Monza conquers Crotone 1-0 with a late goal scored by A. Barberis

MONZA. Monza snatched a late win Crotone 1-0 after A. Barberis scored just 1 goal (90').

March 20, 2022

MONZA. Monza snatched a late win Crotone 1-0 after A. Barberis scored just 1 goal (90′). Monza took advantage of its better ball possession (60%).

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 Daniele Paterna who was helped by Giuseppe Maccaddino and Claudio Barone. The 4th official was Nicolò Marini. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.4 degrees Celsius or 56.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.

Match Statistics

Monza

1 - 0

Crotone

60 Ball Possession 40

Shots

15 Total 14
5 On Target 4
10 Off Target 10
1 Shots blocked 2

130 Attack 89
35 Dangerous attack 41
99 Ball safe 105

0 Penalties 0
2 Corners 2
1 Off Sides 2

Fouls

11 Total 28
2 Yellow Cards 7
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Monza had a superior ball possession 60% while Crotone was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Crotone was more pushing with 41 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Monza was able to find the solution to win this match.

Monza shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Crotone shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Monza received 2 yellow cards (S. Molina and P. Pereira). Regarding the opposition, Crotone received 7 yellow cards (I. Nedelcearu, D. Schnegg, N. Estevez, P. Giannotti, S. Canestrelli, A. Kargbo and T. Schiro).

Match Timeline

40'

Pedro Pereira- sub ->G. Donati

46'

Pedro Pereira- sub ->Giulio Donati

46'

56'

57'

59'

64'

66'

70'

73'

83'

88'

Samuele Vignato- sub ->Salvatore Molina

89'

90'

Pedro Pereira- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Monza will have 57 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Crotone will stay with 19 points to sit in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Monza will play away with Cosenza on the 10th of April with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Monza (1 draw).

Crotone will host Ternana on the 10th of April with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Ternana (3 draws).

Monza – Formation

Monza

Michele Di Gregorio 16.Italy

7.7

Gabriel Paletta 29.Italy

7.7

Mario Sampirisi 31.Italy

6.8

Carlos Augusto 30.Brazil

7.6

Giulio Donati 2.Italy

7.0

46'

Salvatore Molina 79.Italy

7.4

89'

59'

Luca Mazzitelli 4.Italy

7.3

70'

José Machín 7.Equatorial Guinea

6.8

57'

Patrick Ciurria 84.Italy

7.1

Andrea Colpani 28.Italy

6.9

46'

Christian Gytkjaer 9.Denmark

7.0

Substitutes

Eugenio Lamanna 1.Italy

Lorenzo Pirola 98.Italy

Luca Caldirola 5.Italy

Valentin Antov 26.Bulgaria

Pedro Pereira 13.Portugal

6.7

46'

90'

A. Siatounis 20.Greece

Marco Brescianini 33.Italy

G. Ramírez 21.Uruguay

Mattia Valoti 10.Italy

6.7

46'

Andrea Barberis 8.Italy

7.1

70'

90'

Samuele Vignato 80.Italy

6.4

89'

Leonardo Mancuso 11.Italy

7.1

57'

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

The manager Giovanni Stroppa decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Monza made 5 changes: G. Donati for P. Pereira (46′), A. Colpani for M. Valoti (46′), J. Machin for L. Mancuso (57′), L. Mazzitelli for A. Barberis (70′) and S. Molina for S. Vignato (89′).