MONZA. Udinese found a way to reverse the score against Monza to win 2-1. It was Monza to strike first with a goal of A. Colpani at the 32′. Then it was a goal in the 36′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, D. Udogie gave the win to Udinese in the 78′ minute. Monza lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the U-Power Stadium stadium in Monza on Friday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Marco Di Bello assisted by Luigi Rossi and Luca Mondin. The 4th official was Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26.8 degrees Celsius or 80.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Monza was in firm control of the ball 56% while Udinese was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Udinese had a more offensive attitude with 65 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Udinese won the encounter.​

Monza shot 8 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Udinese shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Monza received 3 yellow cards (L. Caldirola, J. Machin and M. Pessina). On the other side, Udinese received 2 yellow cards (D. Udogie and I. Nestorovski).

Standings

After this contest, Monza stays with 0 points to occupy the 20th place in the table. On the other side, Udinese has 4 points (10th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Monza will host Atalanta on the 5th of September with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Udinese will host Roma on the 4th of September with a 25-8 head to head record in favor of Roma (3 draws).

Monza – Formation

Monza adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Giovanni Stroppa decided to play with the following team: Michele Di Gregorio (6.2), Luca Caldirola (6.6), Luca Marrone (6.6), Carlos Augusto (6.8), Samuele Birindelli (7.2), Andrea Colpani (7.4), Stefano Sensi (6.9), Mattia Valoti (7.1), Salvatore Molina (6.2), Gianluca Caprari (6.7) and Andrea Petagna (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: José Machín (6.3), Patrick Ciurria (6.2), Warren Bondo, Matteo Pessina (6.1), Filippo Ranocchia, Andrea Carboni, Alessandro Sorrentino, Alessio Cragno, Andrea Barberis, Christian Gytkjær (6.6), Samuele Vignato and Valentin Antov (7.0).

Substitutions

Monza made 5 changes: A. Colpani for M. Pessina (61′), A. Petagna for C. Gytkjaer (62′), M. Valoti for J. Machin (70′), S. Molina for P. Ciurria (80′) and S. Sensi for V. Antov (80′).

Best player: Andrea Colpani​

The most impressive player for Monza was Andrea Colpani.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 22 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass.

Udinese – Formation

Also Udinese adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Andrea Sottil played with: Marco Silvestri (6.8), Rodrigo Becão (7.8), Bram Nuytinck (6.7), Adam Masina (7.2), Roberto Pereyra (6.4), Jean-Victor Makengo (7.4), Walace (7.3), Sandi Lovrić (7.2), Iyenoma Destiny Udogie (7.3), Beto (7.2) and Gerard Deulofeu (7.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mato Jajalo, Daniele Padelli, Tolgay Arslan (6.8), Enzo Ebosse (6.9), Filip Benković, Festy Ebosele, Martin Palumbo, Ilija Nestorovski (7.4), Isaac Success (6.6), James Abankwah, Edoardo Piana, Axel Guessand, Lazar Samardžić (6.2) and Jaka Bijol.

Substitutions

Udinese made 5 changes: G. Deulofeu for I. Nestorovski (68′), Beto for I. Success (68′), S. Lovric for T. Arslan (69′), J. Makengo for L. Samardzic (81′) and D. Udogie for E. Ebosse (81′).

Best player: Rodrigo Becão​

The most impressive player for Udinese was Rodrigo Becão even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 56 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 13 duels out of 16.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Lazio – Inter – 3-1
• Monza – Udinese – 1-2