola and Pedro Pereira). On the other side, Lecce received 1 yellow card (Hamza Rafia).

Also, Lecce didn’t end the match with 11 players after Federico Baschirotto (Lecce) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (55′).

Match Timeline

Luca Caldirola- Yellow
2'
3'
Nikola Krstovic(penalty)
Pablo Marí- Yellow
19'
Andrea Colpani(goal)Lorenzo Colombo
24'
Dany Mota- sub ->Gianluca Caprari
26'
45'
Hamza Rafia- Yellow
Andrea Carboni- sub ->Pablo Marí
46'
54'
Alexis Blin - sub ->Hamza Rafia
55'
Federico Baschirotto- Red
Andrea Carboni(VAR)
69'
Samuele Birindelli- Yellow
61'
67'
Pedro Pereira- sub ->Lorenzo Colombo
67'
56'
Federico Baschirotto(VAR)
74'
Patrick Dorgu- sub ->Antonino Gallo
74'
Patrick Ciurria- Yellow
76'
78'
Roberto Piccoli- sub ->Nikola Krstovic
78'
Ahmed Touba- sub ->Pontus Almqvist
Luca Caldirola(yellowredcard)
85'
Pedro Pereira- Yellow
87'
Georgios Kyriakopoulos- sub ->Patrick Ciurria
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Inter
92
36
Milan
74
36
Bologna
67
36
Juventus
67
36
Atalanta
63
35
Roma
60
36
Lazio
59
36
Fiorentina
53
35
Napoli
51
36
Torino
50
36
Genoa
46
36
Monza
45
36
Lecce
37
36
Hellas Verona
34
36
Udinese
33
36
Cagliari
33
36
Frosinone
32
36
Empoli
32
36
Sassuolo
29
36
Salernitana
16
36

After playing this match, Monza will have 4 points like Roma, Bologna, Torino and Genoa to remain in the 14th place. On the other side, Lecce will have 8 points to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Monza will host Milan on the 18th of February with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Milan (0 draws).

Lecce will play away agasint Torino on the 18th of February with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Torino (3 draws).

Monza – Formation

Monza
G
Alessandro Sorrentino 23.Italy
7.3
G
Michele Di Gregorio 16.Italy
D
Armando Izzo 4.Italy
7.5
D
Luca Caldirola 5.Italy
6.1
2'
D
Pablo Marí 22.Spain
6.6
46' 19'
M
Roberto Gagliardini 6.Italy
8.1
M
Gianluca Caprari 10.Italy
6.8
26'
M
Samuele Birindelli 19.Italy
7.1
67' 61'
M
Andrea Colpani 28.Italy
8.4
24'
M
Matteo Pessina 32.Italy
8.1
M
Patrick Ciurria 84.Italy
7.5
89' 76'
F
Lorenzo Colombo 9.Italy
7.0
67'
Substitutes
G
Eugenio Lamanna 1.Italy
G
Stefano Gori 66.Italy
D
Franco Carboni 11.Argentina
D
Pedro Pereira 13.Portugal
7.0
67' 87'
D
Davide Bettella 18.Italy
D
Andrea Carboni 44.Italy
6.7
46'
D
Giorgio Cittadini 46.Italy
D
Georgios Kyriakopoulos 77.Greece
6.4
89'
M
José Machín 7.Equatorial Guinea
M
Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro 8.Ivory Coast
M
Warren Bondo 38.France
F
Mirko Maric 24.Croatia
7.1
67'
F
Dany Mota 47.Portugal
6.7
26'
F
Samuele Vignato 80.Italy

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

The manager Raffaele Palladino decided to play with the following team: Michele Di Gregorio, Alessandro Sorrentino (7.3), Armando Izzo (7.5), Pablo Marí (6.6), Luca Caldirola (6.1), Samuele Birindelli (7.1), Matteo Pessina (8.1), Roberto Gagliardini (8.1), Patrick Ciurria (7.5), Andrea Colpani (8.4), Gianluca Caprari (6.8) and Lorenzo Colombo (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Eugenio Lamanna, José Machín, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Franco Carboni, Pedro Pereira (7.0), Davide Bettella, Mirko Marić (7.1), Warren Bondo, Andrea Carboni (6.7), Giorgio Cittadini, Dany Mota (6.7), Stefano Gori, Georgios Kyriakopoulos (6.4) and Samuele Vignato.

Monza could not rely on the presence of Dany Mota (injured) and Pedro Pereira (injured).

Substitutions

Monza made 5 changes: Patrick Ciurria for Georgios Kyriakopoulos (89′), Gianluca Caprari for Dany Mota (26′), Pablo Marí for Andrea Carboni (46′), Lorenzo Colombo for Pedro Pereira (67′) and Samuele Birindelli for Mirko Marić (67′).

Best player: Andrea Colpani​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Monza was Andrea Colpani.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 42 passes (71% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 9 crosses.

Lecce – Formation

Lecce
G
Wladimiro Falcone 30.Italy
7.3
D
Marin Pongracic 5.Croatia
7.5
D
Federico Baschirotto 6.Italy
6.0
55'
D
Valentin Gendrey 17.France
6.7
D
Antonino Gallo 25.Italy
6.6
74'
M
Hamza Rafia 8.Tunisia
6.4
54' 45'
M
Ylber Ramadani 20.Albania
7.1
M
Mohamed Kaba 77.France
6.4
F
Lameck Banda 22.Zambia
7.0
74'
F
Pontus Almqvist 7.Sweden
7.7
78'
F
Nikola Krstovic 9.Montenegro
7.9
78' 3'
Substitutes
G
Federico Brancolini 21.Italy
D
Lorenzo Venuti 12.Italy
D
Patrick Dorgu 13.Denmark
7.5
74'
D
Ahmed Touba 59.Algeria
7.1
78'
M
Rémi Oudin 10.France
M
Joan González 16.Spain
M
Medon Berisha 18.Albania
M
G. Faticanti 23.Italy
M
Alexis Blin 29.France
6.7
54'
F
Nicola Sansone 11.Italy
F
Marcin Listkowski 19.Poland
F
Jeppe Corfitzen 24.Denmark
F
Rares Burnete 45.Romania
F
Roberto Piccoli 91.Italy
6.4
78'
F
Gabriel Strefezza 27.Brazil
7.0
74'

Lecce started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Roberto D’Aversa played with: Wladimiro Falcone (7.3), Valentin Gendrey (6.7), Marin Pongracic (7.5), Federico Baschirotto (6.0), Antonino Gallo (6.6), Mohamed Kaba (6.4), Ylber Ramadani (7.1), Hamza Rafia (6.4), Pontus Almqvist (7.7), Nikola Krstovic (7.9), Lameck Banda (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Gabriel Strefezza (7.0), Rémi Oudin, Nicola Sansone, Lorenzo Venuti, Patrick Dorgu (7.5), Joan González, Medon Berisha, Marcin Listkowski, Federico Brancolini, Giacomo Faticanti, Jeppe Corfitzen, Alexis Blin (6.7), Rares Burnete, Ahmed Touba (7.1) and Roberto Piccoli (6.4).

Substitutions

Lecce made 5 changes: Hamza Rafia for Alexis Blin (54′), Antonino Gallo for Patrick Dorgu (74′), Lameck Banda for Gabriel Strefezza (74′), Nikola Krstovic for Roberto Piccoli (78′) and Pontus Almqvist for Ahmed Touba (78′).

Best player: Nikola Krstovic​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lecce was Nikola Krstovic.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 18 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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