AC Monza vs Cagliari Calcio

Monza beat Cagliari 4-0 at the U-Power Stadium on Monday night, and the game turned in the two minutes after half-time. It was the first clean sheet of their Serie A season. The first half was tight. Cagliari had the early openings, but Noel Törnqvist kept out Nzola and Mendy. Then Monza broke on the counter and Dany Mota slipped a pass through for centre-back Eddy Kouadio, who finished from close range in the 39th minute. Gustavo Varela doubled the lead in the 47th, driving low into the corner. Jay Robinson made it 3-0 in the 66th with a curled finish from the edge of the area, set up by Varela. Thirteen minutes later Robinson hit the post and Varela tapped in the rebound for his second. Törnqvist then denied Kevin Carlos twice late on. Fabio Pisacane was suspended after a row with Luciano Spalletti, so Giacomo Murelli ran Cagliari from the bench. The heavy defeat ended a good run away from home. Monza had gone into the game without several injured players.