MILANO. Napoli overcomes Milan 1-0 after E. Elmas scored just 1 goal (5′).

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 Davide Massa assisted by Filippo Meli and Daniele Bindoni. The 4th official was Antonio Rapuano. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 3.1 degrees Celsius or 37.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

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 49% of the time vs. Napoli that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Milan had a more offensive attitude with 65 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Napoli found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Milan shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Napoli shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Milan didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Napoli received 2 yellow cards (G. Di Lorenzo and K. Malcuit).

Standings

After playing this match, Milan will stay with 39 points like Napoli to remain in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Napoli will have 39 points like Milan to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Milan will play away with Empoli on the 22nd of December with a 7-2 head to head in favor of Milan (5 draws).

Napoli will host Spezia on the 22nd of December with a 5-1 head to head in favor of Napoli (0 draws).

Milan – Formation

Milan adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Stefano Pioli decided to play with the following team: Mike Maignan (6.4), Alessandro Florenzi (7.3), Fikayo Tomori (7.4), Alessio Romagnoli (7.2), Fodé Ballo-Touré (7.2), Sandro Tonali (6.8), Franck Kessié (6.3), Junior Messias (6.8), Brahim Díaz (6.1), Rade Krunić (7.1) and Zlatan Ibrahimović (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Tiemoué Bakayoko, Alexis Saelemaekers (6.9), Daniel Maldini, Pierre Kalulu (6.8), Antonio Mirante, Ismaël Bennacer (6.6), Ciprian Tătărușanu, Matteo Gabbia, Samu Castillejo (6.2) and Olivier Giroud (6.6).

Substitutions

Milan made 5 changes: R. Krunic for A. Saelemaekers (63′), B. Diaz for O. Giroud (63′), S. Tonali for I. Bennacer (78′), J. Messias for S. Castillejo (78′) and A. Florenzi for P. Kalulu (86′).

Best player: Fikayo Tomori​

The most impressive player for Milan was Fikayo Tomori.

His rating is (7.4) with 66 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Napoli – Formation

Also Napoli adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Luciano Spalletti played with: David Ospina (7.4), Kévin Malcuit (7.1), Amir Rrahmani (7.5), Juan Jesus (7.1), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (6.8), André Zambo Anguissa (7.0), Diego Demme (6.4), Hirving Lozano (6.2), Piotr Zieliński (7.6), Eljif Elmas (7.2) and Andrea Petagna (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Alessandro Zanoli, Alex Meret, Stanislav Lobotka (6.5), Davide Marfella, Faouzi Ghoulam (6.1), Adam Ounas (6.5), Dries Mertens (6.4) and Matteo Politano (6.1).

Substitutions

Napoli made 5 changes: D. Demme for S. Lobotka (54′), P. Zielinski for A. Ounas (77′), H. Lozano for M. Politano (77′), A. Petagna for D. Mertens (78′) and E. Elmas for F. Ghoulam (86′).

Best player: Piotr Zieliński​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Piotr Zieliński even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 43 passes (76% accurate) and 4 key passes. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Fiorentina – Sassuolo – 2-2
• Milan – Napoli – 0-1
• Sampdoria – Venezia – 1-1
• Spezia – Empoli – 1-1
• Torino – Hellas Verona – 1-0