Monza
Udinese
Match summary
Udinese took a 3-2 win at Monza. Udinese led 3-1 at half-time.
In the first half, Jakub Piotrowski put Udinese ahead in the 32nd minute, set up by Hassane Kamara, Andrea Colpani equalised in the 37th minute, set up by Ricardo Mangas, Hassane Kamara put Udinese back in front from a corner in the 45th minute, and Jurgen Ekkelenkamp made it 1-3 from a corner in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Gustavo Varela pulled one back to make it 2-3 with a header in the 63rd minute, set up by Ebenezer Akinsanmiro.
Monza can feel hard done by, creating 1.90 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Udinese's 1.03 from 12.
Monza and Udinese met in Serie A on Matchday 2, with the home side recording fifteen shots compared to twelve for their opponents, alongside five shots on target for each team. Monza registered fifty-one percent possession, four hundred and twenty passes at an eighty-two percent accuracy, ninety-nine attacks, and forty-five dangerous attacks, while Udinese recorded forty-nine percent possession, four hundred and eighteen passes completed at eighty percent accuracy, ninety-seven attacks, and twenty-seven dangerous attacks. Both sides won three corners, and Monza committed ten fouls with one yellow card, whereas Udinese made twelve fouls and received no cards. Monza generated an expected goals total of 1.90 to Udinese's 1.03, though Udinese secured the victory.
The scoring opened in the thirty-second minute when Jakub Piotrowski scored with a left-footed shot for Udinese. Andrea Colpani equalised for Monza in the thirty-seventh minute with a right-footed shot. Udinese restored their lead in the forty-fifth minute through a left-footed shot by Hassane Kamara, before Jurgen Ekkelenkamp added a third with a right-footed shot in added time at the end of the first half to make it 1-3 at the interval. Lorenzo Lucchesi received a yellow card for a foul in the forty-sixth minute. Gustavo Varela scored a header for Monza in the sixty-third minute, but Udinese held on to win 2-3.
