Brescia and Monza will square off at the Stadio Mario Rigamonti in the first leg of their Serie A promotion playoff semi-final tie on Wednesday night with kickoff at 20:00.
Both side made impressive campaigns to earn places in the promotion-playoffs with Brescia recording a tally of 66 points from 38 matches to finish fifth in Serie B, while Monza claimed 67 points from 38 games to finish fourth in the standings.
However, Monza will be kicking themselves after suffering a final-day 1-0 loss to Perugia which saw them miss out on the automatic promotion places by just two points.
Brescia head into the match in a good form having only lost once in their last 11 matches across all competitions and are coming off a 3-2 extra time victory over Perugia at home in the opening playoff round. They have are also unbeaten in their last 12 home games including the weekends victory, and they will look to keep the juggernaut rolling on Wednesday.
Monza on the other hand, played last fixture in Serie B where they fell to Perugia 1-0. They now head into the clash having lost two of their last six league games. Their recent form is not encouraging with two defeats in their last three games, and they have lost three of their last four on the road games.
Brescia vs Monza head to head
Both sides have met in eight encounters since 1998 with both sides claiming two victories and there have been four draws.
- Monza 1-1 Brescia 18/04/22
- Brescia 0-2 Brescia 05/12/21
- Monza 0-2 Brescia 10/05/21
- Brescia 0-1 Monza 25/01/21
- Brescia 1-0 Monza 12/03/00
Home
- Brescia 3-2 Perugia
- Brescia 3-0 Reggina
- Cittadella 1-0 Brescia
- Brescia 1-1 Spal
- Monza 1-1 Brescia
Away
- Perugia 1-0 Monza
- Monza 3-0 Benevento
- Frosinone 4-1 Monza
- Monza 1-1 Brescia
- Cosenza 0-2 Monza
Brescia team news
Brescia will be without Giacomo Olzer and Lorenzo Andreoli due to injuries.
Monza team news
Monza will be without Antonis Siatounis and Gabriel Paletta due to injuries.
Predictions and odds
- Brescia win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
