UDINE. Milan succeeded in reverse the scoreline against Udinese. Milan was much better in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Dacia Arena stadium in Udine on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Fabio Maresca with the collaboration of Damiano Di Iorio and Marco Scatragli. The 4th official was Niccolò Baroni. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was quite cold at 4.53 degrees Celsius or 40.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Milan had a superior ball possession 70% while Udinese was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Milan was more pushing with 44 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Milan won the contest.
Udinese shot 11 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Milan shot 15 times, 7 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Udinese received 6 yellow cards (João Ferreira, Lorenzo Lucca, Festy Ebosele, Florian Thauvin, Walace and Hassane Kamara). On the other side, Milan received 1 yellow card (Theo Hernández).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Udinese stays with 18 points like Cagliari to remain in the 16th place. On the other side, Milan will has 45 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Udinese will play away against Atalanta on the 27th of January with a 13-10 head to head statistic in favor of Atalanta (14 draws).
Milan will host Bologna on the 27th of January with a 20-2 head to head statistic in favor of Milan (7 draws).
Udinese – Formation
Udinese
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60'
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Udinese started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Gabriele Cioffi decided to play with the following team: Maduka Okoye , João Ferreira , Nehuén Pérez , Thomas Kristensen , Festy Ebosele , Sandi Lovrić , Walace , Lazar Samardžić , Hassane Kamara , Roberto Pereyra and Lorenzo Lucca .
The home team had on the bench: Martín Payero , Marco Silvestri, Adam Masina, Oier Zarraga , Isaac Success , Domingos Quina, Keinan Davis, Antonio Tikvić, Etienne Camara, Daniele Padelli, Florian Thauvin , Kingsley Ehizibue , Brenner, Christian Kabasele, Lautaro Giannetti and Jordan Zemura.
Substitutions
Udinese made 5 changes: Roberto Pereyra for Florian Thauvin (46′), Festy Ebosele for Kingsley Ehizibue (60′), Lazar Samardžić for Martín Payero (60′), Lorenzo Lucca for Isaac Success (76′) and Hassane Kamara for Oier Zarraga (84′).
Player of the match: Lazar Samardžić
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Udinese was Lazar Samardžić.
His rating is with 1 goal, 14 passes (71% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.
Milan – Formation
Milan
Milan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Stefano Pioli played with: Mike Maignan , Davide Calabria , Simon Kjær , Matteo Gabbia , Theo Hernández , Ruben Loftus-Cheek , Yacine Adli , Tijjani Reijnders , Christian Pulišić , Olivier Giroud and Rafael Leão .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Luka Jović , Noah Okafor , Luka Romero, Filippo Terracciano, Alessandro Florenzi , Marco Sportiello, Chaka Traorè, Álex Jiménez, Yunus Musah, J. Šimić, Antonio Mirante and K. Zeroli.
Substitutions
Milan made 4 changes: Davide Calabria for Alessandro Florenzi (75′), Christian Pulišić for Luka Jović (75′), Tijjani Reijnders for Noah Okafor (68′) and Rafael Leão for Yunus Musah (90′).
Player of the match: Ruben Loftus-Cheek
The most impressive player for Milan was Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
His rating is with 1 goal, 33 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 18.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
