DORTMUND. Borussia Dortmund and Milan didn’t manage to score any goal on Wednesday. Borussia Dortmund was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the SIGNAL IDUNA PARK stadium in Dortmund on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Szymon Marciniak who had the assistance of Pawel Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewicz. The 4th official was Tomasz Musial. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.51 degrees Celsius or 61.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 18 Total 14
- 3 On Target 2
- 9 Off Target 7
- 6 Shots blocked 5
- 117 Attack 83
- 58 Dangerous attack 30
- 86 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 7
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 7 Total 12
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Borussia Dortmund had a superior ball possession 57% while Milan was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Borussia Dortmund was more pushing with 58 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Borussia Dortmund to win the match.
Borussia Dortmund shot 18 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Milan shot 14 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Borussia Dortmund received 3 yellow cards (Mats Hummels, Emre Can and Nico Schlotterbeck). On the opposite side, Milan received 2 yellow cards (Tijjani Reijnders and Yunus Musah).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this match, Borussia Dortmund has 1 points to occupy the 4th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Milan has 2 points (3rd).
Next matches
Borussia Dortmund – Formation
Borussia Dortmund started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Edin Terzic decided to play with the following team: Gregor Kobel , Julian Ryerson , Mats Hummels , Nico Schlotterbeck , Ramy Bensebaini , Emre Can , Salih Özcan , Julian Brandt , Marco Reus , Donyell Malen and Niclas Füllkrug .
The home team had on the bench: Felix Nmecha , Giovanni Reyna, Sébastien Haller, Marius Wolf, Youssoufa Moukoko , Niklas Süle, Karim Adeyemi , Alexander Meyer, Marcel Lotka and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens .
Substitutions
Borussia Dortmund made 4 changes: Donyell Malen for Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (72′), Marco Reus for Felix Nmecha (72′), Julian Brandt for Karim Adeyemi (64′) and Niclas Füllkrug for Youssoufa Moukoko (85′).
Best player: Ramy Bensebaini
The most impressive player for Borussia Dortmund was Ramy Bensebaini.
His rating is with 70 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.
Milan – Formation
Milan started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Stefano Pioli played with: Mike Maignan , Davide Calabria , Malick Thiaw , Fikayo Tomori , Theo Hernández , Yunus Musah , Tijjani Reijnders , Tommaso Pobega , Christian Pulišić , Olivier Giroud and Rafael Leão .
They had on the bench: Yacine Adli , Simon Kjær, Luka Jović, Noah Okafor , Samuel Chukwueze , Alessandro Florenzi , Marco Sportiello, Antonio Mirante and Davide Bartesaghi.
Substitutions
Milan made 4 changes: Tommaso Pobega for Yacine Adli (58′), Davide Calabria for Alessandro Florenzi (69′), Olivier Giroud for Noah Okafor (69′) and Christian Pulišić for Samuel Chukwueze (70′).
Best player: Mike Maignan
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was the goalkeeper: Mike Maignan. His rating is 8.06. He performed 3 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League.
- Atlético Madrid – Feyenoord – 3-2
- Antwerp – Shakhtar Donetsk – 2-3
- Celtic – Lazio – 1-2
- Borussia Dortmund – Milan – 0-0
- Newcastle United – Paris Saint Germain – 4-1
- RB Leipzig – Manchester City – 1-3
- Crvena Zvezda – Young Boys – 2-2
- Porto – FC Barcelona – 0-1