Monza vs Fiorentina

23 April 2023 · Serie A · 2022/23 · Referee Juan Luca Sacchi

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–2

  • Cristiano Biraghi 26’ (og)
  • Dany Mota 43’
  • Matteo Pessina 59’ (pen)
  • Christian Kouamé 8’
  • Riccardo Saponara 13’

Match summary

Monza came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 at home to Fiorentina. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Christian Kouamé put Fiorentina ahead with a header in the 8th minute, set up by Cristiano Biraghi, Riccardo Saponara made it 0-2 in the 13th minute, set up by Christian Kouamé, Biraghi's own goal pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 26th minute, and Dany Mota equalised in the 43rd minute, set up by Michele Di Gregorio. In the second half, Matteo Pessina won it from the penalty spot in the 59th minute.

The chances backed that up: Monza created 1.77 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Fiorentina's 1.24 from 10.

Match stats

Monza Fiorentina
13 Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.77 xG 1.24
1.01 Non-penalty xG 1.24
5 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Monza Fiorentina
Kick-off
8’
Christian Kouamé
Assist: Cristiano Biraghi0-1 (Fiorentina)
13’
Riccardo Saponara
Assist: Christian Kouamé0-2 (Fiorentina)
Cristiano Biraghi
Own goal1-2 (Monza)
26’
Dany Mota
Assist: Michele Di Gregorio2-2 (Monza)
43’
Half-time2-2
Matteo Pessina
Penalty3-2 (Monza)
59’
Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Monza
  • Armando Izzo
  • Carlos Augusto
  • Nicolo Rovella
Fiorentina
  • Nikola Milenkovic
  • Sofyan Amrabat
  • Antonin Barak

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.77 1.24 8’ Christian Kouamé (Fiorentina), 0-1 8’ 13’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), 0-2 13’ 26’ Cristiano Biraghi (Monza) own goal, 1-2 26’ 43’ Dany Mota (Monza), 2-2 43’ 59’ Matteo Pessina (Monza), 3-2 59’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.77 1.24 8’ Christian Kouamé (Fiorentina), 0-1 Kouamé 8’ 13’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), 0-2 Saponara 13’ 26’ Cristiano Biraghi (Monza) own goal, 1-2 Biraghi 26’ 43’ Dany Mota (Monza), 2-2 Mota 43’ 59’ Matteo Pessina (Monza), 3-2 Pessina 59’
Monza 1.77 xGFiorentina 1.24 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Fiorentina attacking Monza attacking 
59’ Matteo Pessina (Monza), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 13’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 22’ Luca Caldirola (Monza), from a corner, 0.37 xG, saved 8’ Christian Kouamé (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.22 xG, goal 43’ Dany Mota (Monza), open play, 0.20 xG, goal 90+4’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 10’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 51’ Andrea Colpani (Monza), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 26’ Gianluca Caprari (Monza), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 35’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 79’ Andrea Petagna (Monza), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 66’ Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 84’ Luca Caldirola (Monza), from a corner, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 90+5’ Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 38’ Gianluca Caprari (Monza), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 86’ Armando Izzo (Monza), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Andrea Colpani (Monza), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 35’ Sofyan Amrabat (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 84’ Armando Izzo (Monza), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 76’ Alfred Duncan (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 67’ Carlos Augusto (Monza), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 23’ Gianluca Caprari (Monza), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 26’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), own goal 59’ Matteo Pessina (Monza), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 13’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 22’ Luca Caldirola (Monza), from a corner, 0.37 xG, saved 8’ Christian Kouamé (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.22 xG, goal 43’ Dany Mota (Monza), open play, 0.20 xG, goal 90+4’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 10’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 51’ Andrea Colpani (Monza), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 26’ Gianluca Caprari (Monza), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 35’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 79’ Andrea Petagna (Monza), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 66’ Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 84’ Luca Caldirola (Monza), from a corner, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 90+5’ Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 38’ Gianluca Caprari (Monza), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 86’ Armando Izzo (Monza), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Andrea Colpani (Monza), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 35’ Sofyan Amrabat (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 84’ Armando Izzo (Monza), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 76’ Alfred Duncan (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 67’ Carlos Augusto (Monza), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 23’ Gianluca Caprari (Monza), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 26’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), own goal
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Michele Di Gregorio GK9010 0.000.201
Luca Caldirola DEF902 0.430.000
Pablo Marí DEF900 0.000.000
Armando Izzo DEF892 0.050.000
Patrick Ciurria MID900 0.000.011
Carlos Augusto MID901 0.010.163
Nicolo Rovella MID900 0.000.011
Matteo Pessina MID7011 0.760.000
Gianluca Caprari MID803 0.130.122
Andrea Colpani MID702 0.120.371
Dany Mota FWD8911 0.200.011
Pepín Sub200 0.000.000
Giulio Donati Sub200 0.000.081
Andrea Petagna Sub101 0.080.000
Marlon Santos Sub10 0.000.000
Mattia Valoti Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Monza win 27% Avg odds 3.60
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.32
Fiorentina win 44% Avg odds 2.16

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Monza DDLDW
Fiorentina WWWDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Fiorentina 1-1 Monza, 04 Jan 23 Next meeting: Monza 0-1 Fiorentina, 22 Dec 23  All Monza vs Fiorentina meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.