US Lecce 3 - 2 AC Monza — Highlights & Result
Serie A
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(1 month ago)
· MD 4
Highlights
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Lecce have jumped into tenth place in the Serie A standings on matchday four, currently sitting just four points behind league leaders Lazio. Monza find themselves at the other end of the 20-team table in eighteenth position, already trailing the summit by nine points after this latest setback.
Lecce arrived in fourteenth place with three points from their opening three outings, having finished seventeenth overall last term with 38 points. Monza sat eighteenth with a single point from three matches, carrying a five-match winless streak into the fixture despite having scored in three consecutive appearances. The early stages saw L. Coulibaly open the scoring in the third minute with an assist from I. Ilic, before Tiago Gabriel doubled the lead ten minutes later, again set up by I. Ilic. R. Mangas pulled one back for Monza assisted by S. Birindelli, but L. Coulibaly restored the two-goal cushion immediately after with help from D. Veiga. E. Zeballos added a late strike for Monza in the 89th minute. Despite controlling 61 percent of possession and registering 19 shots to Lecce's seven, Monza could not overturn the deficit, leaving L. Coulibaly to claim a standout 8.9 rating alongside Wladimiro Falcone's 7.9 for the hosts.
Historical encounters between these clubs have proven tightly contested, including a previous 2-1 victory for Lecce and a 0-0 draw in their most recent meeting.
Monza next play at home to Sassuolo on 18 September.
Lecce arrived in fourteenth place with three points from their opening three outings, having finished seventeenth overall last term with 38 points. Monza sat eighteenth with a single point from three matches, carrying a five-match winless streak into the fixture despite having scored in three consecutive appearances. The early stages saw L. Coulibaly open the scoring in the third minute with an assist from I. Ilic, before Tiago Gabriel doubled the lead ten minutes later, again set up by I. Ilic. R. Mangas pulled one back for Monza assisted by S. Birindelli, but L. Coulibaly restored the two-goal cushion immediately after with help from D. Veiga. E. Zeballos added a late strike for Monza in the 89th minute. Despite controlling 61 percent of possession and registering 19 shots to Lecce's seven, Monza could not overturn the deficit, leaving L. Coulibaly to claim a standout 8.9 rating alongside Wladimiro Falcone's 7.9 for the hosts.
Historical encounters between these clubs have proven tightly contested, including a previous 2-1 victory for Lecce and a 0-0 draw in their most recent meeting.
Monza next play at home to Sassuolo on 18 September.
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Match stats
Lecce v Monza
39%
Possession
61%
1.08
Expected goals (xG)
2.79
7
Shots
19
3
Shots on target
11
6
Shots inside the box
14
4
Corners
6
321
Passes
493
73%
Pass accuracy
83%
8
Saves
0
14
Fouls
13
0
Offsides
4
2
Yellow cards
0
Lineups & player ratings
8.9
Top rated
Lassana Coulibaly · Lecce
90'
· 2 goals
Key moments
- 3' ⚽ L. Coulibaly · assist I. Ilic · Lecce
- 10' ⚽ Tiago Gabriel · assist I. Ilic · Lecce
- 20' ⚽ R. Mangas · assist S. Birindelli · Monza
- 21' ⚽ L. Coulibaly · assist D. Veiga · Lecce
- 38' 🟨 Konan N’Dri · Lecce
- 89' ⚽ E. Zeballos · Monza
- 90' 🟨 Danilo Veiga · Lecce
Lecce
4-3-3- 30 Wladimiro Falcone (c) 90' 7.9
- 17 Danilo Veiga 🅰️ 🟨 90' 7.7
- 5 Jamil Siebert 90' 6.3
- 44 Tiago Gabriel ⚽ 90' 7.9
- 25 Antonino Gallo 90' 7.3
- 29 Lassana Coulibaly ⚽ ⚽ 90' 8.9
- 14 Youssef Maleh 85' 6.3
- 9 Nikola Štulić 74' 6.2
- 99 Joël Monteiro 74' 6.9
- 20 Ivan Ilić 🅰️ 🅰️ 66' 7.7
- 11 Konan N'Dri 🟨 45' 6.0
- 50 Santiago Pierotti · sub 45' 6.3
- 79 Oumar Ngom · sub 24' 7.0
- 7 Amar Fatah · sub 16' 6.3
- 22 Paco Esteban · sub 16' 6.9
- 77 Mohamed Kaba · sub 10' 6.5
Monza
3-4-2-1- 20 Demba Thiam 90' 5.7
- 60 Eddy Kouadio 90' 6.3
- 3 Lorenzo Lucchesi 90' 6.7
- 44 Andrea Carboni 90' 7.0
- 19 Samuele Birindelli (c) 🅰️ 90' 7.2
- 90 Michael Folorunsho 90' 7.3
- 14 Ebenezer Akinsanmiro 84' 6.2
- 9 Gustavo Varela 75' 6.9
- 28 Andrea Colpani 64' 6.3
- 46 Jay Robinson 64' 6.6
- 7 Ricardo Mangas ⚽ 45' 7.3
- 24 Adam Bakoune · sub 45' 6.7
- 22 Exequiel Zeballos · sub ⚽ 26' 7.2
- 10 Patrick Cutrone · sub 26' 6.2
- 11 Omari Forson · sub 15' 6.7
- 80 Mathis Mout · sub 11' 6.9
Ratings out of 10. Data: API-Football. How ratings work
Match facts
Lecce
14th
in the table · 3 pts from 3
· GD -3
Monza
18th
in the table · 1 pts from 3
· GD -4