Monza
- Monza are the clear favourites to take revenge on Virtus Entella when they meet at U-Power Stadium on Friday as the home team are unbeaten in their last five matches and currently second in the table with 54 points from 26 games.
- Paolo Bianco’s men have been in superb form of late, winning four and drawing one of their previous five and carrying over some momentum from consecutive victories over Juve Stabia (2-1) and Carrarese (1-0).
- They play with three at the back and two wing-backs who join the central midfielders to control the central areas of the pitch.
- The home side have won ten of 13 home games in Serie B 2025-2026.
Virtus Entella
- Entella are much more direct and have been more attacking under Andrea Chiappella who has led his team to an 18th place standing in Serie B 2025-2026 with 25 points from 26 matches.
- They press high, like to transition quickly and push up, while their front three and wide players like to push up on set-pieces and look to win second balls.
- Virtus Entella are winless in 13 away league games, drawing four and losing nine.
Key Players
- Hernani is their main threat, hitting a rich vein of goals with five in his last seven Serie B matches.
- Andrea Tiritiello leads their scoring charts with six goals in 17 league games, while Luigi Cuppone has bagged three goals in their last five.
Betting Insights
Monza are odds on for this game at 1.61 , which looks about right, but there’s more value in the goal market and 1.7 for under 2.5 is definitely worth considering in this game with the hosts being disciplined and the visitors poor travellers.
Prediction
- This should set up a classic contrast of styles on Friday as calm will battle with chaos in what ought to be a game in which the team with the most control of the second ball and the wider areas will prevail.
- Monza should certainly win this matchup because they are in much better league position, home form and current form.
- ACDVE have lost their last two games, 3-0 at Palermo and 3-1 at home to Catanzaro, and they don’t possess the same quality in the attacking third as Monza.
