SALERNO. Monza beats Salernitana with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Maldini (78′) and a goal from M. Pessina (83′). Monza capitalized on its better ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Stadio Arechi stadium in Salerno on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Michael Fabbri with the collaboration of Giuseppe Perrotti and Nicolò Cipriani. The 4th official was Daniele Minelli. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 10.47 degrees Celsius or 50.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
- 11 Total 17
- 3 On Target 7
- 4 Off Target 7
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 90 Attack 87
- 41 Dangerous attack 35
- 61 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 11
Fouls
- 6 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Monza was in firm control of the ball 58% while Salernitana was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Salernitana was more pushing with 41 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Monza was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Salernitana shot 11 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Monza shot 17 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Salernitana received 2 yellow cards (Toma Bašić and Triantafyllos Pasalidis). Regarding the opposition, Monza received 2 yellow cards (Pablo Marí and Armando Izzo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Salernitana stays with 13 points to hold in the 20th place. On the other side, Monza will has 36 points like Napoli and Torino to remain in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Salernitana will play away against Udinese on the 3rd of March with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Salernitana (2 draws).
Monza will host Roma on the 3rd of March with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Roma (1 draw).
Salernitana – Formation
Salernitana
38'
61'
Salernitana started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Fabio Liverani decided to play with the following team: Guillermo Ochoa , Triantafyllos Pasalidis , Konstantinos Manolas , Marco Pellegrino , Alessandro Zanoli , Toma Bašić , Lassana Coulibaly , Domagoj Bradaric , Grigoris Kastanos , Antonio Candreva and Shon Weissman .
The home team had on the bench: Junior Sambia, Emanuel Vignato, Jérôme Boateng , Agustín Martegani, Simy , Boulaye Dia , Iron Gomis, Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi, Giulio Maggiore, Loum Tchaouna , Benoît Costil, Pasquale Allocca and Mateusz Legowski .
Salernitana could not rely on the presence of Jérôme Boateng (injured).
Substitutions
Salernitana made 5 changes: Konstantinos Manolas for Jérôme Boateng (61′), Shon Weissman for Loum Tchaouna (61′), Grigoris Kastanos for Mateusz Legowski (73′), Toma Bašić for Boulaye Dia (73′) and Antonio Candreva for Simy (87′).
Player of the match: Antonio Candreva
The player that probably impressed the most for Salernitana was Antonio Candreva.
His rating is with 36 passes (97% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 10 crosses.
Monza – Formation
Monza
83'
Monza started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Raffaele Palladino played with: Michele Di Gregorio , Samuele Birindelli , Armando Izzo , Pablo Marí , Andrea Carboni , Roberto Gagliardini , Matteo Pessina , Andrea Colpani , Valentín Carboni , Dany Mota and Milan Đurić .
They had on the bench: Lorenzo Colombo, Giulio Donati, Luca Caldirola , José Machín , Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro , Pedro Pereira, Daniel Maldini , Danilo D’Ambrosio, Stefano Gori, Georgios Kyriakopoulos , Matija Popović, Alessandro Sorrentino, Warren Bondo and Alessio Zerbin.
Substitutions
Monza made 5 changes: Pablo Marí for Luca Caldirola (67′), Andrea Colpani for Warren Bondo (46′), Armando Izzo for Georgios Kyriakopoulos (73′), Dany Mota for Daniel Maldini (67′) and Valentín Carboni for Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (82′).
Player of the match: Milan Đurić
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Monza was Milan Đurić even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 12 passes (67% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 11. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
