MILANO. Milan was finally too good for Monza with the goal of T. Reijnders (3′), J. Šimić (41′) and N. Okafor (76′).

The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. In front of 70,538 spectators.​ The referee was Gianluca Aureliano with the support of Mattia Scarpa and Daisuke Emanuele Yoshikawa. The 4th official was Giovanni Ayroldi. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 7.29 degrees Celsius or 45.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Milan was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Monza that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Monza had a more offensive attitude with 67 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Milan was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Milan shot 17 times, 9 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Monza shot 21 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Milan received 1 yellow card (T. Reijnders). Regarding the opposition, Monza received 2 yellow cards (Roberto Gagliardini and Andrea Carboni).

Standings

After playing this match, Milan has 32 points to hold in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Monza will stays with 21 points like Lazio to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Milan will play away with Salernitana on the 23rd of December with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Milan (2 draws).

Monza will host Fiorentina on the 23rd of December with a 1-1 head to head stats.

Milan – Formation

Milan started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Stefano Pioli decided to play with the following team: Y. Musah, M. Maignan (8.1), F. Tomori (7.1), S. Kjær (7.0), T. Pobega (6.8), A. Florenzi (7.3), R. Loftus-Cheek (7.0), T. Reijnders (8.2), T. Hernández (7.5), C. Pulišić (7.5), O. Giroud (7.9) and Rafael Leão (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: J. Šimić (8.2), I. Bennacer (7.1), Y. Adli, L. Jović, N. Okafor (7.5), L. Romero, S. Chukwueze (6.8), R. Krunić, L. Nava, Álex Jiménez, A. Mirante, Clinton Nsiala and D. Bartesaghi (6.4).

Milan could not rely on the presence of J. Šimić (injured) and S. Chukwueze (injured).

Substitutions

Milan made 3 changes: R. Loftus-Cheek for I. Bennacer (67′), Rafael Leão for N. Okafor (67′) and N. Okafor for S. Chukwueze (80′).

Player of the match: T. Reijnders​

The most impressive player for Milan was T. Reijnders.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 46 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Monza – Formation

Monza started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Raffaele Palladino played with: Michele Di Gregorio (7.7), Danilo D’Ambrosio (6.8), Luca Caldirola (6.4), Andrea Carboni (6.3), Pedro Pereira (7.0), Roberto Gagliardini (7.9), Matteo Pessina (6.8), Georgios Kyriakopoulos (6.8), Andrea Colpani (7.0), Dany Mota (7.1), Lorenzo Colombo (7.0).

They had on the bench: Patrick Ciurria (7.0), Giulio Donati, José Machín, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (6.7), Franco Carboni, Davide Bettella, Samuele Birindelli, Valentín Carboni (7.3), Alessandro Sorrentino, Mirko Marić (7.0), Warren Bondo, Giorgio Cittadini, Stefano Gori, Samuele Vignato and Armando Izzo (6.8).

Substitutions

Monza made 5 changes: Andrea Colpani for Valentín Carboni (63′), Matteo Pessina for Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (64′), Lorenzo Colombo for Mirko Marić (54′), Georgios Kyriakopoulos for Patrick Ciurria (54′) and Andrea Carboni for Armando Izzo (80′).

Player of the match: Roberto Gagliardini​

The player that probably impressed the most for Monza was Roberto Gagliardini.

His rating is 7.9 with 85 passes (95% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• Milan – Monza – 3-0
• Lazio – Inter – 0-2
• Fiorentina – Hellas Verona – 1-0
• Udinese – Sassuolo – 2-2
• Bologna – Roma – 2-0