MONZA. Monza was in the end too much to handle for Salernitana with the goal of Andrea Colpani (9′), Samuele Vignato (18′) and Matteo Pessina (82′ pen). Monza took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the U-Power Stadium stadium in Monza on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Luca Massimi with the help of Pasquale De Meo and Paolo Laudato. The 4th official was Francesco Cosso. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 26.23 degrees Celsius or 79.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 32%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Monza had a superior ball possession 58% while Salernitana was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Salernitana had a more offensive attitude with 38 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Monza succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Monza shot 16 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Salernitana shot 8 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Monza received 1 yellow card (Samuele Vignato). On the other side, Salernitana received 2 yellow cards (Domagoj Bradaric and Lassana Coulibaly).

Standings

After this match, Monza will have 12 points like Lecce to drop in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Salernitana will stay with 3 points to remain in the 19th 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 record in favor of Milan (0 draws).

Salernitana will play away agasint Inter on the 18th of February with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Inter (1 draw).

Monza – Formation

Monza adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Raffaele Palladino decided to play with the following team: Michele Di Gregorio (8.4), Danilo D’Ambrosio (7.7), Pablo Marí (7.7), Luca Caldirola (7.0), Patrick Ciurria (7.3), Roberto Gagliardini (7.0), Matteo Pessina (7.9), Georgios Kyriakopoulos (7.0), Andrea Colpani (7.9), Samuele Vignato (7.5) and Lorenzo Colombo (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Andrea Carboni, Dany Mota, Eugenio Lamanna, Giulio Donati, José Machín, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (6.7), Franco Carboni, Pedro Pereira (6.8), Papu Gómez (7.0), Samuele Birindelli (7.1), Valentín Carboni, Alessandro Sorrentino, Mirko Marić, Warren Bondo (7.0) and Stefano Gori.

Monza could not rely on the presence of Pedro Pereira (injured) and Papu Gómez (injured).

Substitutions

Monza made 5 changes: Patrick Ciurria for Pedro Pereira (64′), Andrea Colpani for Papu Gómez (65′), Georgios Kyriakopoulos for Samuele Birindelli (72′), Samuele Vignato for Warren Bondo (72′) and Matteo Pessina for Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (86′).

Best player: Michele Di Gregorio​

The most impressive player for Monza was the goalkeeper: Michele Di Gregorio. His rating is 8.36. He performed 6 saves.

Salernitana – Formation

Also Salernitana adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa played with: Guillermo Ochoa (7.1), Flavius Daniliuc  (6.3), Norbert Gyomber (6.8), Lorenzo Pirola  (6.3), Grigoris Kastanos (6.4), Emil Bohinen  (7.0), Mateusz Legowski (6.6), Pasquale Mazzocchi (6.6), Antonio Candreva (7.3), Jovane Cabral (6.8) and Boulaye Dia (6.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Domagoj Bradaric (6.3), Agustín Martegani (6.8), Federico Fazio, Junior Sambia, Erik Botheim, Lassana Coulibaly (6.6), Trivante Stewart (6.7), Giulio Maggiore (6.4), Dylan Bronn , Loum Tchaouna, Benoît Costil, Pasquale Allocca and Matteo Lovato.

Substitutions

Salernitana made 5 changes: Jovane Cabral for Trivante Stewart (60′), Emil Bohinen  for Giulio Maggiore (46′), Pasquale Mazzocchi for Domagoj Bradaric (46′), Mateusz Legowski for Agustín Martegani (46′) and Grigoris Kastanos for Lassana Coulibaly (83′).

Best player: Antonio Candreva​

The most impressive player for Salernitana was Antonio Candreva.

His rating is (7.3) with 30 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Monza – Salernitana – 3-0