MONZA. Monza destroys SPAL 4-0 with goals of Dany Mota (45′), M. Sampirisi (52′), G. Ramirez (77′) and A. Colpani (89′). Monza was decisively better in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the U-Power Stadium stadium in Monza on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Gianpiero Miele assisted by Fabio Schirru and Daisuke Emanuele Yoshikawa. The 4th official was Carlo Rinaldi. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11 degrees Celsius or 51.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 34%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Monza was in firm control of the ball 69% while SPAL was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Monza had a more offensive attitude with 74 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Monza won the match.
Monza shot 18 times, 7 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, SPAL shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Monza received 2 yellow cards (A. Barberis and G. Ramirez). On the other side, SPAL received 3 yellow cards (L. Vido, S. Esposito and R. Celia).
Also, SPAL didn’t finish the match with 11 players after L. Dickmann (SPAL) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (9′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Monza will have 38 points to hold in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, SPAL will stay with 23 points to sit in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Monza will play away against Ternana on the 15th of February with a 0-0 head to head record.
SPAL will host Reggina on the 15th of February with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Reggina (0 draws).
Monza – Formation
Monza
52'
59'
43'
Monza started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Giovanni Stroppa decided to play with the following team: Michele Di Gregorio , Mario Sampirisi , Gabriel Paletta , Carlos Augusto , Pedro Pereira , Patrick Ciurria , Andrea Barberis , Luca Mazzitelli , Marco D’Alessandro , Leonardo Mancuso and Dany Mota .
The home team had on the bench: Andrea Colpani , Christian Gytkjær , Lorenzo Pirola, Giulio Donati, Luca Caldirola, Valentin Antov, Mattia Valoti , Gastón Ramírez , José Machín, Andrea Favilli, Daniele Sommariva and Salvatore Molina .
Substitutions
Monza made 5 changes: P. Ciurria for A. Colpani (58′), A. Barberis for M. Valoti (58′), M. D’Alessandro for S. Molina (59′), Dany Mota for G. Ramirez (67′) and L. Mancuso for C. Gytkjaer (81′).
Best player: Mario Sampirisi
The player that probably impressed the most for Monza was Mario Sampirisi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 85 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
SPAL – Formation
SPAL
9'
SPAL started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Roberto Venturato played with: Demba Thiam , Lorenzo Dickmann , Elio Capradossi , David Heidenreich , Raffaele Celia , Niccolò Zanellato , Salvatore Esposito , Marco Pinato , Marco Mancosu , Lorenzo Colombo and Luca Vido .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Emmanuel Latte Lath , Giuseppe Rossi, Giovanni Crociata, Enrico Alfonso, Filippo Saiani, Ludovico D’Orazio, Mattia Finotto , Luca Mora , Franco Zuculini, Patryk Peda , Federico Melchiorri and Alberto Almici .
Substitutions
SPAL made 5 changes: L. Colombo for A. Almici (17′), L. Vido for M. Finotto (46′), N. Zanellato for L. Mora (61′), M. Pinato for E. Latte Lath (61′) and D. Heidenreich for P. Peda (81′).
Best player: Salvatore Esposito
The player that probably impressed the most for SPAL was Salvatore Esposito.
His rating is with 37 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Cittadella – Cremonese – 0-2
- Reggina – Crotone – 1-0
- Perugia – Frosinone – 3-0
- Parma – Pordenone – 4-1
- Monza – SPAL – 4-0
- Pisa – Ternana – 0-0
- Vicenza – Cosenza – 0-0
