MILANO. Milan tops Frosinone 3-1. Milan was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with L. Jović (43′), C. Pulišić (50′) and F. Tomori (74′). Frosinone reduced the distance with a goal (82′) by Marco Brescianini, but there was not much to do for them.

The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Matteo Marchetti with the support of Mauro Vivenzi and Domenico Fontemurato. The 4th official was Francesco Fourneau. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.55 degrees Celsius or 43.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Milan was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Frosinone that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Frosinone was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Milan was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Milan shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Frosinone shot 15 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Milan received 2 yellow cards (L. Jović and Stefano Pioli). Regarding the opposition, Frosinone received 1 yellow card (Enzo Barrenechea).

Standings

After this match, Milan will have 29 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Frosinone will stay with 18 points like Monza to remain in the 11th 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 record in favor of Milan (0 draws).

Frosinone will host Roma on the 18th of February with a 6-0 head to head in favor of Roma (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: M. Maignan (7.0), D. Calabria (6.8), F. Tomori (7.9), T. Hernández (8.1), A. Florenzi (7.0), R. Loftus-Cheek (7.1), T. Reijnders (7.1), Y. Musah (6.7), S. Chukwueze (7.0), L. Jović (8.4) and C. Pulišić (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: J. Šimić, I. Bennacer (6.3), Y. Adli (6.6), L. Romero, T. Pobega (6.8), R. Krunić, L. Nava, C. Traorè (6.6), F. Camarda (6.6), Álex Jiménez, A. Mirante and D. Bartesaghi.

Substitutions

Milan made 4 changes: C. Pulišić for Chaka Traorè (78′), S. Chukwueze for Yacine Adli (64′), R. Loftus-Cheek for Tommaso Pobega (79′) and T. Reijnders for Ismaël Bennacer  (79′).

Player of the match: L. Jović​

The player that probably impressed the most for Milan was L. Jović.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 11 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Frosinone – Formation

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

Eusebio Di Francesco played with: Stefano Turati (6.4), Ilario Monterisi (6.0), Simone Romagnoli (6.6), Caleb Okoli (6.7), Anthony Oyono (7.1), Mehdi Bourabia (6.3), Enzo Barrenechea (7.1), Matías Soulé (7.1), Reinier (7.0), Arijon Ibrahimović (6.6) and Marvin Cuni (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Walid Cheddira (6.4), Pierluigi Frattali, Marco Brescianini (7.0), Jaime Báez, Karlo Lulic , Kaio Jorge (6.8), Giuseppe Caso (6.8), Francesco Gelli (7.0), Luca Garritano, Giorgi Kvernadze, Michele Cerofolini and Mateus Henrique Vanelli Lusuardi.

Substitutions

Frosinone made 5 changes: Mehdi Bourabia for Marco Brescianini (46′), Reinier for Francesco Gelli (57′), Arijon Ibrahimović for Giuseppe Caso (66′), Marvin Cuni for Kaio Jorge (66′) and Ilario Monterisi for Walid Cheddira (86′).

Player of the match: Matías Soulé​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Frosinone was Matías Soulé.

His rating is (7.1) with 50 passes (82% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 19. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Milan – Frosinone – 3-1
• Lazio – Cagliari – 1-0
• Genoa – Empoli – 1-1