MILANO. Milan prevails over Torino 1-0 after O. Giroud scored just 1 goal (62′).
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Giovanni Ayroldi who was helped by Alessandro Lo Cicero and Mattia Scarpa. The 4th official was Manuel Volpi. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 1.4 degrees Celsius or 34.47 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Milan was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Torino that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Torino was putting more pressure with 40 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Milan managed to find the solution to win this match.
Milan shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Torino shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Milan received 1 yellow card (Simon Kjaer). Talking about the opposition, Torino received 4 yellow cards (G. Gineitis, Alessandro Buongiorno, P. Schuurs and Nemanja Radonjić).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Milan will have 41 points like Atalanta and Roma to hold in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Torino will stay with 30 points like Udinese to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Milan will host Salernitana on the 13th of March with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Milan (1 draw).
Torino will play away agasint Lecce on the 12th of March with a 3-3 head to head.
Milan – Formation
Milan
70'
32'
62'
Milan adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Stefano Pioli decided to play with the following team: Ciprian Tătărușanu , Pierre Kalulu , Simon Kjær , Malick Thiaw , Alexis Saelemaekers , Rade Krunić , Sandro Tonali , Theo Hernández , Brahim Díaz , Rafael Leão and Olivier Giroud .
The home team had on the bench: Divock Origi, Yacine Adli, Aster Vranckx, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Ante Rebić, Davide Calabria, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Tommaso Pobega, Junior Messias, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Antonio Mirante, Charles De Ketelaere , Matteo Gabbia and Devis Vásquez.
Milan could not rely on the presence of Divock Origi (injured).
Substitutions
Milan made 5 changes: Simon Kjaer for Matteo Gabbia (70′), Brahim Díaz for Charles De Ketelaere (79′), Sandro Tonali for Tommaso Pobega (89′), Alexis Saelemaekers for Davide Calabria (89′) and Olivier Giroud for Divock Origi (89′).
Best player: Brahim Díaz
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Brahim Díaz even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 26 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 16.
Torino – Formation
Torino
Also Torino adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Ivan Juric played with: Vanja Milinković-Savić , Koffi Djidji , Perr Schuurs , Alessandro Buongiorno , Wilfried Singo , Michel Ndary Adopo , Gvidas Gineitis , Ricardo Rodríguez , Aleksei Miranchuk , Nikola Vlašić and Antonio Sanabria .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Mergim Vojvoda , Matteo Fiorenza, Ivan Ilić, Ronaldo Vieira, Nemanja Radonjić , Luca Gemello, Ola Aina, Demba Seck, Andreaw Gravillon , Karol Linetty , Yann Karamoh and Brian Bayeye.
Torino could not rely on the presence of Mërgim Vojvoda (injured).
Substitutions
Torino made 5 changes: G. Gineitis for Karol Linetty (46′), Alessandro Buongiorno for Mergim Vojvoda (58′), Michel Adopo for Yann Karamoh (69′), Nikola Vlasic for Nemanja Radonjić (80′) and Koffi Djidji for Andrew Gravillon (80′).
Best player: Michel Ndary Adopo
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Torino was Michel Ndary Adopo.
His rating is with 47 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
