ROMA. Milan snatched a late win Lazio 1-0 after N. Okafor scored just 1 goal (88′). Milan was decisively better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Also, Lazio had 2 players sent off: Adam Marusic (90′ for a red card) and Mattéo Guendouzi (90′ for a red card).
The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Marco Di Bello assisted by Filippo Meli and Stefano Alassio. The 4th official was Juan Luca Sacchi. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 32.23 degrees Celsius or 90.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 37%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Milan was in firm control of the ball 62% while Lazio was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Milan was more aggressive with 37 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Milan won the match.
Lazio shot 11 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Milan shot 14 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Lazio received 5 yellow cards (Alessio Romagnoli, Ciro Immobile, Elseid Hysaj, Luca Pellegrini and Igor Lasicki). Talking about the opposition, Milan received 6 yellow cards (Christian Pulišić, Matteo Gabbia, Alessandro Florenzi, Theo Hernández, Rafael Leão and Yacine Adli).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Lazio stays with 40 points like Napoli to hold in the 9th place. On the other side, Milan will has 56 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Lazio will host Udinese on the 10th of March with a 21-8 head to head statistic in favor of Lazio (10 draws).
Milan will host Empoli on the 10th of March with a 11-2 head to head statistic in favor of Milan (6 draws).
Lazio – Formation
Lazio
50'
90'
78'
Lazio started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Maurizio Sarri decided to play with the following team: Sashko Pandev, Ivan Provedel , Adam Marusic , Mario Gila Fuentes , Alessio Romagnoli , Luca Pellegrini , Mattéo Guendouzi , Matías Vecino , Luis Alberto , Felipe Anderson , Valentin Castellanos and Mattia Zaccagni .
The home team had on the bench: Daichi Kamada, Pedro, Nicolò Casale, Gustav Isaksen , Elseid Hysaj , André Anderson, Christos Mandas, Fabio Ruggeri, Davide Renzetti, Manuel Lazzari, Danilo Cataldi and Ciro Immobile .
Substitutions
Lazio made 4 changes: Luis Alberto for Elseid Hysaj (60′), Valentin Castellanos for Ciro Immobile (60′), Mattia Zaccagni for Gustav Isaksen (66′) and Matías Vecino for Danilo Cataldi (78′).
Player of the match: Luis Alberto
The most impressive player for Lazio was Luis Alberto.
His rating is with 25 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.
Milan – Formation
Milan
88'
Milan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Stefano Pioli played with: Mike Maignan , Alessandro Florenzi , Simon Kjær , Matteo Gabbia , Theo Hernández , Ismael Bennacer , Yacine Adli , Christian Pulišić , Ruben Loftus-Cheek , Rafael Leão , Olivier Giroud .
They had on the bench: Noah Okafor , Pierre Kalulu, Samuel Chukwueze, Fikayo Tomori , Filippo Terracciano, Marco Sportiello, Álex Jiménez, Yunus Musah, Antonio Mirante, Davide Calabria , Malick Thiaw and Tijjani Reijnders .
Substitutions
Milan made 5 changes: Simon Kjær for Fikayo Tomori (81′), Matteo Gabbia for Malick Thiaw (81′), Yacine Adli for Noah Okafor (71′), Alessandro Florenzi for Davide Calabria (64′) and Ismael Bennacer for Tijjani Reijnders (64′).
Player of the match: Christian Pulišić
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Christian Pulišić even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 30 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
