Juventus edged a step closer to a top-four finish with a 2-0 home win against Monza in Serie A on Sunday as Nicolas Gonzalez and Randal Kolo Muani scored first-half goals before Kenan Yildiz was sent off for the hosts before halftime, Reuters reported.

Gonzalez gave Juve the lead after 11 minutes with a terrific shot from distance and Kolo Muani scored inside the far post with a simple low strike from the edge of the box in the 33rd.

Juventus were reduced to 10 men when Yildiz lost his cool and was handed a straight red for violent conduct after elbowing Monza midfielder Alessandro Bianco in first-half stoppage time.

Juve moved provisionally up to fourth on 62 points, two points above fifth-placed Bologna who visit Udinese on Monday, according to Reuters.

The Turin side slipped out of the top four on Wednesday when new manager Igor Tudor's unbeaten run ended as they stumbled to a 1–0 defeat at lowly Parma .