MONZA. Juventus beat Monza to win 2-1. A goal from F. Gatti was decisive in the 90min. It was Juventus to strike first with a goal of Adrien Rabiot at the 12′. Then Federico Gatti scored again for Juventus in the 90′ minute. Eventually, Valentín Carboni reduced the distance for Monza (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Monza was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (66%).
Dušan Vlahović didn’t convert a penalty (11′) for Juventus.
The match was played at the U-Power Stadium stadium in Monza on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Michael Fabbri with the support of Marcello Rossi and Alessandro Cipressa. The 4th official was Antonio Giua. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.04 degrees Celsius or 42.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Monza had a superior ball possession 66% while Juventus was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Monza was more pushing with 74 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Juventus managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
Monza shot 16 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Juventus shot 18 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Monza received 1 yellow card (Georgios Kyriakopoulos). Regarding the opposition, Juventus received 2 yellow cards (Arkadiusz Milik and Bremer).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Monza will stay with 18 points like Frosinone to hold in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Juventus will have 33 points to sit in the 1st 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).
Juventus will play away agasint Hellas Verona on the 18th of February with a 13-3 head to head in favor of Juventus (4 draws).
Monza – Formation
Monza
66'
9'
90'
Monza adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Raffaele Palladino decided to play with the following team: Michele Di Gregorio , Danilo D’Ambrosio , Pablo Marí , Luca Caldirola , Samuele Birindelli , Roberto Gagliardini , Matteo Pessina , Georgios Kyriakopoulos , Andrea Colpani , José Machín and Patrick Ciurria .
The home team had on the bench: Eugenio Lamanna, Giulio Donati, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Franco Carboni, Pedro Pereira , Davide Bettella, Valentín Carboni , Alessandro Sorrentino, Mirko Marić, Warren Bondo, Andrea Carboni , Giorgio Cittadini, Stefano Gori, Dany Mota and Lorenzo Colombo .
Substitutions
Monza made 5 changes: Samuele Birindelli for Lorenzo Colombo (46′), José Machín for Dany Mota (46′), Georgios Kyriakopoulos for Pedro Pereira (66′), Andrea Colpani for Valentín Carboni (76′) and Pablo Marí for Andrea Carboni (66′).
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 7.75. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 5 saves.
Juventus – Formation
Juventus
Also Juventus adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Massimiliano Allegri played with: Wojciech Szczesny , Federico Gatti , Bremer , Alex Sandro , Andrea Cambiaso , Weston McKennie , Hans Nicolussi Caviglia , Adrien Rabiot , Filip Kostić , Federico Chiesa and Dušan Vlahović .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Danilo , Dean Huijsen, Arkadiusz Milik , Kenan Yıldız, Samuel Iling, Moise Kean , Fabio Miretti, Carlo Pinsoglio, Mattia Perin, Joseph Nonge Boende, Daniele Rugani and Manuel Locatelli .
Substitutions
Juventus made 4 changes: Dušan Vlahović for Arkadiusz Milik (70′), Andrea Cambiaso for Manuel Locatelli (87′), Hans Nicolussi Caviglia for Danilo (70′) and Federico Chiesa for Moise Kean (76′).
Player of the match: Adrien Rabiot
The most impressive player for Juventus was Adrien Rabiot.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (94% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
