Lazio 3-1 Monza: Tavares, Isaksen and Pinamonti punish ten-man visitors
Nuno Tavares, Gustav Isaksen and Andrea Pinamonti scored for Lazio, who beat a Monza side reduced to ten men by Lorenzo Lucchesi's dismissal 3-1 at the Stadio Olimpico, where Saba Goglichidze scored Monza's goal with a header at the start of the second half.
Lazio made light work of the first half and a harder job of the second. Nuno Tavares scored on 3 minutes and Gustav Isaksen on 23, Monza had Lorenzo Lucchesi sent off on 35, and then Saba Goglichidze headed in at the start of the second half to make it 2-1. Andrea Pinamonti, a substitute, restored the two-goal lead with 88 minutes played, and Lazio won 3-1 at the Stadio Olimpico.
Match facts
- 3' — GOAL: Nuno Tavares (Lazio), assisted by Tijjani Noslin
- 13' — Andrea Carboni (Monza) booked
- 23' — GOAL: Gustav Isaksen (Lazio), assisted by Tijjani Noslin
- 35' — Lorenzo Lucchesi (Monza) sent off, reducing the visitors to ten men
- 45'+2' — Danilho Doekhi (Lazio) booked
- 46' — GOAL: Saba Goglichidze (Monza), header, assisted by Dany Mota
- 55' — Oliver Provstgaard (Lazio) booked
- 68' — Diogo Leite (Lazio) booked
- 88' — GOAL: Andrea Pinamonti (Lazio), assisted by Alfonso Pedraza
| Stat | Lazio | Monza |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 66% | 34% |
| Shots on target | 7 | 6 |
| Saves | 5 | 4 |
| Corners | 7 | 6 |
| Passes completed | 516 (87%) | 224 (75%) |
| Fouls | 10 | 9 |
| Offsides | 0 | 2 |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.51 | 1.84 |
A scoreline that flatters Lazio
Monza finished with a higher expected-goals figure than Lazio, 1.84 to 1.51, and put six shots on target to Lazio's seven, despite playing a man down for 55 minutes and having a third of the possession. The home side's two-goal cushion came from Tavares and Isaksen inside 23 minutes, both set up by Tijjani Noslin, and the difference in the end was that Lazio's first-half goals came before the red card and Monza's came after it.
Line-ups
- Lazio (4-3-3): Christos Mandas, Oliver Provstgaard, Danilho Doekhi, Nuno Tavares, Romano Floriani, Reda Belahyane, Kenneth Taylor, Davide Frattesi, Tijjani Noslin, Mattia Zaccagni, Gustav Isaksen. Came on: Andrea Pinamonti, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Alfonso Pedraza, Josip Sutalo, Diogo Leite.
- Monza (3-4-2-1): Noel Törnqvist, Lorenzo Lucchesi, Andrea Carboni, Eddy Kouadio, Ebenezer Akinsanmiro, Michael Folorunsho, Ricardo Mangas, Samuele Birindelli, Gustavo Varela, Exequiel Zeballos, Cyril Ngonge. Came on: Yvan Maye, Adam Bakoune, Manga Foe Ondoa, Dany Mota, Saba Goglichidze.
The form each side carried in
Lazio had not lost in their first five matches of the season, with four wins and a draw, a 2-2 with AC Milan at home on 12 September. Monza's season had read very differently: their last five before this trip to Rome were L L D L W, with only one win, a 2-1 at home over Sassuolo on 18 September, lifting some of the pressure.
What the result changes
Lazio are 2nd in Serie A with 16 points from six matches, five wins and a draw, level on points with leaders Inter and behind them on goal difference. Monza stay on 4 points and are 16th with six matches played, one win, one draw and four defeats.
Corrections
- October 12, 2026: Monza's goal was a header by Saba Goglichidze on 46 minutes. The article originally described it, without naming the scorer, as a goal scored late in the match. It also gave Lazio's pre-match record as ten points from four matches and their form as three wins and a draw from four; they had played five, with four wins and a draw (13 points).
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