LECCE. Lecce bounces back against Milan with a goal on the R. Leão 58′ and a goal on the D. Calabria 70′. Milan was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (64%)
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Via del Mare stadium in Lecce on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Orsato with the support of Niccolò Pagliardini and Marcello Rossi. The 4th official was Luca Massimi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.9 degrees Celsius or 46.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Milan was in firm control of the ball 64% while Lecce was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Milan was putting more pressure with 47 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Milan to win the encounter.
Lecce shot 18 times, 4 on target, 14 off target. On the opposite side, Milan shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Lecce received 1 yellow card (Youssef Maleh). Regarding the opposition, Milan received 2 yellow cards (Davide Calabria and Ismaël Bennacer).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Lecce will have 20 points to climb in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Milan will have 38 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Lecce will play away with Hellas Verona on the 21st of January with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Lecce (1 draw).
Milan will host Torino on the 10th of February with a 13-3 head to head statistic in favor of Milan (15 draws).
Lecce – Formation
Lecce
23'
62'
64'
Lecce started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Marco Baroni decided to play with the following team: Wladimiro Falcone , Valentin Gendrey , Federico Baschirotto , Samuel Umtiti , Giuseppe Pezzella , Alexis Blin , Morten Hjulmand , Joan González , Gabriel Strefezza , Lorenzo Colombo and Federico Di Francesco .
The home team had on the bench: Youssef Maleh , Antonino Gallo , Lameck Banda , Kristijan Bistrović, Rémi Oudin, Federico Brancolini, Pablo Rodríguez, Marco Bleve, Mats Lemmens, Þórir Jóhann Helgason, Marcin Listkowski, Kristoffer Askildsen, Joel Voelkerling Persson , Alessandro Tuia and Assan Ceesay.
Substitutions
Lecce made 5 changes: Giuseppe Pezzella for Antonino Gallo (62′), Joan González for Youssef Maleh (62′), Federico Di Francesco for L. Banda (72′), L. Colombo for J. Voelkerling Persson (72′) and Gabriel Strefezza for Rémi Oudin (89′).
Best player: Morten Hjulmand
The most impressive player for Lecce was Morten Hjulmand.
His rating is with 23 passes (65% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
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 , Tommaso Pobega , Alexis Saelemaekers , Brahim Díaz , Rafael Leão and Olivier Giroud .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Devis Vasquez, Antonio Mirante, Charles De Ketelaere, Aster Vranckx, Matteo Gabbia, Divock Origi , Sergiño Dest , Yacine Adli, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Malick Thiaw, Junior Messias , Andrea Bozzolan and Simon Kjær.
Substitutions
Milan made 5 changes: Theo Hernández for Sergiño Dest (46′), Alexis Saelemaekers for Junior Messias (46′), Brahim Díaz for Divock Origi (69′), Davide Calabria for Simon Kjaer (86′) and Tommaso Pobega for A. Vranckx (86′).
Best player: Ismaël Bennacer
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Ismaël Bennacer.
His rating is with 63 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 14. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
