MILANO. Milan and Atalanta draw 1-1. R. Leão scored the first goal (3′) for Milan. T. Koopmeiners made it even (42′) with a penalty. Milan was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (68%)​

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 Orsato with the help of Alessandro Costanzo and Matteo Passeri. The 4th official was Antonio Giua. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.57 degrees Celsius or 49.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Milan was in firm control of the ball 68% while Atalanta was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Milan was more pushing with 67 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. However, that was not enough Milan to win the match​.

Milan shot 20 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Atalanta shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Milan received 2 yellow cards (Rafael Leão and Stefano Pioli). Talking about the opposition, Atalanta received 4 yellow cards (Marten de Roon, Éderson, Ademola Lookman and Emil Holm).

Standings

After this encounter, Milan has 53 points to sit in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Atalanta will has 46 points to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Milan will play away with Lazio on the 3rd of March with a 20-9 head to head stats in favor of Milan (16 draws).

Atalanta will play away against Inter on the 28th of February with a 16-6 head to head stats in favor of Inter (12 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 (7.1), Alessandro Florenzi (6.7), Malick Thiaw (6.7), Matteo Gabbia (7.5), Theo Hernández (7.3), Yacine Adli (7.7), Ismael Bennacer (6.7), Christian Pulišić (6.6), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (7.7), Rafael Leão (9.1) and Olivier Giroud (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Davide Calabria (7.0), Noah Okafor (6.4), Pierre Kalulu, Samuel Chukwueze, Filippo Terracciano, Marco Sportiello, Álex Jiménez, Yunus Musah (6.7), Antonio Mirante, Simon Kjær and Tijjani Reijnders.

Substitutions

Milan made 3 changes: Alessandro Florenzi for Davide Calabria (57′), Ismael Bennacer for Yunus Musah (79′) and Christian Pulišić for Noah Okafor (88′).

Player of the match: Rafael Leão​

The player that probably impressed the most for Milan was Rafael Leão.

His rating is 9.1 with 1 goal, 55 passes (80% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 16. He performed 8 crosses.

Atalanta – Formation

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

Gian Piero Gasperini played with: Marco Carnesecchi (7.5), Giorgio Scalvini (6.3), Berat Djimsiti  (7.3), Sead Kolasinac (6.8), Emil Holm (7.5), Marten de Roon (6.8), Éderson (6.7), Matteo Ruggeri (7.0), Teun Koopmeiners (7.0), Aleksei Miranchuk (6.7) and Charles De Ketelaere (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Juan Musso, Rafael Tolói, Isak Hien (6.8), José Luis Palomino, Mario Pasalic, El Bilal Touré, Ademola Lookman (7.0), Mitchel Bakker, Michel Ndary Adopo, Francesco Rossi, Hans Hateboer, Davide Zappacosta (7.3) and Gianluca Scamacca (6.6).

Atalanta could not rely on the presence of Rafael Tolói (injured).

Substitutions

Atalanta made 5 changes: Charles De Ketelaere for Ademola Lookman (46′), Emil Holm for Davide Zappacosta (46′), Aleksei Miranchuk for Gianluca Scamacca (63′), Giorgio Scalvini for Rafael Tolói (89′) and Matteo Ruggeri for Isak Hien (79′).

Player of the match: Emil Holm​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Atalanta was Emil Holm.

His rating is 7.5 with 13 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• Milan – Atalanta – 1-1
• Lecce – Inter – 0-4
• Juventus – Frosinone – 3-2
• Cagliari – Napoli – 1-1