MILANO. Milan was ultimately too much to handle for Lecce with the goal of Christian Pulisic (6′), Olivier Giroud (20′) and Rafael Leão (57′). Milan was definitely better in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Luca Massimi who had the assistance of Giovanni Baccini and Daisuke Emanuele Yoshikawa. The 4th official was Andrea Colombo. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 20.62 degrees Celsius or 69.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Milan was in firm control of the ball 65% while Lecce was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Milan was more pushing with 58 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Milan won the match.
Milan shot 16 times, 8 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lecce shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Milan received 1 yellow card (Samuel Chukwueze). Talking about the opposition, Lecce received 1 yellow card (Alexis Blin ).
Also, Lecce didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (45′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Milan has 68 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Lecce will stays with 29 points to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Milan will play away against Sassuolo on the 14th of April with a 12-7 head to head statistic in favor of Milan (3 draws).
Lecce will host Empoli on the 14th of April with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Empoli (4 draws).
Milan – Formation
Milan
83'
57'
78'
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 , Davide Calabria , Matteo Gabbia , Malick Thiaw, Fikayo Tomori , Theo Hernández , Yacine Adli , Tijjani Reijnders , Samuel Chukwueze , Christian Pulisic , Rafael Leão and Olivier Giroud .
The home team had on the bench: Marco Sportiello, Yunus Musah , Ismaël Bennacer , Luka Jović , Noah Okafor, Simon Kjaer , Filippo Terracciano , Alessandro Florenzi, Lapo Nava, J. Šimić, K. Zeroli and D. Bartesaghi.
Substitutions
Milan made 5 changes: Christian Pulisic for Yunus Musah (62′), Matteo Gabbia for Simon Kjaer (61′), Olivier Giroud for Luka Jović (62′), Tijjani Reijnders for Ismaël Bennacer (78′) and Theo Hernández for Filippo Terracciano (83′).
Player of the match: Rafael Leão
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Rafael Leão.
His rating is with 1 goal, 39 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.
Lecce – Formation
Lecce
45'
Lecce started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Luca Gotti played with: Wladimiro Falcone , Lorenzo Venuti , Federico Baschirotto , Marin Pongracic , Antonino Gallo , Ylber Ramadani , Alexis Blin , Joan González , Patrick Dorgu , Nikola Krstovic , Lameck Banda .
These were the players on the bench: Hamza Rafia, Roberto Piccoli , Rémi Oudin, Nicola Sansone, Medon Berisha , Federico Brancolini, Jasper Samooja, Santiago Pierotti , Ahmed Touba, Valentin Gendrey and Pontus Almqvist .
Substitutions
Lecce made 5 changes: Lameck Banda for Pontus Almqvist (46′), Joan González for Roberto Piccoli (46′), Lorenzo Venuti for Valentin Gendrey (70′), Patrick Dorgu for Santiago Pierotti (85′) and Alexis Blin for Medon Berisha (78′).
Player of the match: Valentin Gendrey
The player that probably impressed the most for Lecce was Valentin Gendrey.
His rating is with 9 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 1 duel out of 1.
His performance was fantastic also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 70′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
