CREMONA. Cremonese topped Monza. Monza was decisively better in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Stadio Giovanni Zini stadium in Cremona on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Davide Massa with the support of Alessandro Lo Cicero and Domenico Rocca. The 4th official was Bogdan Nicolae Sfira. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.4 degrees Celsius or 43.47 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Monza had a strong ball possession 62% while Cremonese was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Monza had a more offensive attitude with 65 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Cremonese managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Cremonese shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Monza shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Cremonese received 4 yellow cards (M. Bianchetti, L. Sernicola, T. Casasola and C. Okoli). On the opposite side, Monza received 3 yellow cards (D. Bettella, Carlos Augusto and L. Marrone).

Standings

After this contest, Cremonese will have 38 points to remain in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Monza will stay with 35 points to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Cremonese will play away against Cittadella on the 12th of February with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Cremonese (5 draws).

Monza will host SPAL on the 12th of February with a 1-0 head to head in favor of SPAL (3 draws).

Cremonese – Formation

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

The manager Fabio Pecchia decided to play with the following team: Marco Carnesecchi (6.1), Tiago Casasola (7.0), Matteo Bianchetti (6.2), Caleb Okoli (6.3), Leonardo Sernicola (7.0), Nicolò Fagioli (7.1), Michele Castagnetti (6.1), Luca Zanimacchia (6.4), Gianluca Gaetano (6.9), Cristian Buonaiuto (5.7) and Daniel Ciofani (9.2).

The home team had on the bench: Hamza Rafia (6.2), D. Ciężkowski, S. Di Carmine, L. Ravanelli, Luca Strizzolo (6.2), A. Crescenzi, Jaime Báez (6.9), Luca Valzania (6.6), A. Meroni, Cedric Gondo (7.8), P. Bartolomei and M. Sarr.

Substitutions

Cremonese made 5 changes: L. Zanimacchia for J. Baez (46′), G. Gaetano for C. Gondo (46′), N. Fagioli for L. Valzania (61′), C. Buonaiuto for H. Rafia (77′) and D. Ciofani for L. Strizzolo (87′).

Best player: Daniel Ciofani​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cremonese was Daniel Ciofani.

His rating is (9.2) with 2 goals, 18 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Monza – Formation

Monza started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Giovanni Stroppa played with: Michele Di Gregorio (6.0), Davide Bettella (6.6), Luca Marrone (6.4), Carlos Augusto (6.5), Mario Sampirisi (6.7), Andrea Colpani (6.8), Andrea Barberis (7.0), Luca Mazzitelli (6.6), Marco D’Alessandro (7.3), Leonardo Mancuso (6.4) and Dany Mota (7.6).

They had on the bench: Gastón Ramírez (6.8), G. Paletta, S. Molina, L. Caldirola, Patrick Ciurria (7.3), Pedro Pereira (6.1), Christian Gytkjær (6.7), V. Antov, José Machín, Andrea Favilli (6.4), A. Siatounis and D. Sommariva.

Substitutions

Monza made 5 changes: A. Colpani for P. Ciurria (55′), D. Bettella for P. Pereira (55′), L. Mancuso for G. Ramirez (55′), L. Mazzitelli for A. Favilli (71′) and M. D’Alessandro for C. Gytkjaer (80′).

Best player: Dany Mota​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Monza was Dany Mota.

His rating is (7.6) with 25 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 19. He performed 2 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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

• Cremonese – Monza – 3-2
• Pordenone – SPAL – 1-1