REGGIO NELL’EMILIA. Monza beats Sassuolo 1-0 after L. Colombo scored just 1 goal (66′). Monza made the most of its better ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio nell’Emilia on Monday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Luca Zufferli with the support of Marco Bresmes and Domenico Rocca. The 4th official was Matteo Gualtieri. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was hot at 27.45 degrees Celsius or 81.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 33%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Monza had a strong ball possession 57% while Sassuolo was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Monza was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Monza won the match.
Sassuolo shot 19 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Monza shot 13 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Sassuolo will stay with 9 points like Frosinone, Torino and Monza to remain in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Monza will have 9 points like Frosinone, Torino and Sassuolo to hold in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sassuolo will play away with Atalanta on the 18th of February with a 17-4 head to head record in favor of Atalanta (5 draws).
Monza will host Milan on the 18th of February with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Milan (0 draws).
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo
61'
Sassuolo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Alessio Dionisi decided to play with the following team: Andrea Consigli , Jeremy Toljan , Martin Erlić , Ruan , Matías Viña , Daniel Boloca , Matheus Henrique , Domenico Berardi , Kristian Thorstvedt , Armand Laurienté and Andrea Pinamonti .
The home team had on the bench: Nedim Bajrami , Filippo Missori, Marcus Pedersen , Uroš Račić, Samuele Mulattieri , Gian Marco Ferrari , Pedro Obiang, Emil Konradsen Ceide, Samu Castillejo , Cristian Volpato, Gianluca Pegolo, Alessio Cragno and Grégoire Defrel.
Sassuolo could not rely on the presence of Samuele Mulattieri (injured), Nedim Bajrami (injured) and Gian Marco Ferrari (injured).
Substitutions
Sassuolo made 5 changes: Andrea Pinamonti for Samuele Mulattieri (61′), Kristian Thorstvedt for Nedim Bajrami (46′), Ruan for Gian Marco Ferrari (69′), Matías Viña for Marcus Pedersen (61′) and Matheus Henrique for Samu Castillejo (82′).
Best player: Matías Viña
The player that probably impressed the most for Sassuolo was Matías Viña.
His rating is with 33 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Monza – Formation
Monza
66'
Monza started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Raffaele Palladino played with: Armando Izzo, Michele Di Gregorio , Luca Caldirola , Pablo Marí , Andrea Carboni , Patrick Ciurria , Matteo Pessina , Roberto Gagliardini , Georgios Kyriakopoulos , Andrea Colpani and Lorenzo Colombo , Dany Mota .
These were the players on the bench: Giulio Donati, José Machín , Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Franco Carboni, Pedro Pereira, Papu Gómez , Samuele Birindelli , Valentín Carboni, Alessandro Sorrentino, Mirko Marić, Danilo D’Ambrosio , Giorgio Cittadini, Stefano Gori and Samuele Vignato .
Monza could not rely on the presence of Danilo D’Ambrosio (injured) and José Machín (injured).
Substitutions
Monza made 5 changes: Georgios Kyriakopoulos for Papu Gómez (76′), Andrea Carboni for Danilo D’Ambrosio (53′), Matteo Pessina for José Machín (53′), Dany Mota for Samuele Vignato (71′) and Andrea Colpani for Samuele Birindelli (71′).
Best player: Michele Di Gregorio
The player that probably impressed the most for Monza was the goalkeeper: Michele Di Gregorio. His rating is 9.69. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Torino – Hellas Verona – 0-0
- Sassuolo – Monza – 0-1
- Fiorentina – Cagliari – 3-0
