MILANO. Milan estinguishes Monza 4-1 with goals of B. Diaz (16′), B. Diaz (41′), D. Origi (65′) and R. Leao (84′). Regarding the opposition, Monza scored with ​F. Ranocchia (70′).

The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Livio Marinelli with the assistance of Andrea Zingarelli and Domenico Palermo. The 4th official was Alessandro Prontera. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.5 degrees Celsius or 65.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Milan was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Monza that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Monza was putting more pressure with 39 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Milan was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Milan shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Monza shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Milan received 1 yellow card (D. Origi). Talking about the opposition, Monza received 1 yellow card (W. Bondo).

Standings

After this match, Milan will have 26 points like Napoli to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Monza will stay with 10 points like Fiorentina to gain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Milan will host Fiorentina on the 13th of November with a 16-9 head to head statistic in favor of Milan (9 draws).

Monza will host Hellas Verona on the 6th of November with a 0-0 head to head record.

Milan – Formation

Milan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Stefano Pioli decided to play with the following team: Ciprian Tătărușanu (7.7), Sergiño Dest (6.2), Simon Kjær (6.8), Fikayo Tomori (7.4), Theo Hernández (7.0), Ismaël Bennacer (7.0), Tommaso Pobega (7.2), Junior Messias (7.3), Brahim Díaz (8.1), Ante Rebić (6.2) and Divock Origi (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Rade Krunić, Yacine Adli, Pierre Kalulu (6.4), Sandro Tonali, Charles De Ketelaere (6.4), Rafael Leão (7.1), Fodé Ballo-Touré, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Malick Thiaw, Antonio Mirante, Olivier Giroud, Andreas Jungdal, Matteo Gabbia (6.7) and Aster Vranckx (6.2).

Substitutions

Milan made 5 changes: S. Dest for P. Kalulu (46′), B. Diaz for C. De Ketelaere (53′), S. Kjaer for M. Gabbia (61′), A. Rebic for R. Leao (61′) and D. Origi for A. Vranckx (78′).

Best player: Brahim Díaz​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Brahim Díaz.

His rating is (8.1) with 2 goals, 22 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.

Monza – Formation

Monza started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Raffaele Palladino played with: Michele Di Gregorio (5.8), Valentin Antov (6.0), Pablo Marí (6.4), Luca Caldirola (6.4), Patrick Ciurria (6.8), Andrea Barberis (6.6), Stefano Sensi (6.9), Carlos Augusto (6.7), Matteo Pessina (7.7), Gianluca Caprari (6.8) and Dany Mota (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Alessandro Sorrentino, Marlon, José Machín, Christian Gytkjær (6.3), Giulio Donati, Andrea Petagna (6.6), Mattia Valoti, Samuele Vignato, Andrea Colpani, Samuele Birindelli, Filippo Ranocchia (7.3), Marco D’Alessandro, Alessio Cragno, Andrea Carboni (6.3) and Warren Bondo (6.5).

Substitutions

Monza made 5 changes: A. Barberis for F. Ranocchia (46′), L. Caldirola for A. Carboni (55′), Dany Mota for A. Petagna (55′), G. Caprari for C. Gytkjaer (67′) and S. Sensi for W. Bondo (68′).

Best player: Matteo Pessina​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Monza was Matteo Pessina.

His rating is (7.7) with 61 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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

• Milan – Monza – 4-1
• Fiorentina – Inter – 3-4
• Salernitana – Spezia – 1-0