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Monza — Sassuolo, 18 September 2026, 18:45 UTC : score 2:1

match finished Serie A · Matchday 5 Friday 18 September · 18:45 UTC
Monza Monza 16th · 4 pts LLLLW
2 : 1 1st half 0:0
Sassuolo 10th · 7 pts LLLLL Sassuolo
venue to be confirmed · referee D. Perenzoni
Match predictionValue

This will not turn into a rout

89% · Sassuolo sit 6 places higher in the table

Prediction landed. We predicted “This will not turn into a rout”, and the match finished 2:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off
Monza 37% draw 24% Sassuolo 39%
The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Sassuolo win, and the match finished 2:1. Fans backed Sassuolo win — they got it wrong.

fans 53 votes
Monza 40% draw 15% Sassuolo 45%
Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline
E. Kouadio 30'
G. Varela assist: S. Birindelli 1-0 51'
D. Mota for P. Cutrone 56'
A. Bakoune for R. Mangas 56'
F. Ondoa for E. Akinsanmiro 56'
G. Varela penalty 2-0 63'
K. Bowie for K. Thorstvedt 64'
L. Lipani for N. Matic 64'
B. Dominguez for D. Berardi 72'
V. Adzic for S. Esposito 72'
M. Folorunsho 74'
M. Mout for J. Robinson 82'
L. Skjellerup for D. Bakola 82'
L. Lipani 85'
S. Birindelli 85'
V. Adzic 2-1 88'
G. Varela 90+2'
Y. Maye for S. Birindelli 90+3'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench
Monza Monza 3-4-2-1 · Ivan Juric 4-3-3 · Alberto Aquilani Sassuolo Sassuolo
1 Noel Törnqvist
60 Eddy Kouadio 3 Lorenzo Lucchesi 44 Andrea Carboni
19 Samuele Birindelli 90 Michael Folorunsho 14 Ebenezer Akinsanmiro 7 Ricardo Mangas
10 Patrick Cutrone 46 Jay Robinson
9 Gustavo Varela
10 Domenico Berardi 94 Sebastiano Esposito 45 Armand Laurienté
42 Kristian Thorstvedt 18 Nemanja Matić 50 Darryl Bakola
46 Simone Cinquegrano 15 Duje Ćaleta-Car 16 Fedde Leysen 3 Josh Doig
49 Arijanet Murić
Monza bench
  1. 24Adam Bakoune
  2. 43Aljaz Strajnar
  3. 28Andrea Colpani
  4. 16Cyril Ngonge
  5. 47Dany Mota
  6. 20Demba Thiam
  7. 22Exequiel Zeballos
  8. 21Leonardo Colombo
  9. 8Manga Foe Ondoa
  10. 80Mathis Mout
  11. 11Omari Forson
  12. 2Saba Goglichidze
  13. 6Valentin Antov
  14. 5Yvan Maye
Sassuolo bench
  1. 8Andrea Ghion
  2. 25Benjamín Domínguez
  3. 26Cas Odenthal
  4. 12Giacomo Satalino
  5. 55Ibrahim Sulemana
  6. 20Ignace Van der Brempt
  7. 9Kieron Bowie
  8. 19Laurs Skjellerup
  9. 35Luca Lipani
  10. 77Nicholas Pierini
  11. 33Rafael Obrador
  12. 80Stefano Turati
  13. 17Vasilije Adžić

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match
35%Possession65%
15Shots20
6Shots on target8
6Shots off target7
3Blocked shots5
8Shots inside box13
7Shots outside box7
85Attacks115
32Dangerous attacks61
7Corners5
0Offsides1
13Fouls6
4Yellow cards1
7Saves4
313Passes580
248Accurate passes513
0Free kicks0
0Throw-ins0
0Goal kicks0
1Penalties0
MonzaMonzaSassuoloSassuoloThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Monza and Sassuolo met on matchday 5 of the Serie A on 18 September. Final score — 2:1.

Monza sit 16th on 4 points after 11 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 8 losses), winless in 4 matches. Sassuolo sit 10th on 7 points after 11 matches (2 wins, 2 draws, 7 losses), winless in 7 matches.

Season form

all competitions of the season
Monza Monza last five Sassuolo Sassuolo
LLLLW form LLLLL
11 Matches 11
2 — 1 — 8 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 2 — 7
17 — 25 Scored — conceded 16 — 29
0.64 Points per game 0.73
1.55 Goals scored per game 1.45
1 Clean sheets 0
1 Failed to score 2
winless in 4 Current streak winless in 7

Monza at home: 5 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses, goals 9—9, 1.2 points per match.

Sassuolo away: 6 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 5 losses, goals 6—15, 0.17 points per match.

League table

after the match
#TeamPWDLGoalsPts
15FiorentinaFiorentina1022615—238
16ParmaParma112279—178
17SassuoloSassuolo1122716—298
18MonzaMonza1021717—247
19VeneziaVenezia112098—216
20UdineseUdinese1112812—255
Full Serie A table