ROMA. Milan topped Roma to win 2-1. A goal from L. Spinazzola was decisive in the 90min. It was Milan to strike first with an early goal of Olivier Giroud at the 9′. Then Rafael Leão scored again for Milan in the 48′ minute. Eventually, Leonardo Spinazzola reduced the distance for Roma (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Milan capitalized on its superior ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Saturday and it started at 4:45 am local time. The referee was Antonio Rapuano with the help of Filippo Meli and Stefano Alassio. The 4th official was Davide Massa. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.94 degrees Celsius or 67.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 32%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Milan had a superior ball possession 57% while Roma was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Roma was putting more pressure with 28 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Milan was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Roma shot 13 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Milan shot 9 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Roma received 2 yellow cards (Romelu Lukaku and Leandro Paredes). On the other side, Milan received 3 yellow cards (Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Fikayo Tomori and Noah Okafor).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Roma stays with 1 points to occupy the 14th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Milan has 9 points (1st).
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Roma will host Empoli on the 17th of September with a 13-2 head to head in favor of Roma (4 draws).
Milan will play away agasint Inter on the 16th of September with a 24-10 head to head statistic in favor of Inter (9 draws).
Roma – Formation
Roma
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Roma started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho decided to play with the following team: Rasmus Kristensen, Rui Patrício , Gianluca Mancini , Chris Smalling , Diego Llorente , Zeki Celik , Bryan Cristante , Leandro Paredes , Houssem Aouar , Nicola Zalewski , Andrea Belotti and Stephan El Shaarawy .
The home team had on the bench: Rick Karsdorp, Evan Ndicka, Edoardo Bove , Riccardo Pagano , Niccolò Pisilli, Pietro Boer, Romelu Lukaku , Mile Svilar, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Leonardo Spinazzola .
Roma could not rely on the presence of Leonardo Spinazzola (injured).
Substitutions
Roma made 5 changes: Houssem Aouar for Lorenzo Pellegrini (31′), Leandro Paredes for Edoardo Bove (70′), Gianluca Mancini for Riccardo Pagano (79′), Zeki Celik for Leonardo Spinazzola (70′) and Stephan El Shaarawy for Romelu Lukaku (71′).
Best player: Nicola Zalewski
The player that probably impressed the most for Roma was Nicola Zalewski.
His rating is with 30 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 3 crosses.
Milan – Formation
Milan
Milan started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Stefano Pioli played with: Mike Maignan , Davide Calabria , Malick Thiaw , Fikayo Tomori , Theo Hernández , Ruben Loftus-Cheek , Rade Krunić , Christian Pulišić , Tijjani Reijnders , Rafael Leão , Olivier Giroud .
They had on the bench: Yacine Adli, Noah Okafor , Luka Romero, Pierre Kalulu , Samuel Chukwueze , Simon Kjær, Marco Pellegrino, Tommaso Pobega , Alessandro Florenzi, Marco Sportiello, Yunus Musah and Antonio Mirante.
Substitutions
Milan made 4 changes: Rafael Leão for Noah Okafor (77′), Christian Pulišić for Samuel Chukwueze (77′), Ruben Loftus-Cheek for Pierre Kalulu (65′) and Olivier Giroud for Tommaso Pobega (70′).
Best player: Rafael Leão
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Rafael Leão.
His rating is with 1 goal, 20 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
