MILANO. Milan finds the way to recover against Bologna with a goal on the J. Zirkzee 29′ and a penalty kick on the R. Orsolini  90′.

Olivier Giroud didn’t score a decisive penalty (42′). That would have allowed Milan to win the match.​

Olivier Giroud didn’t score 1 penalty (42′) for ​Milan. Also, Theo Hernández didn’t score 1 penalty (74′) for ​Milan.

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 Davide Massa with the support of Domenico Palermo and Daisuke Emanuele Yoshikawa. The 4th official was Matteo Marcenaro. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 10.43 degrees Celsius or 50.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.​

Match Statistics​

Milan

2 - 2

Bologna

  • 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
  • 14 Total 15
  • 4 On Target 4
  • 10 Off Target 5
  • 1 Shots blocked 7
  • 101 Attack 84
  • 35 Dangerous attack 34
  • 64 Ball safe 67
  • 2 Penalties 1
  • 4 Corners 1
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 11 Total 8
  • 5 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Milan was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Bologna that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Milan was more pushing with 35 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Milan to win the match​.

Milan shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Bologna shot 15 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Milan received 5 yellow cards (Filippo Terracciano, Yacine Adli, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Rafael Leão and Davide Calabria). On the other side, Bologna received 3 yellow cards (Kacper Urbanski, Lewis Ferguson and Riccardo Calafiori).

Also, Bologna didn’t end the match with 11 players after Thiago Motta (Bologna) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (41′).

Match Timeline

2'
Riccardo Calafiori- Yellow
Rafael Leão- Yellow
22'
29'
Joshua Zirkzee (goal)Riccardo Calafiori
Davide Calabria - Yellow
36'
39'
Lewis Ferguson- Yellow
Olivier Giroud- missed penaltyOlivier Giroud
42'
Yacine Adli- Yellow
44'
Ruben Loftus-Cheek(goal)Davide Calabria
45'
Ruben Loftus-Cheek- Yellow
45'
57'
Kacper Urbański- Yellow
Alessandro Florenzi- sub ->Davide Calabria
59'
Yunus Musah- sub ->Yacine Adli
59'
Luka Jović- sub ->Olivier Giroud
60'
67'
Nikola Moro- sub ->Michel Aebischer
67'
Alexis Saelemaekers- sub ->Kacper Urbanski
Theo Hernández - missed penaltyTheo Hernández
74'
82'
Jhon Lucumí- sub ->Lorenzo De Silvestri
82'
Riccardo Orsolini- sub ->Giovanni Fabbian
Ruben Loftus-Cheek(goal)Alessandro Florenzi
83'
Noah Okafor- sub ->Rafael Leão
87'
Filippo Terracciano- sub ->Christian Pulišić
87'
90'
Riccardo Orsolini(penalty)
90'
Victor Kristiansen(VAR)
Filippo Terracciano- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Inter
92
36
Milan
74
36
Bologna
67
36
Juventus
67
36
Atalanta
63
35
Roma
60
36
Lazio
59
36
Fiorentina
53
35
Napoli
51
36
Torino
50
36
Genoa
46
36
Monza
45
36
Lecce
37
36
Hellas Verona
34
36
Udinese
33
36
Cagliari
33
36
Frosinone
32
36
Empoli
32
36
Sassuolo
29
36
Salernitana
16
36

After this match, Milan has 46 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Bologna will has 33 points like Lazio to remain in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Milan will play away with Frosinone on the 4th of February with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Milan (2 draws).

Bologna will host Fiorentina on the 21st of January with a 15-5 head to head in favor of Fiorentina (10 draws).

Milan – Formation

Milan
G
Mike Maignan 16.France
6.8
D
Davide Calabria 2.Italy
7.7
59' 36'
D
Theo Hernández 19.France
6.7
D
Simon Kjaer 24.Denmark
7.9
D
Matteo Gabbia 46.Italy
7.0
M
Yacine Adli 7.France
6.8
59' 44'
M
Ruben Loftus-Cheek 8.England
8.4
45' 45', 83'
M
Rafael Leão 10.Portugal
7.3
87' 22'
M
Christian Pulisic 11.United States
7.1
87'
M
Tijjani Reijnders 14.Netherlands
7.1
F
Olivier Giroud 9.France
6.3
60'
Substitutes
G
Marco Sportiello 57.Italy
G
Antonio Mirante 83.Italy
D
Marco Pellegrino 31.Argentina
D
Alessandro Florenzi 42.Italy
7.0
59'
D
Alejandro Jiménez 74.Spain
D
J. Šimić 82.Serbia
M
Filippo Terracciano 38.Italy
4.8
87' 90'
M
Yunus Musah 80.England
6.7
59'
F
Luka Jović 15.Serbia
6.6
60'
F
Noah Okafor 17.Switzerland
6.3
87'
F
Chaka Traorè 70.Ivory Coast

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 (6.8), Davide Calabria (7.7), Simon Kjær (7.9), Matteo Gabbia (7.0), Theo Hernández (6.7), Yacine Adli (6.8), Tijjani Reijnders (7.1), Christian Pulišić (7.1), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (8.4), Rafael Leão (7.3) and Olivier Giroud (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Luka Jović (6.6), Noah Okafor (6.3), Marco Pellegrino, Filippo Terracciano (4.8), Alessandro Florenzi (7.0), Marco Sportiello, Chaka Traorè, Álex Jiménez, Yunus Musah (6.7), J. Šimić, Antonio Mirante and K. Zeroli.

Substitutions

Milan made 5 changes: Davide Calabria for Alessandro Florenzi (59′), Yacine Adli for Yunus Musah (59′), Olivier Giroud for Luka Jović (60′), Rafael Leão for Noah Okafor (87′) and Christian Pulišić for Filippo Terracciano (87′).

Player of the match: Ruben Loftus-Cheek​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

His rating is 8.4 with 2 goals, 23 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 11.

Bologna – Formation

Bologna
G
Ł. Skorupski 28.Poland
7.0
D
Victor Kristiansen 15.Denmark
7.1
D
Lorenzo De Silvestri 29.Italy
6.4
82'
D
Sam Beukema 31.Netherlands
6.3
D
Riccardo Calafiori 33.Italy
7.1
2'
M
Remo Freuler 8.Switzerland
7.0
M
Lewis Ferguson 19.Scotland
6.4
39'
M
Michel Aebischer 20.Switzerland
6.8
67'
M
Kacper Urbański 82.Poland
6.4
67' 57'
M
Giovanni Fabbian 80.Italy
6.8
82'
F
Joshua Zirkzee 9.Netherlands
7.5
29'
Substitutes
G
Nicola Bagnolini 23.Italy
G
Federico Ravaglia 34.Italy
D
Mihajlo Ilić 4.Serbia
D
Tommaso Corazza 16.Italy
D
Charalampos Lykogiannis 22.Greece
D
Jhon Lucumí 26.Colombia
6.4
82'
M
Nikola Moro 6.Croatia
6.4
67'
F
Riccardo Orsolini 7.Italy
7.5
82' 90'
F
Jesper Karlsson 10.Sweden
F
Alexis Saelemaekers 56.Belgium
7.0
67'

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

Thiago Motta played with: Lukasz Skorupski (7.0), Lorenzo De Silvestri (6.4), Sam Beukema (6.3), Riccardo Calafiori (7.1), Victor Kristiansen (7.1), Michel Aebischer (6.8), Remo Freuler (7.0), Giovanni Fabbian (6.8), Lewis Ferguson (6.4), Kacper Urbanski (6.4) and Joshua Zirkzee (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Riccardo Orsolini  (7.5), Mihajlo Ilic, Nikola Moro (6.4), Jesper Karlsson , Tommaso Corazza, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Nicola Bagnolini, Jhon Lucumí (6.4), Federico Ravaglia and Alexis Saelemaekers (7.0).

Substitutions

Bologna made 4 changes: Lorenzo De Silvestri for Jhon Lucumí (82′), Giovanni Fabbian for Riccardo Orsolini  (82′), Michel Aebischer for Nikola Moro (67′) and Kacper Urbanski for Alexis Saelemaekers (67′).

Player of the match: Riccardo Orsolini ​

The player that probably impressed the most for Bologna was Riccardo Orsolini .

His rating is 7.5 with 1 goal, 5 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 3.

His performance was exceptional also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 82′.

Results of the day

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