Coppa Italia · Round of 64
3:0
Gustavo Varela 22'
Gustavo Varela 45'
Omari Forson 51'
HT 2:0
Fri, 14 Aug 2026, 19:45 (UK) · Monza

Monza led 2-0 at the break through Gustavo Varela's brace and added a third early in the second half to beat Avellino.

Player of the matchPatrick Cutrone8.7Decisive moment22' Gustavo Varela+0.8

Monza 3-0 Avellino: Cutrone's creativity lifts the hosts

Key numbers

  • Varela scored in the 22' and 45', 2-0 at the break
  • Cutrone: five key passes, two assists
  • 22 shots, 5 on target, three goals

Monza had it wrapped up by half-time

Monza beat Avellino 3-0 in the Coppa Italia Round of 64 and had the match in hand by the interval. Gustavo Varela scored in the 22nd minute and again in the 45th, and the hosts were in front for about 68 minutes in all.

Varela finished, Cutrone created

Varela's opener was worth +0.8 FN xPts, the largest value of the night, and his second added +0.4. Patrick Cutrone set up both Varela's second and Forson's goal in the 51st minute, and his five key passes were the most on the pitch.

Player of the match
Patrick Cutrone 8.7Dominant

He supplied two assists and five key passes, and had five shots.

Only one of Cutrone's five shots hit the target, but his five key passes earned most of his credit in attack. Two of them became the assists for the 45th-minute and 51st-minute goals, which made it 2-0 and then 3-0.

Game state

1-02-03-0
Monza ahead 68 min · level 22 min · Avellino ahead 0 min

FN xPts — what each moment was worth

How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.

22' Gustavo Varela Goal +0.8
45' Gustavo Varela Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Patrick Cutrone +0.1 +0.4
51' Omari Forson Goal · assist Patrick Cutrone +0.1

Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.

Pre-match expectation for Monza, Avellino is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.

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Match stats

MonzaAvellino
56%Possession44%
22Shots6
5Shots on target2
23%Shots on target %33%
15Shots in box4
526Passes410
88%Pass accuracy87%
5Corners1
1Saves2
12Fouls15
0Yellow cards2
3Offsides0

The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.

Timeline

  • 22' Goal Gustavo Varela competition goal #1
  • 45' Goal Gustavo Varela competition goal #2 assist Patrick Cutrone
  • 47' Yellow Brando Moruzzi
  • 51' Goal Omari Forson competition goal #1 assist Patrick Cutrone
  • 55' Sub Tommaso Biasci → Andrea Favilli
  • 55' Sub Daniel Fila → Luca Pandolfi
  • 59' Sub Luca Palmiero → Dimitrios Sounas
  • 59' Sub Martin Palumbo → Luca Di Maggio
  • 70' Sub Ricardo Mangas → Adam Bakoune
  • 70' Sub Omari Forson → Andrea Colpani
  • 73' Sub Lorenco Šimić → Michael Venturi
  • 81' Sub Samuele Birindelli → Lorenzo Lucchesi
  • 81' Sub Gustavo Varela → Andrea Petagna
  • 85' Sub Mathis Mout → Nicolas Galazzi
  • 90+1' Yellow Dimitrios Sounas

Category leaders

  • Key passesPatrick Cutrone5
  • Duels wonLorenco Šimić12/14
  • DribblesGustavo Varela3/4
  • Defensive actionsLorenco Šimić10
  • ShotsPatrick Cutrone5 (on target 1)
  • Fouls wonSamuele Birindelli4
#Monza#Avellino#Coppa Italia#Patrick Cutrone#Gustavo Varela

This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.