TORINO. Milan tops Juventus 1-0 after O. Giroud scored just 1 goal (40′).

The match was played at the Allianz Stadium stadium in Torino on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Maurizio Mariani with the help of Alessandro Costanzo and Matteo Passeri. The 4th official was Luca Massimi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.9 degrees Celsius or 58.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Juventus was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Milan that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Juventus was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Milan was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Juventus shot 16 times, 3 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Milan shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Juventus received 1 yellow card (J. Cuadrado). On the other side, Milan received 2 yellow cards (Junior Messias and Rade Krunic).

Standings

After playing this match, Juventus will stay with 59 points to sit in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Milan will have 67 points to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

Juventus – Formation

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

The manager Massimiliano Allegri decided to play with the following team: Wojciech Szczęsny (7.0), Federico Gatti (6.4), Bremer (6.7), Danilo (7.2), Juan Cuadrado (7.1), Adrien Rabiot (7.1), Manuel Locatelli (7.0), Filip Kostić (6.9), Ángel Di María (6.8), Federico Chiesa (6.1) and Moise Kean (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Tommaso Barbieri, Daniele Rugani, Samuel Iling Junior (6.7), Fabio Miretti, Alex Sandro, Carlo Pinsoglio, Leandro Paredes (6.8), Leonardo Bonucci (6.5), Arkadiusz Milik (6.2), Alessandro Sersanti and Mattia Perin.

Substitutions

Juventus made 4 changes: Á. Di María for Arkadiusz Milik (63′), F. Kostić for Leandro Paredes (63′), M. Kean for Samuel Iling (73′) and Bremer for Leonardo Bonucci (82′).

Best player: Danilo​

The most impressive player for Juventus was Danilo.

His rating is (7.2) with 58 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.

Milan – Formation

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

Stefano Pioli played with: Mike Maignan (7.3), Davide Calabria (7.1), Malick Thiaw (7.2), Fikayo Tomori (7.8), Theo Hernández (6.2), Rade Krunić (7.8), Sandro Tonali (7.0), Junior Messias (6.9), Brahim Díaz (6.5), Rafael Leão (6.6) and Olivier Giroud (7.6).

These were the players on the bench: Matteo Gabbia, Divock Origi, Alessandro Florenzi, Charles De Ketelaere, Fodé Ballo-Touré (6.8), Yacine Adli, Antonio Mirante, Alexis Saelemaekers (6.4), Ciprian Tătărușanu, Aster Vranckx, Tommaso Pobega (6.5), Pierre Kalulu and Simon Kjær.

Substitutions

Milan made 5 changes: Junior Messias for Alexis Saelemaekers (56′), Rafael Leão for Fodé Ballo-Touré (82′), Brahim Díaz for Tommaso Pobega (82′), Olivier Giroud for Divock Origi (86′) and Davide Calabria for Pierre Kalulu Kyatengwa (86′).

Best player: Rade Krunić​

The player that probably impressed the most for Milan was Rade Krunić even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 57 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• Hellas Verona – Empoli – 1-1
• Juventus – Milan – 0-1
• Monza – Lecce – 0-1
• Lazio – Cremonese – 3-2
• Bologna – Napoli – 2-2