MILANO. Milan prevails over Lazio with a 2-0 win with a goal from I. Bennacer (18′) and a goal from T. Hernández (29′).
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Rapuano with the collaboration of Filippo Meli and Stefano Alassio. The 4th official was Daniele Orsato. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 26.8 degrees Celsius or 80.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Milan was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Lazio that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Milan was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Milan won the match.
Milan shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Lazio shot 8 times, 0 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Milan received 2 yellow cards (Davide Calabria and M. Thiaw). On the other side, Lazio received 4 yellow cards (Alessio Romagnoli, Adam Marusic, Nicolò Casale and Luca Pellegrini).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Milan will have 61 points to remain in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Lazio will stay with 64 points to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Milan will play away with Spezia on the 13th of May with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Milan (0 draws).
Lazio will host Lecce on the 12th of May with a 5-3 head to head record in favor of Lazio (3 draws).
Milan – Formation
Milan
46'
42'
29'
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: Mike Maignan , Davide Calabria , Simon Kjær , Fikayo Tomori , Theo Hernández , Sandro Tonali , Rade Krunić , Junior Messias , Ismaël Bennacer , Rafael Leão and Olivier Giroud .
The home team had on the bench: Divock Origi, Fodé Ballo-Touré , Alexis Saelemaekers , Tiemoué Bakayoko, Malick Thiaw , Aster Vranckx, Pierre Kalulu , Matteo Gabbia, Ante Rebić , Brahim Díaz, Charles De Ketelaere, Ciprian Tătărușanu, Antonio Mirante, Yacine Adli and Tommaso Pobega.
Substitutions
Milan made 5 changes: Rafael Leão for Alexis Saelemaekers (11′), Davide Calabria for Pierre Kalulu Kyatengwa (46′), Simon Kjaer for Malick Thiaw (46′), Olivier Giroud for Ante Rebić (69′) and Theo Hernández for Fodé Ballo-Touré (80′).
Best player: Olivier Giroud
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Olivier Giroud even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 15 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.
Lazio – Formation
Lazio
Lazio started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Maurizio Sarri played with: Ivan Provedel , Adam Marušić , Nicolò Casale , Alessio Romagnoli , Elseid Hysaj , Sergej Milinković-Savić , Marcos Antônio , Luis Alberto , Felipe Anderson , Ciro Immobile and Mattia Zaccagni .
They had on the bench: Toma Bašić , Matteo Cancellieri, Luka Romero, Manuel Lazzari , Patric, Marco Bertini, Mario Gila Fuentes, Pedro , Luís Maximiano, Luca Pellegrini , Ştefan Radu, Mohamed Fares and Marius Adamonis.
Substitutions
Lazio made 5 changes: Adam Marusic for Manuel Lazzari (56′), Mattia Zaccagni for Pedro (56′), Elseid Hysaj for Luca Pellegrini (68′), Sergej Milinković-Savić for Toma Bašić (68′) and Ciro Immobile for Matteo Cancellieri (81′).
Best player: Felipe Anderson
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lazio was Felipe Anderson.
His rating is with 44 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
