MONZA. Monza crushes Vicenza 4-0 with goals of M. Sampirisi (9′), A. Barberis (84′), N. Pasini (90′ own) and L. Mancuso (90′). Monza was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (65%) 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 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Minelli who was helped by Daisuke Emanuele Yoshikawa and Nicolò Cipriani. The 4th official was Daniele Virgilio. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8.6 degrees Celsius or 47.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Monza had a strong ball possession 65% while Vicenza was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Monza was more pushing with 82 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Monza won the match.
Monza shot 24 times, 8 on target, 16 off target. Regarding the opposition, Vicenza shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Monza received 2 yellow cards (L. Caldirola and M. D’Alessandro). Regarding the opposition, Vicenza received 2 yellow cards (E. Padella and M. Cavion).
Also, Vicenza didn’t finish the match with 11 players after S. De Maio (Vicenza) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (41′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Monza will have 51 points to remain in the 5th place. On the other side, Vicenza will stay with 21 points to remain in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Monza will host Crotone on the 19th of March with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Vicenza will host Ascoli on the 20th of March with a 7-6 head to head in favor of Vicenza (7 draws).
Monza – Formation
Monza
86'
66'
9'
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 , Luca Caldirola , Pedro Pereira , Patrick Ciurria , Luca Mazzitelli , Mattia Valoti , Salvatore Molina , Dany Mota and Christian Gytkjær .
The home team had on the bench: Andrea Barberis , Davide Bettella , Leonardo Mancuso , Antonis Siatounis, Marco D’Alessandro , Eugenio Lamanna, Marco Brescianini, Samuele Vignato, Andrea Colpani, Valentin Antov , Gastón Ramírez and José Machín.
Monza could not rely on the presence of A. Barberis (injured).
Substitutions
Monza made 5 changes: L. Mazzitelli for A. Barberis (46′), Dany Mota for L. Mancuso (57′), M. Sampirisi for V. Antov (57′), P. Pereira for M. D’Alessandro (63′) and L. Caldirola for D. Bettella (86′).
Best player: Mattia Valoti
The player that probably impressed the most for Monza was Mattia Valoti even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 57 passes (82% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.
Vicenza – Formation
Vicenza
41'
Vicenza started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Cristian Brocchi played with: Matteo Grandi , Christian Maggio , Riccardo Brosco , Sebastien De Maio , Luca Crecco , Loris Zonta , Janio Bikel , Michele Cavion , Charles Boli , Nicola Dalmonte and Stefano Giacomelli .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Alessio Da Cruz , Emanuele Padella , Malik Djibril, Alessandro Confente, Thomas Sandon , Filippo Alessio, Stefano Cester, Matteo Bruscagin, Łukasz Teodorczyk , Nicolas Gerardi and Nicola Pasini .
Substitutions
Vicenza made 5 changes: L. Crecco for T. Sandon (46′), S. Giacomelli for E. Padella (46′), C. Boli for L. Teodorczyk (62′), L. Zonta for A. Da Cruz (62′) and C. Maggio for N. Pasini (85′).
Best player: Charles Boli
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Vicenza was Charles Boli.
His rating is with 16 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Ternana – Cosenza – 2-0
- Reggina – Perugia – 0-1
- Monza – Vicenza – 4-0
- Benevento – Crotone – 3-1
- Pordenone – Como – 1-1
- Lecce – Brescia – 1-1
- SPAL – Ascoli – 1-2
- Frosinone – Alessandria – 3-0
