Lazio vs Monza

Lazio kept pace at the top of Serie A with a comfortable 3-1 win over Monza, and the game was shaped early when Lucchesi saw red for a professional foul just before the half-hour mark, leaving the visitors to play over an hour a man down. Nuno Tavares set the tone inside three minutes with a stunning strike from outside the box that flew in under the crossbar, and Gustav Isaksen doubled the lead on 23 minutes after a slick through ball. Monza briefly rallied right at the start of the second half, with Saba Goglichidze heading home from a corner, but Birindelli spurned a glorious chance soon after to make it level. Andrea Pinamonti settled things in the 88th minute, tucking away a cross from Alfonso Pedraza. The result keeps Lazio right in the title conversation, level at the summit with Inter, while Monza will be frustrated at how a tough night was made even harder by their own indiscipline, leaving plenty of work to do to climb away from danger.