Monza vs Cagliari 4-0

Monza beat Cagliari 4-0 at Stadio Brianteo, with four goals split across the two halves. Gustavo Varela scored twice, and Monza kept Cagliari out despite the visitors having more of the ball and more shots.

Eddy Kouadio opened the scoring in the 39th minute, heading in Dany Mota's cross to make it 1-0. Monza went in 1-0 up at half-time.

Varela doubled the lead in the 47th minute, finishing from Foe Ondoa to make it 2-0. After Cagliari made two changes in the 67th minute, Monza added a third through Jay Robinson, who scored in the 66th minute from Varela, before Varela made it 4-0 in the 79th minute for his second of the match. Monza then made three changes in the 81st minute, with Cagliari also making two, and the home side saw out the result from there.

Cagliari had 54% possession and 500 passes to Monza's 414, but Monza had more shots on target, 6-5, and a slight edge in expected goals, 1.88 to 1.75. Cagliari also won 7 corners to 2 and committed 14 fouls to Monza's 10, while Monza made 5 saves to Cagliari's 2.

Harry Winks was booked for Cagliari in the 76th minute, then Alieu Fadera was booked in the 82nd minute. Samuele Birindelli was shown Monza's only yellow card in the same minute. There were no red cards.