MONZA. Torino and Monza draw 1-1. I. Ilic scored the first goal (55′) for Torino. A. Colpani settled the score (65′). Torino was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)
The match was played at the U-Power Stadium stadium in Monza on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Doveri who had the assistance of Davide Imperiale and . The 4th official was Daniele Rutella. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 11.78 degrees Celsius or 53.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Torino was in firm control of the ball 56% while Monza was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Torino was more pushing with 51 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Torino to win the match.
Monza shot 13 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Torino shot 12 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Monza received 2 yellow cards (Valentín Carboni and Georgios Kyriakopoulos). On the other side, Torino received 3 yellow cards (Nemanja Radonjic, Gvidas Gineitis and Ivan Juric).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Monza will have 17 points like Roma and Fiorentina to hold in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Torino will have 16 points like Lazio to remain in the 11th 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 statistic in favor of Milan (0 draws).
Torino will host Lecce on the 18th of February with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Torino (3 draws).
Monza – Formation
Monza started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Raffaele Palladino decided to play with the following team: Pablo Marí, Samuele Vignato, Michele Di Gregorio , Danilo D’Ambrosio , Luca Caldirola , Andrea Carboni , Patrick Ciurria , Roberto Gagliardini , Warren Bondo , Georgios Kyriakopoulos , Andrea Colpani , Matteo Pessina and Lorenzo Colombo .
The home team had on the bench: Eugenio Lamanna, Giulio Donati, José Machín, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Franco Carboni, Pedro Pereira, Davide Bettella, Samuele Birindelli , Valentín Carboni , Alessandro Sorrentino, Mirko Marić, Giorgio Cittadini, Dany Mota , Andrea Ferraris and Stefano Gori.
Monza could not rely on the presence of Pedro Pereira (injured).
Substitutions
Monza made 4 changes: Warren Bondo for Dany Mota (58′), Patrick Ciurria for Samuele Birindelli (58′), Andrea Colpani for Valentín Carboni (81′) and Danilo D’Ambrosio for Pedro Pereira (90′).
Best player: Andrea Colpani
The most impressive player for Monza was Andrea Colpani.
His rating is with 1 goal, 27 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.
Torino – Formation
Torino started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Ivan Juric played with: Vanja Milinkovic-Savic , Adrien Tamèze , Alessandro Buongiorno , Ricardo Rodríguez , Raoul Bellanova , Karol Linetty , Ivan Ilic , Nikola Vlasic , Valentino Lazaro , Antonio Sanabria , Duván Zapata .
These were the players on the bench: Saba Sazonov, Luca Gemello, David Zima , Yann Karamoh, Nemanja Radonjic , Pietro Pellegri, Demba Seck , Mërgim Vojvoda , Gvidas Gineitis , Mihai Popa, Brandon Soppy and Ange Caumenan N’Guessan.
Torino could not rely on the presence of Gvidas Gineitis (injured).
Substitutions
Torino made 4 changes: Karol Linetty for Gvidas Gineitis (34′), Antonio Sanabria for Nemanja Radonjic (86′), Adrien Tamèze for Mërgim Vojvoda (86′) and Ricardo Rodríguez for David Zima (72′).
Best player: Ivan Ilic
The player that probably impressed the most for Torino was Ivan Ilic.
His rating is with 1 goal, 62 passes (89% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.