MILANO. Milan overcomes Napoli 1-0 after T. Hernández scored just 1 goal (25′). Napoli lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Doveri with the assistance of Daniele Bindoni and Giovanni Baccini. The 4th official was Matteo Marchetti. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 8.54 degrees Celsius or 47.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Napoli was in firm control of the ball 60% while Milan was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Napoli was more pushing with 56 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Milan was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Milan shot 10 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Napoli shot 12 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Milan received 1 yellow card (Theo Hernández). Regarding the opposition, Napoli received 1 yellow card (Juan Jesus ).

Standings

After playing this contest, Milan has 52 points to remain in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Napoli will stays with 35 points to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Milan will play away against Monza on the 18th of February with a 5-0 head to head stats in favor of Milan (0 draws).

Napoli will play away against Sassuolo on the 21st of January with a 13-2 head to head statistic in favor of Napoli (7 draws).

Milan – Formation

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

The manager Stefano Pioli decided to play with the following team: Mike Maignan (7.0), Davide Calabria (6.3), Simon Kjær (7.1), Matteo Gabbia (7.0), Theo Hernández (7.5), Yacine Adli (7.5), Ismael Bennacer (6.7), Christian Pulišić (6.7), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (7.3), Rafael Leão (8.2) and Olivier Giroud (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Luka Jović (6.8), Noah Okafor, Filippo Terracciano, Alessandro Florenzi (7.0), Marco Sportiello, Álex Jiménez (6.8), Yunus Musah (6.8), Victor Ehuwa Eletu, J. Šimić (6.7) and Antonio Mirante.

Milan could not rely on the presence of Alessandro Florenzi (injured) and Yunus Musah (injured).

Substitutions

Milan made 5 changes: Davide Calabria for Alessandro Florenzi (37′), Olivier Giroud for Luka Jović (80′), Christian Pulišić for Alejandro Jiménez (81′), Ismael Bennacer for Yunus Musah (65′) and Simon Kjær for J. Šimić (66′).

Player of the match: Rafael Leão​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Rafael Leão even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.2 with 29 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.

Napoli – Formation

Napoli started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

Walter Mazzarri played with: Pierluigi Gollini  (7.9), Leo Østigård (6.4), Amir Rrahmani  (7.1), Juan Jesus  (6.8), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (6.4), Frank Anguissa (7.7), Stanislav Lobotka (7.5), Piotr Zielinski (7.0), Pasquale Mazzocchi (6.6), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (7.7) and Giovanni Simeone (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Natan, Hamed Junior Traorè, Nikita Contini, Mathías Olivera (7.0), Cyril Ngonge, Jesper Lindstrøm (7.1), Leander Dendoncker, Giacomo Raspadori (6.7), Jens Cajuste and Matteo Politano (7.1).

Substitutions

Napoli made 5 changes: Leo Østigård for Matteo Politano (46′), Giovanni Simeone for Giacomo Raspadori (55′), Pasquale Mazzocchi for Mathías Olivera (76′), Juan Jesus  for Cyril Ngonge (90′) and Piotr Zielinski for Jesper Lindstrøm (76′).

Player of the match: Pierluigi Gollini ​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was the goalkeeper: Pierluigi Gollini . His rating is 7.85. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Monza – Hellas Verona – 0-0
• Milan – Napoli – 1-0
• Genoa – Atalanta – 1-4
• Fiorentina – Frosinone – 5-1
• Bologna – Lecce – 4-0