Monza favourites for feisty fight facing Ternana

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: U-Power Stadium (18568 seats)

Monza receive Ternana for another engaging Serie B fixture here at U-Power Stadium.

Insights:
  • Monza have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Serie B

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Monza form and stats

Monza have only played one Serie B game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats from 19 matches.

Monza manager G. Stroppa and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus SPAL (placed 10th) in the Serie B. Luca Mazzitelli (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.04/10. Mazzitelli served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. The Monza goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio was crucial in the match against SPAL last time out, making six saves.

Ahead of that match, Monza won a home game hosting Cremonese (1-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Monza handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, three draws and three defeats.

The manager G. Stroppa will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Pisa in only three days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Monza at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Ternana form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Serie B ended in defeat. Last season Ternana had these away match statistics: Played 18; won 14, drew 3 and lost 1. With the Ternana losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie B home defeat versus Pisa with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Attacker Alfredo Donnarumma got a player rating of 6.94 in the game. "Man of the match" Donnarumma scored one goal.

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Brescia.

We have checked recent matches where Ternana have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were one victory, zero draws and two defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Parma in just four days.

Ternana have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Monza-Ternana H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Monza one win, Ternana two wins, one draw. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MonzaC. Zopalato Neves
C. Zopalato Neves
1 goals
MonzaC. Gytkjær
C. Gytkjær
1 goals
TernanaC. Falletti dos Santos
C. Falletti dos Santos
1 goals

Monza missing players

Ternana missing players

Monza Ternana
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 3
2 1 0 Scored S 2 2 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 3 3 9
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
4 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 5
4 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 3.3
2.7 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
10 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13 13.7
3.3 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 4.7
20% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 67% 21%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Monza have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Serie B
  • Monza have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Serie B
Monza Last season Ternana
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   18 36
18 10   Won W   14 28
13 6   Drew D   3 6
9 4   Lost L   1 2
53 29   Scored S   44 95
36 16   Conceded C   17 32
90% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
75% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 83%
35% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 69%
15% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 42%
8% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   28% 31%
40% 35%   BTTS BTTS   61% 58%
45% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   39% 42%
25% 20%   Failed to Score F T   0% 6%
 
5.6 6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.3
4.6 5   Corners against (avg) C A   4 3.8
2.1 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.9
6 3   Red cards R C   0 0
 
14.5 16.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 12.6
4.7 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 5.7
28% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   53% 47%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brescia 3 3 0 0 10 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 8 9
2 Pisa 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 6 9
3 Ascoli 3 3 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 9
4 Parma 3 2 1 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 6 2 5 7
5 Cremonese 3 2 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 6
6 Cittadella 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 6
7 Frosinone 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 5
8 Reggina 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
9 Monza 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 5
10 SPAL 3 1 1 1 6 2 2 1 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 4
11 Benevento 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
12 Perugia 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
13 Cosenza 3 1 0 2 3 7 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 6 -4 3
14 Como 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 2
15 Crotone 3 0 2 1 5 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 2
16 Lecce 3 0 2 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 2
17 Vicenza 3 0 0 3 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -4 0
18 Alessandria 3 0 0 3 4 9 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 6 -5 0
19 Ternana 3 0 0 3 3 9 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 -6 0
20 Pordenone 3 0 0 3 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 -10 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Empoli 38 19 16 3 68 35 19 11 8 0 38 15 19 8 8 3 30 20 33 73
2 Salernitana 38 19 12 7 46 34 19 11 6 2 26 13 19 8 6 5 20 21 12 69
3 Monza 38 17 13 8 51 33 19 9 6 4 27 16 19 8 7 4 24 17 18 64
4 Lecce 38 16 14 8 68 47 19 6 9 4 36 28 19 10 5 4 32 19 21 62
5 Venezia 38 15 14 9 53 39 19 10 3 6 28 19 19 5 11 3 25 20 14 59
6 Cittadella 38 15 12 11 48 35 19 9 7 3 25 14 19 6 5 8 23 21 13 57
7 Chievo 38 14 14 10 50 37 19 10 5 4 29 14 19 4 9 6 21 23 13 56
8 Brescia 38 15 11 12 61 53 19 9 5 5 36 27 19 6 6 7 25 26 8 56
9 SPAL 38 14 14 10 44 42 19 8 6 5 25 19 19 6 8 5 19 23 2 56
10 Reggina 38 12 14 12 42 45 19 8 4 7 20 22 19 4 10 5 22 23 -3 50
11 Frosinone 38 12 14 12 38 42 19 4 9 6 16 21 19 8 5 6 22 21 -4 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 12 14 46 44 19 7 6 6 27 22 19 5 6 8 19 22 2 48
13 Pisa 38 11 15 12 54 59 19 7 10 2 26 19 19 4 5 10 28 40 -5 48
14 Vicenza 38 11 15 12 48 53 19 5 9 5 22 24 19 6 6 7 26 29 -5 48
15 Pordenone 38 10 15 13 40 39 19 5 10 4 27 19 19 5 5 9 13 20 1 45
16 Ascoli 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 8 5 6 18 19 19 3 6 10 19 29 -11 44
17 Cosenza 38 6 17 15 29 47 19 3 9 7 15 20 19 3 8 8 14 27 -18 35
18 Reggiana 38 9 7 22 31 57 19 6 5 8 19 23 19 3 2 14 12 34 -26 34
19 Pescara 38 7 11 20 29 60 19 4 5 10 18 29 19 3 6 10 11 31 -31 32
20 Virtus Entella 38 4 11 23 30 64 19 3 4 12 17 35 19 1 7 11 13 29 -34 23
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ternana 36 28 6 2 95 32 18 14 3 1 51 15 18 14 3 1 44 17 63 90
2 Catanzaro 37 20 11 6 47 29 19 13 4 2 27 13 18 7 7 4 20 16 18 71
3 Avellino 36 20 8 8 53 33 18 12 3 3 33 13 18 8 5 5 20 20 20 68
4 Bari 1908 36 18 9 9 52 34 18 9 6 3 28 16 18 9 3 6 24 18 18 63
5 Juve Stabia 36 18 7 11 51 39 18 8 3 7 23 18 18 10 4 4 28 21 12 61
6 Catania 36 17 10 9 50 38 18 10 5 3 29 15 18 7 5 6 21 23 12 59
7 Palermo 36 14 11 11 44 40 18 7 6 5 26 22 18 7 5 6 18 18 4 53
8 Teramo 36 13 13 10 38 34 18 10 5 3 26 15 18 3 8 7 12 19 4 52
9 Foggia 36 14 9 13 36 39 18 6 7 5 17 17 18 8 2 8 19 22 -3 51
10 Casertana 37 14 6 17 50 59 18 6 3 9 24 30 19 8 3 8 26 29 -9 48
11 Monopoli 36 10 11 15 43 51 18 6 5 7 24 24 18 4 6 8 19 27 -8 41
12 Viterbese Castrense 36 9 13 14 36 42 18 5 5 8 18 21 18 4 8 6 18 21 -6 40
13 Potenza Calcio 36 10 9 17 38 52 18 5 6 7 21 27 18 5 3 10 17 25 -14 39
14 Turris Neapolis 36 9 12 15 40 56 18 6 6 6 20 22 18 3 6 9 20 34 -16 39
15 Virtus Francavilla 36 9 11 16 32 44 18 5 6 7 19 22 18 4 5 9 13 22 -12 38
16 Vibonese 36 6 18 12 34 37 18 4 10 4 22 18 18 2 8 8 12 19 -3 36
17 Paganese 36 7 11 18 26 49 18 3 7 8 12 24 18 4 4 10 14 25 -23 32
18 Bisceglie 36 7 9 20 28 51 18 5 4 9 11 18 18 2 5 11 17 33 -23 30
19 Cavese 36 5 8 23 27 55 18 4 2 12 12 24 18 1 6 11 15 31 -28 23
20 Trapani 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 -1

Read more about Serie B

Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.