SALERNO. Milan prevailed over Salernitana to win 2-1. It was Milan to strike first with a goal of Rafael Leão at the 10′. Then Sandro Tonali scored again for Milan in the 15′ minute. Eventually, Federico Bonazzoli reduced the distance for Salernitana (83′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Milan capitalized on its superior ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Stadio Arechi stadium in Salerno on Wednesday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Fourneau who was helped by Stefano Del Giovane and Pasquale De Meo. The 4th official was Ivano Pezzuto. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.4 degrees Celsius or 59.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 8 Total 17
- 1 On Target 12
- 7 Off Target 5
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 84 Attack 92
- 35 Dangerous attack 53
- 74 Ball safe 70
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 2
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 21 Total 13
- 4 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Milan was in firm control of the ball 56% while Salernitana was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Milan was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Milan won the contest.
Salernitana shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Milan shot 17 times, 12 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Salernitana received 4 yellow cards (Krzysztof Piatek, Domagoj Bradaric, Lassana Coulibaly and Flavius Daniliuc). On the opposite side, Milan received 1 yellow card (Olivier Giroud).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Salernitana will stay with 17 points like Monza to sit in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Milan will have 36 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Salernitana will play away with Lecce on the 27th of January with a 4-0 head to head in favor of Lecce (2 draws).
Milan will host Sassuolo on the 29th of January with a 11-6 head to head in favor of Milan (3 draws).
Salernitana – Formation
Salernitana
76'
63'
83'
Salernitana started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Davide Nicola decided to play with the following team: Guillermo Ochoa , Matteo Lovato , Ivan Radovanović , Federico Fazio , Junior Sambia , Lassana Coulibaly , Emil Bohinen , Tonny Vilhena , Domagoj Bradarić , Krzysztof Piątek and Boulaye Dia .
The home team had on the bench: Grīgorīs Kastanos, Vincenzo Fiorillo, Lorenzo Pirola, Diego Valencia, Jacopo De Matteis, Federico Bonazzoli , Antonio Iervolino, Flavius Daniliuc , Andrei Moțoc, Erik Botheim, Leonardo Capezzi and Dylan Bronn.
Substitutions
Salernitana made 3 changes: Tonny Vilhena for Federico Bonazzoli (63′), Emil Bohinen for Grigoris Kastanos (84′) and Salomon Sambia for Diego Valencia (84′).
Best player: Federico Bonazzoli
The player that probably impressed the most for Salernitana was Federico Bonazzoli.
His rating is with 1 goal, 4 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 63′.
Milan – Formation
Milan
Milan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Stefano Pioli played with: Ciprian Tătărușanu , Davide Calabria , Pierre Kalulu , Fikayo Tomori , Theo Hernández , Ismaël Bennacer , Sandro Tonali , Alexis Saelemaekers , Brahim Abdelkader Diaz , Rafael Leão and Olivier Giroud .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Matteo Gabbia , Tommaso Pobega, Yacine Adli, Malick Thiaw, Lapo Nava, Marko Lazetić, Andrea Bozzolan, Aster Vranckx , Tiemoué Bakayoko, Charles De Ketelaere , Sergiño Dest and Antonio Mirante.
Substitutions
Milan made 5 changes: Brahim Díaz for Charles De Ketelaere (63′), Davide Calabria for Matteo Gabbia (72′), Davide Calabria for Matteo Gabbia (72′), Olivier Giroud for Aster Vranckx (84′) and Alexis Saelemaekers for Sergiño Dest (84′).
Best player: Sandro Tonali
The most impressive player for Milan was Sandro Tonali.
His rating is with 1 goal, 22 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Salernitana – Milan – 1-2
- Torino – Hellas Verona – 1-1
- Inter – Napoli – 1-0
- Sassuolo – Sampdoria – 1-2
- Lecce – Lazio – 2-1
- Udinese – Empoli – 1-1
- Roma – Bologna – 1-0
- Spezia – Atalanta – 2-2
- Fiorentina – Monza – 1-1
- Cremonese – Juventus – 0-1
