MONZA. Monza and Bologna didn’t manage to score any goal on Thursday..
The match was played at the U-Power Stadium stadium in Monza on Thursday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Ivano Pezzuto with the help of Salvatore Affatato and Francesco Cortese. The 4th official was Daniele Minelli. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was hot at 25.14 degrees Celsius or 77.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Monza was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Bologna that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Bologna was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Bologna to win the encounter.
Monza shot 10 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Bologna shot 7 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Monza received 5 yellow cards (Samuele Vignato, Pablo Marí, Roberto Gagliardini, Samuele Birindelli and Patrick Ciurria). Talking about the opposition, Bologna received 3 yellow cards (Alexis Saelemaekers, Thiago Motta and Riccardo Orsolini).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Monza will have 6 points to hold in the 15th place. On the other side, Bologna will have 7 points like Genoa, Lazio and Hellas Verona to sit in the 13th 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).
Bologna will play away agasint Lazio on the 18th of February with a 15-5 head to head record in favor of Lazio (9 draws).
Monza – Formation
Monza started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Raffaele Palladino decided to play with the following team: Michele Di Gregorio , Armando Izzo , Luca Caldirola , Andrea Carboni , Patrick Ciurria , Matteo Pessina , Roberto Gagliardini , Georgios Kyriakopoulos , Andrea Colpani , Lorenzo Colombo and Dany Mota .
The home team had on the bench: Pablo Marí , Giulio Donati, José Machín , Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Franco Carboni, Pedro Pereira, Samuele Birindelli , Valentín Carboni, Alessandro Sorrentino, Mirko Marić , Danilo D’Ambrosio, Warren Bondo, Giorgio Cittadini, Stefano Gori and Samuele Vignato .
Monza could not rely on the presence of Pablo Marí (injured).
Substitutions
Monza made 5 changes: Dany Mota for Samuele Vignato (64′), Andrea Carboni for Pablo Marí (67′), Georgios Kyriakopoulos for Samuele Birindelli (63′), Andrea Colpani for José Machín (78′) and Lorenzo Colombo for Mirko Marić (78′).
Best player: Michele Di Gregorio
The player that probably impressed the most for Monza was the goalkeeper: Michele Di Gregorio. His rating is 8.06. He performed 5 saves.
Bologna – Formation
Bologna started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Thiago Motta played with: Łukasz Skorupski , Lorenzo De Silvestri , Sam Beukema , Riccardo Calafiori , Charalampos Lykogiannis , Michel Aebischer , Oussama El Azzouzi , Riccardo Orsolini , Lewis Ferguson , Jesper Karlsson and Joshua Zirkzee .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Nikola Moro, Remo Freuler, Victor Kristiansen , Dan Ndoye , Kevin Bonifazi, Tommaso Corazza , Nicola Bagnolini, Federico Ravaglia, Alexis Saelemaekers , Sydney van Hooijdonk , Giovanni Fabbian and Kacper Urbański.
Bologna could not rely on the presence of Dan Ndoye (injured).
Substitutions
Bologna made 5 changes: Lorenzo De Silvestri for Tommaso Corazza (59′), Charalampos Lykogiannis for Victor Kristiansen (59′), Riccardo Orsolini for Dan Ndoye (59′), Jesper Karlsson for Alexis Saelemaekers (59′) and Joshua Zirkzee for Sydney van Hooijdonk (75′).
Best player: Łukasz Skorupski
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bologna was the goalkeeper: Łukasz Skorupski. His rating is 7.65. He performed 3 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.