MILANO. Juventus defeats Milan 1-0 after M. Locatelli scored just 1 goal (63′).
Malick Thiaw received a red card (40′). This red card was one of the reason why Milan lost the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Maurizio Mariani with the collaboration of Valerio Colarossi and Alessandro Lo Cicero. The 4th official was Matteo Marcenaro. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 17.4 degrees Celsius or 63.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Milan was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Juventus that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Juventus was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Juventus won the match.
Milan shot 7 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Juventus shot 14 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Milan received 1 yellow card (Tijjani Reijnders). On the opposite side, Juventus received 5 yellow cards (Weston McKennie, Timothy Weah, Massimiliano Allegri, Manuel Locatelli and Federico Gatti).
(Milan) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (40′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Milan will stay with 21 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Juventus will have 20 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Milan will play away with Monza on the 18th of February with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Milan (0 draws).
Juventus will play away agasint Hellas Verona on the 18th of February with a 12-3 head to head statistic in favor of Juventus (4 draws).
Milan – Formation
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: Antonio Mirante , Davide Calabria , Malick Thiaw , Fikayo Tomori , Alessandro Florenzi , Yunus Musah , Yacine Adli , Christian Pulišić , Tijjani Reijnders , Rafael Leão and Olivier Giroud .
The home team had on the bench: Luka Jović , Noah Okafor, Luka Romero , Pierre Kalulu , Simon Kjær , Marco Pellegrino, Tommaso Pobega, Rade Krunić , Lapo Nava, Chaka Traorè, Alejandro Jiménez and Andrea Bartoccioni.
Substitutions
Milan made 5 changes: Christian Pulišić for Pierre Kalulu (43′), Yacine Adli for Rade Krunić (60′), Olivier Giroud for Luka Jović (60′), Davide Calabria for Simon Kjær (79′) and Tijjani Reijnders for Luka Romero (79′).
Best player: Rafael Leão
The most impressive player for Milan was Rafael Leão.
His rating is with 18 passes (67% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 10 crosses.
Juventus – Formation
Juventus started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Massimiliano Allegri played with: Wojciech Szczęsny , Federico Gatti , Bremer , Daniele Rugani , Timothy Weah , Weston McKennie , Manuel Locatelli , Adrien Rabiot , Filip Kostić , Arkadiusz Milik and Moise Kean .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Fabio Miretti , Federico Chiesa , Dušan Vlahović , Dean Huijsen , Kenan Yıldız, Samuel Iling, Carlo Pinsoglio, Andrea Cambiaso , Mattia Perin, Hans Nicolussi Caviglia and Joseph Nonge Boende.
Juventus could not rely on the presence of Federico Chiesa (injured) and Fabio Miretti (injured).
Substitutions
Juventus made 5 changes: Filip Kostić for Andrea Cambiaso (56′), Moise Kean for Dušan Vlahović (56′), Arkadiusz Milik for Federico Chiesa (78′), Federico Gatti for Dean Huijsen (78′) and Timothy Weah for Fabio Miretti (84′).
Best player: Manuel Locatelli
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Juventus was Manuel Locatelli.
His rating is with 1 goal, 63 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Milan – Juventus – 0-1
- Salernitana – Cagliari – 2-2
- Roma – Monza – 1-0
- Bologna – Frosinone – 2-1
- Atalanta – Genoa – 2-0