MILANO. Milan tops Torino 1-0 after O. Giroud scored just 1 goal (14′). Torino lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Tuesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Gianluca Aureliano who had the assistance of Valerio Colarossi and Giacomo Paganessi. The 4th official was Luca Zufferli. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 10.1 degrees Celsius or 50.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Torino was in firm control of the ball 56% while Milan was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Torino was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Milan succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Milan shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Torino shot 13 times, 2 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Milan received 3 yellow cards (T. Bakayoko, P. Kalulu and A. Romagnoli). Talking about the opposition, Torino received 3 yellow cards (T. Pobega, W. Singo and A. Buongiorno).

Standings

After playing this match, Milan will have 28 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Torino will stay with 11 points like Hellas Verona and Sassuolo to stay in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Milan will play away with Roma on the 31st of October with a 14-9 head to head in favor of Roma (11 draws).

Torino will host Sampdoria on the 30th of October with a 9-8 head to head statistic in favor of Sampdoria (9 draws).

Milan – Formation

Milan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Stefano Pioli decided to play with the following team: Ciprian Tătărușanu (7.4), Davide Calabria (7.0), Fikayo Tomori (7.4), Alessio Romagnoli (6.9), Pierre Kalulu (6.8), Franck Kessié (6.9), Sandro Tonali (7.4), Alexis Saelemaekers (6.8), Rade Krunić (7.4), Rafael Leão (6.8) and Olivier Giroud (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Andreas Jungdal, Matteo Gabbia, Antonio Mirante, Tiemoué Bakayoko (7.0), Zlatan Ibrahimović (6.9), Andrea Conti, Simon Kjær (6.7), Pietro Pellegri, Ismaël Bennacer (7.0), Theo Hernández (6.8) and Daniel Maldini.

Substitutions

Milan made 5 changes: P. Kalulu for T. Hernandez (46′), A. Romagnoli for S. Kjaer (46′), S. Tonali for T. Bakayoko (65′), R. Krunic for I. Bennacer (66′) and O. Giroud for Z. Ibrahimovic (87′).

Best player: Ciprian Tătărușanu​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was the goalkeeper: Ciprian Tătărușanu. His rating is 7.43. He performed 3 saves.

Torino – Formation

Torino started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

On the other side, Ivan Juric played with: Vanja Milinković-Savić (6.6), Koffi Djidji (6.9), Bremer (7.1), Alessandro Buongiorno (6.2), Wilfried Singo (6.8), Saša Lukić (6.9), Tommaso Pobega (6.8), Ola Aina (6.8), Karol Linetty (7.1), Josip Brekalo (7.4) and Andrea Belotti (6.4).

They had on the bench: Ricardo Rodríguez (7.1), Armando Izzo, Mergim Vojvoda (6.2), Antonio Sanabria (6.9), Dennis Praet (6.2), Etrit Berisha, Ben Lhassine Kone, Daniele Baselli, Simone Zaza (6.6), David Zima, Magnus Warming and Tomás Rincón.

Substitutions

Torino made 5 changes: A. Buongiorno for R. Rodriguez (46′), A. Belotti for A. Sanabria (54′), K. Linetty for D. Praet (54′), W. Singo for M. Vojvoda (74′) and O. Aina for S. Zaza (80′).

Best player: Josip Brekalo​

The most impressive player for Torino was Josip Brekalo.

His rating is (7.4) with 53 passes (79% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Milan – Torino – 1-0
• Spezia – Genoa – 1-1
• Venezia – Salernitana – 1-2