Monza 2-1 Sassuolo: Varela's brace and seven saves hold firm
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Key numbers
- 35% possession, yet a 2-1 Monza win
- Varela scored in the 51' and 63'
- 7 saves held the lead against 20 shots
Monza win without the ball
Monza beat Sassuolo 2-1 despite having just 35% possession. Sassuolo's shot count was well above what Monza have conceded on average in their six matches this season, yet the xG was level at 1.51 to 1.47.
Varela's goals and Törnqvist's saves
Gustavo Varela opened the scoring in the 51st minute, a goal worth +1.1 FN xPts, and added a penalty in the 63rd. Vasilije Adžić pulled one back in the 88th minute, but seven Törnqvist saves protected the lead.
Player of the match
Gustavo Varela 8.1Dominant
He scored twice and created three chances for Monza.
Varela earned his FN Score mainly through attacking output: both his shots were on target. His goals in the 51st and 63rd minutes gave Monza a 2-0 lead.
Game state
1-02-02-1
Monza ahead 39 min · level 51 min · Sassuolo ahead 0 min
- Vasilije Adžić — off the bench 18 min · 1G 0A
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.
51'
Gustavo Varela
Goal · scorer +0.8 · assist Samuele Birindelli +0.3
+1.1
63'
Gustavo Varela
Pen goal
+0.6
88'
Vasilije Adžić
Goal
+0.1
Monza
Expected (last two seasons) 1.0Own moments +1.7Opponent moments −0.2Time effect +0.5→ League points won 3
Sassuolo
Expected (last two seasons) 1.8Own moments +0.1Opponent moments −1.3Time effect −0.6→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
MonzaSassuolo
1.51Expected goals (xG)1.47
Compared with usual
Monza
6 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.7 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.8 | |
| xG | 1.51 | 1.9 | |
| xG against | 1.47 | 0.96 | |
| Shots | 15 | 16.3 | |
| On target | 6 | 6.2 | |
| Shots faced | 20 | 10.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.1 | 0.14 | |
| Possession | 35% | 49.7% | |
| Passes | 312 | 411.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 79% | 82.3% | |
| Corners | 7 | 4.7 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 12.8 | |
Sassuolo
6 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 1.47 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 1.51 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 20 | 15.2 | |
| On target | 8 | 6.3 | |
| Shots faced | 15 | 14.7 | |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 65% | 46% | |
| Passes | 581 | 424 | |
| Pass accuracy | 88% | 86.5% | |
| Corners | 5 | 4.7 | |
| Fouls | 6 | 9.3 | |
Timeline
- 30'
Yellow
Eddy Kouadio
- 51'
Goal
Gustavo Varela league goal #3 assist Samuele Birindelli
- 56'
Sub
Ricardo Mangas → Adam Bakoune
- 56'
Sub
Ebenezer Akinsanmiro → Manga Foe Ondoa
- 56'
Sub
Patrick Cutrone → Dany Mota
- 63'
Goal
Gustavo Varela (pen) league goal #4
- 64'
Sub
Nemanja Matić → Luca Lipani
- 64'
Sub
Kristian Thorstvedt → Kieron Bowie
- 72'
Sub
Sebastiano Esposito → Vasilije Adžić
- 72'
Sub
Domenico Berardi → Benjamín Domínguez
- 74'
Yellow
Michael Folorunsho
- 82'
Sub
Jay Robinson → Mathis Mout
- 82'
Sub
Darryl Bakola → Laurs Skjellerup
- 85'
Yellow
Samuele Birindelli
- 85'
Yellow
Luca Lipani
- 88'
Goal
Vasilije Adžić league goal #3
- 90+2'
Yellow
Gustavo Varela
- 90+3'
Sub
Samuele Birindelli → Yvan Maye
Category leaders
- Key passesGustavo Varela3
- Duels wonDuje Ćaleta-Car8/10
- DribblesLorenzo Lucchesi2/2
- Defensive actionsAdam Bakoune7
- Fouls wonKristian Thorstvedt3
#Monza#Sassuolo#Serie A#Gustavo Varela#Noel Törnqvist#Vasilije Adžić
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.