Monza — Sassuolo 2:1, 18 September: match result

match finished Serie A · Matchday 5 Friday 18 September · 18:45 UTC

Monza 16th · 4 pts WLDLL

2 : 1 1st half 0:0

Sassuolo 10th · 7 pts LWDWL

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 3-4-2-1 · Ivan Juric 4-3-3 · Alberto Aquilani Sassuolo

Noel Törnqvist  
Eddy Kouadio  3 Lorenzo Lucchesi  44 Andrea Carboni  
Samuele Birindelli  90 Michael Folorunsho  14 Ebenezer Akinsanmiro  7 Ricardo Mangas  
Patrick Cutrone  46 Jay Robinson  
Gustavo Varela  

Domenico Berardi  94 Sebastiano Esposito  45 Armand Laurienté  
Kristian Thorstvedt  18 Nemanja Matić  50 Darryl Bakola  
Simone Cinquegrano  15 Duje Ćaleta-Car  16 Fedde Leysen  3 Josh Doig  
Arijanet Murić  

Monza bench

24Adam Bakoune
43Aljaz Strajnar
28Andrea Colpani
16Cyril Ngonge
47Dany Mota
20Demba Thiam
22Exequiel Zeballos
21Leonardo Colombo
8Manga Foe Ondoa
80Mathis Mout
11Omari Forson
2Saba Goglichidze
6Valentin Antov
5Yvan Maye

Sassuolo bench

8Andrea Ghion
25Benjamín Domínguez
26Cas Odenthal
12Giacomo Satalino
55Ibrahim Sulemana
20Ignace Van der Brempt
9Kieron Bowie
19Laurs Skjellerup
35Luca Lipani
77Nicholas Pierini
33Rafael Obrador
80Stefano Turati
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

Monza

SassuoloThe 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 5 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses). Sassuolo sit 10th on 7 points after 5 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season

Monza last five Sassuolo

WLDLL form LWDWL

5 Matches 5

1 — 1 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 1 — 2

8 — 12 Scored — conceded 9 — 9

0.8 Points per game 1.4

1.6 Goals scored per game 1.8

0 Clean sheets 0

0 Failed to score 0

unbeaten in 1 Current streak winless in 1

Monza at home: 2 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 4—4, 1.5 points per match.

Sassuolo away: 3 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 4—6, 0.33 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
9	Napoli	5	2	1	2	7—6	7
10	Sassuolo	5	2	1	2	9—9	7
11	Lecce	4	2	0	2	5—7	6
…
15	Parma	5	1	1	3	4—7	4
16	Monza	5	1	1	3	8—12	4
17	Fiorentina	5	1	1	3	6—12	4

Full Serie A table