MILANO. Milan demolishes Torino 4-1 with goals of Christian Pulišić (33′), Olivier Giroud (43′ pen), Theo Hernández (45′) and Olivier Giroud (65′ pen). On the opposite side, Torino scored with Perr Schuurs (36′). Milan capitalized on its superior ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Maurizio Mariani with the assistance of Luigi Rossi and Gaetano Massara. The 4th official was Luca Massimi. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.55 degrees Celsius or 86.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Milan had a strong ball possession 59% while Torino was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Torino was more pushing with 36 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 1 were on target. Notwithstanding, Milan managed to find the solution to win this match.
Milan shot 17 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Torino shot 8 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Milan received 2 yellow cards (Malick Thiaw and Theo Hernández). On the opposite side, Torino received 4 yellow cards (Ivan Juric, Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, Karol Linetty and Ivan Ilic).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Milan has 6 points to occupy the 1st place in the table. On the opposite side, Torino stays with 1 points (16th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Milan will play away against Inter on the 16th of September with a 24-10 head to head stats in favor of Inter (9 draws).
Torino will play away agasint Salernitana on the 18th of September with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Torino (2 draws).
Milan – Formation
Milan
87'
39'
45'
Milan started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Stefano Pioli decided to play with the following team: Mike Maignan , Davide Calabria , Malick Thiaw , Fikayo Tomori , Theo Hernández , Ruben Loftus-Cheek , Rade Krunić , Tijjani Reijnders , Christian Pulišić , Olivier Giroud and Rafael Leão .
The home team had on the bench: Yacine Adli, Noah Okafor , Luka Romero, Pierre Kalulu, Samuel Chukwueze , Simon Kjær, Lorenzo Colombo, Marco Pellegrino, Tommaso Pobega, Alessandro Florenzi, Marco Sportiello, Yunus Musah and Antonio Mirante.
Milan could not rely on the presence of Samuel Chukwueze (injured), Yunus Musah (injured) and Alessandro Florenzi (injured).
Substitutions
Milan made 5 changes: Olivier Giroud for Samuel Chukwueze (66′), Rafael Leão for Noah Okafor (66′), Ruben Loftus-Cheek for Yunus Musah (66′), Malick Thiaw for Simon Kjær (79′) and Theo Hernández for Alessandro Florenzi (87′).
Best player: Olivier Giroud
The most impressive player for Milan was Olivier Giroud.
His rating is with 2 goals, 9 passes (56% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.
Torino – Formation
Torino
Torino started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Ivan Juric played with: Vanja Milinkovic-Savic , Perr Schuurs , Alessandro Buongiorno , Ricardo Rodríguez , Raoul Bellanova , Samuele Ricci , Ivan Ilic , Mërgim Vojvoda , Nikola Vlasic , Nemanja Radonjic and Antonio Sanabria .
They had on the bench: Luca Gemello, Brian Bayeye, David Zima, Yann Karamoh , Pietro Pellegri , Emirhan Ilkhan, Valentino Lazaro , Adrien Tamèze, Gvidas Gineitis, Mihai Popa, Karol Linetty and Ange Caumenan N’Guessan.
Torino could not rely on the presence of Pietro Pellegri (injured).
Substitutions
Torino made 4 changes: Antonio Sanabria for Pietro Pellegri (22′), Ivan Ilic for Karol Linetty (46′), Raoul Bellanova for Valentino Lazaro (59′) and Nemanja Radonjic for Yann Karamoh (59′).
Best player: Karol Linetty
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Torino was Karol Linetty.
His rating is with 11 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
