Milan beats Frosinone after recovering from a 2-1 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

FROSINONE. Milan found a way to reverse the score against Frosinone.

February 4, 2024

FROSINONE. Milan succeeded in turn the tables against Frosinone. Milan took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadio Benito Stirpe stadium in Frosinone on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Luca Pairetto with the help of Alessio Tolfo and Alessandro Lo Cicero. The 4th official was Francesco Cosso. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.99 degrees Celsius or 60.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 38%.

Match Statistics

Frosinone

2 - 3

Milan

42 Ball Possession 58

Shots

7 Total 13
4 On Target 5
2 Off Target 3
1 Shots blocked 5

84 Attack 87
29 Dangerous attack 54
70 Ball safe 72

1 Penalties 0
2 Corners 4

Fouls

9 Total 14
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Milan had a superior ball possession 58% while Frosinone was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Milan was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Milan won the match.

Frosinone shot 7 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Milan shot 13 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Frosinone received 1 yellow card (Abdou Harroui). Talking about the opposition, Milan received 3 yellow cards (Alessandro Florenzi, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Tijjani Reijnders).

Match Timeline

17'

Olivier Giroud(goal)Rafael Leão

Matìas Soulé(penalty)

24'

43'

Ruben Loftus-Cheek- Yellow

48'

Tijjani Reijnders- Yellow

Abdou Harroui - Yellow

56'

62'

Ismaël Bennacer - sub ->Tijjani Reijnders

62'

Noah Okafor- sub ->Ruben Loftus-Cheek

Luca Mazzitelli (goal)Matías Soulé

65'

72'

Matteo Gabbia(goal)Olivier Giroud

Walid Cheddira- sub ->Kaio Jorge

77'

Pol Lirola- sub ->Abdou Harroui

77'

Emanuele Valeri- sub ->Demba Seck

77'

80'

Luka Jović- sub ->Christian Pulišić

81'

Luka Jović(goal)

Arijon Ibrahimovic- sub ->Luca Mazzitelli

85'

86'

Alessandro Florenzi- sub ->Davide Calabria

86'

Yunus Musah- sub ->Olivier Giroud

Reinier- sub ->Marco Brescianini

86'

90'

Alessandro Florenzi- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Frosinone stays with 23 points to hold in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Milan will has 49 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Frosinone will play away against Fiorentina on the 11th of February with a 1-1 head to head record.

Milan will host Napoli on the 11th of February with a 13-10 head to head stats in favor of Napoli (13 draws).

Frosinone – Formation

Frosinone

Stefano Turati 80.Italy

6.4

Francesco Gelli 14.Italy

6.4

Marco Brescianini 4.Italy

6.8

86'

Caleb Okoli 5.Italy

6.7

Simone Romagnoli 6.Italy

6.6

Nadir Zortea 19.Italy

Luca Mazzitelli 36.Italy

7.1

85'

65'

Demba Seck 8.Senegal

7.0

77'

Matìas Soulé 18.Italy

8.2

24'

Abdou Harroui 21.Morocco

7.0

77'

56'

Enzo Barrenechea 45.Argentina

7.1

Kaio Jorge 9.Brazil

7.0

77'

Substitutes

Pierluigi Frattali 1.Italy

Michele Cerofolini 31.Italy

Emanuele Valeri 32.Italy

6.3

77'

Pol Lirola 20.Spain

6.3

77'

Ilario Monterisi 30.Italy

Reinier 12.Brazil

6.3

86'

Luca Garritano 16.Italy

Mehdi Bourabia 24.Morocco

Giorgi Kvernadze 17.Georgia

Arijon Ibrahimovic 27.Germany

6.8

85'

Walid Cheddira 70.Morocco

6.4

77'

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

The manager Eusebio Di Francesco decided to play with the following team: Stefano Turati (6.4), Nadir Zortea, Francesco Gelli (6.4), Caleb Okoli (6.7), Simone Romagnoli (6.6), Marco Brescianini (6.8), Luca Mazzitelli (7.1), Enzo Barrenechea (7.1), Demba Seck (7.0), Matías Soulé (8.2), Abdou Harroui (7.0) and Kaio Jorge (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Emanuele Valeri (6.3), Pierluigi Frattali, Reinier (6.3), Luca Garritano, Giorgi Kvernadze, Pol Lirola (6.3), Mehdi Bourabia, Arijon Ibrahimović (6.8), Ilario Monterisi, Michele Cerofolini and Walid Cheddira (6.4).

Substitutions

Frosinone made 5 changes: Demba Seck for Emanuele Valeri (77′), Kaio Jorge for Walid Cheddira (77′), Abdou Harroui for Pol Lirola (77′), Luca Mazzitelli for Arijon Ibrahimović (85′) and Marco Brescianini for Reinier (86′).

Player of the match: Matías Soulé

The player that probably impressed the most for Frosinone was Matías Soulé.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 32 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Milan – Formation

Milan

Mike Maignan 16.France

6.8

Davide Calabria 2.Italy

6.3

86'

Theo Hernández 19.France

7.0

Simon Kjaer 24.Denmark

6.8

Matteo Gabbia 46.Italy

7.3

72'

Yacine Adli 7.France

6.8

Ruben Loftus-Cheek 8.England

6.4

62'

43'

Rafael Leão 10.Portugal

7.5

Christian Pulisic 11.United States

6.6

80'

Tijjani Reijnders 14.Netherlands

7.1

62'

48'

Olivier Giroud 9.France

8.8

86'

17'

Substitutes

Marco Sportiello 57.Italy

Lapo Nava 69.Italy

Alessandro Florenzi 42.Italy

6.6

86'

90'

Alejandro Jiménez 74.Spain

J. Šimić 82.Serbia

Ismaël Bennacer 4.Algeria

7.0

62'

Filippo Terracciano 38.Italy

Yunus Musah 80.England

7.0

86'

Luka Jović 15.Serbia

7.3

80'

81'

Noah Okafor 17.Switzerland

6.4

62'

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

Stefano Pioli played with: Mike Maignan (6.8), Davide Calabria (6.3), Simon Kjær (6.8), Matteo Gabbia (7.3), Theo Hernández (7.0), Yacine Adli (6.8), Tijjani Reijnders (7.1), Christian Pulišić (6.6), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (6.4), Rafael Leão (7.5), Olivier Giroud (8.8).

They had on the bench: Ismael Bennacer (7.0), Luka Jović (7.3), Noah Okafor (6.4), Filippo Terracciano, Alessandro Florenzi (6.6), Marco Sportiello, Lapo Nava, Álex Jiménez, Yunus Musah (7.0), J. Šimić and D. Bartesaghi.

Substitutions

Milan made 5 changes: Tijjani Reijnders for Ismael Bennacer (62′), Ruben Loftus-Cheek for Noah Okafor (62′), Christian Pulišić for Luka Jović (80′), Olivier Giroud for Yunus Musah (86′) and Davide Calabria for Alessandro Florenzi (86′).