Pisa recovers a 0-1 deficit to best Monza 2-1

MONZA. Pisa managed to reverse the scoreline against Monza to win 2-1.

February 20, 2022

MONZA. Pisa was capable to turn the tables against Monza to win 2-1. It was Monza to strike first with an early goal of M. Valoti at the 8′. Then it was a goal in the 18′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, P. Pereira gave the win to Pisa in the 65′ minute with an own goal. Monza lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

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 Fabio Maresca who had the assistance of Domenico Palermo and Giuseppe Perrotti. The 4th official was Giuseppe Collu. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold at 12.7 degrees Celsius or 54.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.

Match Statistics

Monza

1 - 2

Pisa

58 Ball Possession 42

Shots

13 Total 18
2 On Target 6
11 Off Target 12
2 Shots blocked 5

95 Attack 84
48 Dangerous attack 54
103 Ball safe 108

0 Penalties 0
9 Corners 9
4 Off Sides 2

Fouls

11 Total 18
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Monza had a strong ball possession 58% while Pisa was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Pisa was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Pisa won the contest.

Monza shot 13 times, 2 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Pisa shot 18 times, 6 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Monza received 2 yellow cards (M. Valoti and Carlos Augusto). Talking about the opposition, Pisa received 4 yellow cards (G. Puscas, G. Mastinu, H. Hermannsson and L. Lucca).

Match Timeline

Mattia Valoti(goal)

17'

18'

44'

54'

Patrick Ciurria- sub ->A. Colpani

56'

61'

Samuele Birindelli- sub ->P. Beruatto

61'

Pedro Pereira(own-goal)

65'

75'

Hjörtur Hermannsson- Yellow

77'

79'

83'

Mattia Valoti- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Monza will stay with 41 points to hold in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Pisa will have 45 points like Cremonese to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Monza will play away against Pordenone on the 22nd of February with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Monza (2 draws).

Pisa will host Parma on the 22nd of February with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Pisa (1 draw).

Monza – Formation

Monza

Michele Di Gregorio 16.Italy

7.1

Luca Marrone 34.Italy

6.8

79'

Giulio Donati 2.Italy

7.1

Carlos Augusto 30.Brazil

6.4

90'

Pedro Pereira 13.Portugal

6.9

Marco D'Alessandro 77.Italy

6.8

18'

Mattia Valoti 10.Italy

7.4

83'

Andrea Barberis 8.Italy

7.4

Andrea Colpani 28.Italy

6.9

56'

Leonardo Mancuso 11.Italy

6.4

56'

Dany Mota 47.Portugal

6.8

79'

Substitutes

Daniele Sommariva 12.Italy

Luca Caldirola 5.Italy

Valentin Antov 26.Bulgaria

Lorenzo Pirola 98.Italy

6.5

18'

Mario Sampirisi 31.Italy

Salvatore Molina 79.Italy

Gabriel Paletta 29.Italy

79'

José Machín 7.Equatorial Guinea

Luca Mazzitelli 4.Italy

Patrick Ciurria 84.Italy

6.8

56'

Andrea Favilli 19.Italy

6.2

56'

Christian Gytkjaer 9.Denmark

79'

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 (7.1), Giulio Donati (7.1), Luca Marrone (6.8), Carlos Augusto (6.4), Pedro Pereira (6.9), Andrea Colpani (6.9), Andrea Barberis (7.4), Mattia Valoti (7.4), Marco D’Alessandro (6.8), Dany Mota (6.8) and Leonardo Mancuso (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Patrick Ciurria (6.8), José Machín, Andrea Favilli (6.2), Luca Caldirola, Valentin Antov, Luca Mazzitelli, Daniele Sommariva, Lorenzo Pirola (6.5), Mario Sampirisi, Salvatore Molina, Christian Gytkjær and Gabriel Paletta.

Monza could not rely on the presence of L. Pirola (injured) and G. Paletta (injured).

Substitutions

Monza made 5 changes: M. D’Alessandro for L. Pirola (18′), A. Colpani for P. Ciurria (56′), L. Mancuso for A. Favilli (56′), Dany Mota for C. Gytkjaer (79′) and L. Marrone for G. Paletta (79′).

Best player: Mattia Valoti

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Monza was Mattia Valoti.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 28 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 15.

Pisa – Formation

Pisa

Nícolas 1.Brazil

6.5

Antonio Caracciolo 4.Italy

7.3

Hjörtur Hermannsson 6.Iceland

6.8

75'

Maxime Leverbe 3.France

7.0

Pietro Beruatto 20.Italy

7.1

61'

Ádám Nagy 16.Hungary

7.2

Idrissa Touré 15.Germany

6.2

17'

M. Marin 8.Romania

7.0

77'

Ernesto Torregrossa 10.Venezuela

6.9

61'

G. Puşcaş 31.Romania

7.7

44'

18'

G. Sibilli 17.Italy

6.5

61'

Substitutes

Alessandro Livieri 22.Italy

Filippo Berra 2.Italy

Samuele Birindelli 19.Italy

6.6

61'

Robert Gucher 27.Austria

N. Siega 7.Italy

6.3

77'

Alessandro De Vitis 30.Italy

Ahmad Benali 5.Libya

6.6

61'

Y. Cohen 11.Israel

G. Mastinu 18.Italy

7.6

17'

54'

Gaetano Masucci 26.Italy

D. Marsura 77.Italy

Lorenzo Lucca 9.Italy

6.2

61'

90'

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

Luca D\’Angelo played with: Nicolas (6.5), Hjörtur Hermannsson (6.8), Maxime Leverbe (7.0), Antonio Caracciolo (7.3), Pietro Beruatto (7.1), Idrissa Toure (6.2), Ádám Nagy (7.2), Marius Marin (7.0), Giuseppe Sibilli (6.5), Ernesto Torregrossa (6.9) and George Pușcaș (7.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Yonatan Cohen, Robert Gucher, Nicholas Siega (6.3), Giuseppe Mastinu (7.6), Filippo Berra, Alessandro De Vitis, Gaetano Masucci, Davide Marsura, Alessandro Livieri, Ahmad Benali (6.6), Samuele Birindelli (6.6) and Lorenzo Lucca (6.2).

Pisa could not rely on the presence of G. Mastinu (injured) and N. Siega (injured).

Substitutions

Pisa made 5 changes: I. Toure for G. Mastinu (17′), G. Sibilli for L. Lucca (61′), P. Beruatto for S. Birindelli (61′), E. Torregrossa for A. Benali (61′) and M. Marin for N. Siega (77′).