Borussia Dortmund prevails over Milan 3-1

MILANO. Borussia Dortmund overcomes Milan 3-1.

November 29, 2023

MILANO. Borussia Dortmund defeats Milan 3-1.

Olivier Giroud missed a decisive penalty (6′). That would have allowed Milan to draw the match.

The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Tuesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Istvan Kovacs with the collaboration of Vasile Marinescu and Mihai Ovidiu Artene. The 4th official was Marcel Bîrsan. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.28 degrees Celsius or 46.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.

Match Statistics

Milan

1 - 3

Borussia Dortmund

54 Ball Possession 46

Shots

17 Total 12
4 On Target 4
6 Off Target 5
7 Shots blocked 3

128 Attack 86
82 Dangerous attack 36
55 Ball safe 56

1 Penalties 1
10 Corners 1

Fouls

3 Total 2
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Milan was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Borussia Dortmund that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Milan was more pushing with 82 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Borussia Dortmund succeeded in find the solution to win this match.

Milan shot 17 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Borussia Dortmund shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Milan received 1 yellow card (Fikayo Tomori). On the opposite side, Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card (Emre Can).

Match Timeline

10'

Marco Reus(penalty)

Samuel Chukwueze(goal)Davide Calabria

37'

53'

55'

Karim Adeyemi- sub ->Donyell Malen

55'

Salih Özcan- sub ->Nico Schlotterbeck

59'

Jamie Bynoe-Gittens(goal)Marcel Sabitzer

66'

Marius Wolf- sub ->Jamie Bynoe-Gittens

Fikayo Tomori- Yellow

67'

69'

Karim Adeyemi(goal)Marco Reus

L. Jović- sub ->Yacine Adli

77'

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Milan will stay with 5 points like Newcastle United to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Borussia Dortmund will have 10 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

Milan – Formation

Milan

Mike Maignan 16.France

6.3

Davide Calabria 2.Italy

6.6

Theo Hernández 19.France

6.8

Fikayo Tomori 23.England

7.0

67'

Malick Thiaw 28.Germany

6.7

53'

Yacine Adli 7.France

7.3

77'

Ruben Loftus-Cheek 8.England

7.1

Christian Pulisic 11.United States

7.0

Tijjani Reijnders 14.Netherlands

7.1

Samuel Chukwueze 21.Nigeria

7.7

77'

37'

Olivier Giroud 9.France

6.4

Substitutes

Lapo Nava 69.Italy

Antonio Mirante 83.Italy

Alessandro Florenzi 42.Italy

Tommaso Pobega 32.Italy

Rade Krunic 33.Bosnia and Herzegovina

6.6

53'

L. Jović 15.Serbia

7.0

77'

Chaka Traorè 70.Ivory Coast

6.8

77'

Milan started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Stefano Pioli decided to play with the following team: Mike Maignan (6.3), Davide Calabria (6.6), Malick Thiaw (6.7), Fikayo Tomori (7.0), Theo Hernández (6.8), Tijjani Reijnders (7.1), Yacine Adli (7.3), Samuel Chukwueze (7.7), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (7.1), Christian Pulisic (7.0) and Olivier Giroud (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Rade Krunic (6.6), Luka Jović (7.0), Tommaso Pobega, Alessandro Florenzi, Lapo Nava, Chaka Traorè (6.8), Antonio Mirante and D. Bartesaghi.

Milan could not rely on the presence of Rade Krunic (injured).

Substitutions

Milan made 3 changes: Malick Thiaw for Rade Krunic (53′), Yacine Adli for Luka Jović (77′) and Samuel Chukwueze for Chaka Traorè (77′).

Player of the match: Samuel Chukwueze

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Samuel Chukwueze.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 22 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 12.

Borussia Dortmund – Formation

Borussia Dortmund

Gregor Kobel 1.Switzerland

7.5

Thomas Meunier 24.Belgium

Nico Schlotterbeck 4.Germany

7.0

55'

Ramy Bensebaini 5.Algeria

7.5

Mats Hummels 15.Germany

8.1

Julian Ryerson 26.Norway

7.0

Jamie Bynoe-Gittens 43.England

7.5

66'

59'

Marco Reus 11.Germany

7.5

79'

10'

Marcel Sabitzer 20.Austria

7.5

Donyell Malen 21.Netherlands

6.4

55'

Emre Can 23.Germany

7.0

90'

Niclas Füllkrug 14.Germany

7.3

Substitutes

Alexander Meyer 33.Germany

Marcel Lotka 35.Poland

Hendry Blank 42.Germany

Salih Özcan 6.Turkey

6.7

55'

Giovanni Reyna 7.United States

Marius Wolf 17.Germany

6.6

66'

Julian Brandt 19.Germany

6.7

79'

Sébastien Haller 9.Ivory Coast

Youssoufa Moukoko 18.Germany

Karim Adeyemi 27.Germany

7.9

55'

69'

Borussia Dortmund started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Edin Terzic played with: Thomas Meunier, Gregor Kobel (7.5), Julian Ryerson (7.0), Mats Hummels (8.1), Nico Schlotterbeck (7.0), Ramy Bensebaini (7.5), Emre Can (7.0), Marcel Sabitzer (7.5), Donyell Malen (6.4), Marco Reus (7.5) and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (7.5), Niclas Füllkrug (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Julian Brandt (6.7), Salih Özcan (6.7), Giovanni Reyna, Sébastien Haller, Marius Wolf (6.6), Youssoufa Moukoko, Karim Adeyemi (7.9), Alexander Meyer, Marcel Lotka and Hendry Blank.

Borussia Dortmund could not rely on the presence of Karim Adeyemi (injured), Salih Özcan (injured), Marius Wolf (injured) and Julian Brandt (injured).

Substitutions

Borussia Dortmund made 4 changes: Donyell Malen for Karim Adeyemi (55′), Nico Schlotterbeck for Salih Özcan (55′), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens for Marius Wolf (66′) and Marco Reus for Julian Brandt (79′).