Monza vs Avellino - prediction, team news, lineups

Ahead of adjacent week's top-flight return, Monza volition invited Avellino to U-Power Stadium for a first-round Coppa Italia necktie connected Friday.

While the Biancorossi were promoted backmost to Serie A past term, their Campanian counterparts missed retired and volition soon footwear disconnected different second-tier campaign.

Match preview

Blessed with 1 of Serie B's strongest squads, Monza made it consecutive backmost to Italy's apical formation astatine the archetypal effort past season, yet going up done the playoffs.

Though they drew 2-2 connected aggregate with Catanzaro successful the final, their superior league decorativeness of 3rd spot secured the 1 remaining spot down Venezia and Frosinone.

However, caput manager Paolo Bianco was past moved aside, subsequently taking a caller relation astatine Pisa, with ex-Roma and Southampton brag Ivan Juric brought successful to regenerate him.

Soon acceptable to commencement their Serie A comeback with possibly the toughest imaginable fixture - distant to Scudetto holders Inter Milan - Monza indispensable archetypal play big successful the Coppa Italia.

After winning astir of their matches successful pre-season, including an eye-catching triumph implicit Turkish giants Galatasaray, the Biancorossi volition present invited Avellino.

Both sides won 2-1 astatine location during past season's Serie B campaign, with Patrick Cutrone and Monza skipper Matteo Pessina some scoring successful February, erstwhile the brace astir precocious met.

Avellino yet missed retired connected joining Monza successful Serie A, but their archetypal twelvemonth aft winning promotion from Serie C inactive exceeded astir expectations. 

After finishing eighth, up of respective bigger clubs, they were eliminated successful the archetypal playoff circular by eventual finalists Catanzaro.

The Biancoverdi had kicked disconnected that run inauspiciously, by losing successful the Coppa Italia's preliminary circular to small Audace Cerignola. 

Now, they anticipation to debar different aboriginal cupful exit nether caller management: World Cup victor Alessandro Nesta, who was successful complaint for astir of Monza's relegation play and volition conscionable his erstwhile nine this weekend.

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Team News

Preparing for the upcoming league season, Monza person been engaged successful the transportation market, truthful caller signings specified arsenic Portugal Under-20s planetary Gustavo Varela could diagnostic connected Friday. 

Furthermore, Inter midfielder Ebenezer Akinsanmiro and Southampton winger Jay Robinson person some joined connected loan.

Juric whitethorn not sanction his strongest imaginable XI, preferring to absorption connected adjacent week's travel to San Siro, but skipper Pessina should inactive tally the hosts' motor room.

Meanwhile, Avellino volition beryllium skippered by Greek midfielder Dimitris Sounas; helium could beryllium partnered by Luca Di Maggio, who scored against some Torino and Lazio successful the Biancoverdi's last summertime friendlies.

Daniel Fila, precocious signed connected indebtedness from Venezia, is favourite to commencement up front, though ex-Monza antheral Andrea Favilli is different contender.

Monza imaginable starting lineup:

Thiam; Kouadio, Delli Carri, Carboni; Birindelli, Akinsanmiro, Pessina, Mangas; Colpani, Mota; Cutrone

Avellino imaginable starting lineup:

Martinelli; Cancellotti, Simic, Izzo, Moruzzi; Sounas, Palumbo, Di Maggio; Russo, Biasci; Fila

We say: Monza 2-0 Avellino

With the bracket already set, Friday's victor volition conscionable either Torino oregon Carrarese successful the 2nd circular aboriginal adjacent month.

While some teams person 1 oculus connected the commencement of their league campaign, Monza indispensable beryllium considered beardown favourites by virtuousness of having location vantage and superior squad depth.

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