CAGLIARI. Cagliari and Monza draw 1-1. A. Dossena scored the first goal (10′) for Cagliari. M. Marić made it even (61′). Monza was much better in terms of ball possession (61%)
The match was played at the Sardegna Arena stadium in Cagliari on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Matteo Marchetti who had the assistance of Valerio Vecchi and Giuseppe Perrotti. The 4th official was Manuel Volpi. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 14.77 degrees Celsius or 58.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Monza had a superior ball possession 61% while Cagliari was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Monza had a more offensive attitude with 50 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Monza to win the match.
Cagliari shot 17 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Monza shot 12 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Cagliari received 1 yellow card (Matteo Prati). Talking about the opposition, Monza received 2 yellow cards (José Machín and Samuele Birindelli).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cagliari will have 10 points like Empoli to hold in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Monza will have 18 points like Bologna and Frosinone to remain in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Cagliari will play away with Udinese on the 18th of February with a 16-10 head to head statistic in favor of Udinese (8 draws).
Monza will host Milan on the 18th of February with a 4-0 head to head record in favor of Milan (0 draws).
Cagliari – Formation
Cagliari
73'
10'
42'
Cagliari started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Claudio Ranieri decided to play with the following team: Zito Luvumbo, Simone Scuffet , Edoardo Goldaniga , Alberto Dossena , Pantelis Hatzidiakos , Gabriele Zappa , Matteo Prati , Antoine Makoumbou , Tommaso Augello , Nicolas Viola , Zito Luvumbo and Andrea Petagna .
The home team had on the bench: Jakub Jankto , Boris Radunović, Gianluca Lapadula , Alessandro Deiola, Simone Aresti, Gaetano Oristanio , Gastón Pereiro, Mateusz Wieteska, Ibrahim Sulemana, Leonardo Pavoletti , Adam Obert, Paulo Azzi, Jacopo Desogus and Eldor Shomurodov .
Substitutions
Cagliari made 5 changes: Tommaso Augello for Paulo Azzi (88′), Edoardo Goldaniga for Gaetano Oristanio (73′), Nicolas Viola for Jakub Jankto (73′), Zito Luvumbo for Gianluca Lapadula (77′) and Andrea Petagna for Leonardo Pavoletti (77′).
Player of the match: Alberto Dossena
The most impressive player for Cagliari was Alberto Dossena.
His rating is with 1 goal, 25 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 12 duels out of 18.
Monza – Formation
Monza
Monza started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Raffaele Palladino played with: Michele Di Gregorio , Danilo D’Ambrosio , Luca Caldirola , Andrea Carboni , Samuele Birindelli , Matteo Pessina , Roberto Gagliardini , Georgios Kyriakopoulos , Andrea Colpani , Dany Mota , Lorenzo Colombo .
These were the players on the bench: José Machín , Patrick Ciurria , Eugenio Lamanna, Giulio Donati, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Pedro Pereira, Davide Bettella, Valentín Carboni , Pablo Marí , Alessandro Sorrentino, Mirko Marić , Warren Bondo, Giorgio Cittadini and Stefano Gori.
Substitutions
Monza made 5 changes: Lorenzo Colombo for Mirko Marić (57′), Samuele Birindelli for Patrick Ciurria (57′), Dany Mota for José Machín (67′), Andrea Colpani for Valentín Carboni (67′) and Andrea Carboni for Pablo Marí (83′).
Player of the match: 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.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Juventus – Inter – 1-1
- Roma – Udinese – 3-1
- Frosinone – Genoa – 2-1
- Empoli – Sassuolo – 3-4
- Cagliari – Monza – 1-1
