NAPOLI. Milan conquers Napoli 1-0 after O. Giroud scored just 1 goal (49′).

The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli) stadium in Napoli on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Orsato who was helped by Fabiano Preti and Alessandro Giallatini. The 4th official was Giacomo Camplone. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.2 degrees Celsius or 46.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Napoli had a superior ball possession 55% while Milan was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Napoli was putting more pressure with 57 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Milan was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Napoli shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Milan shot 11 times, 9 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Napoli received 4 yellow cards (K. Koulibaly, A. Rrahmani, V. Osimhen and A. Ounas). Regarding the opposition, Milan received 5 yellow cards (S. Pioli, O. Giroud, T. Hernandez, M. Maignan and A. Florenzi).

Standings

After this match, Napoli will stay with 57 points to hold in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Milan will have 60 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will play away against Hellas Verona on the 13th of March with a 12-2 head to head in favor of Napoli (2 draws).

Milan will host Empoli on the 12th of March with a 8-2 head to head record in favor of Milan (5 draws).

Napoli – Formation

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

The manager Luciano Spalletti decided to play with the following team: David Ospina (7.8), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (7.2), Amir Rrahmani (6.9), Kalidou Koulibaly (7.1), Mário Rui (6.4), Fabián Ruiz (7.0), Stanislav Lobotka (6.8), Matteo Politano (6.3), Piotr Zieliński (6.4), Lorenzo Insigne (6.3) and Victor Osimhen (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Andrea Petagna, Faouzi Ghoulam, Diego Demme, Adam Ounas (7.1), Juan Jesus, Alex Meret, André Zambo Anguissa (6.8), Davide Marfella, Dries Mertens (6.4), Hirving Lozano (6.8), Alessandro Zanoli and Eljif Elmas (6.4).

Substitutions

Napoli made 5 changes: L. Insigne for E. Elmas (67′), M. Politano for A. Ounas (67′), F. Ruiz for D. Mertens (76′), S. Lobotka for H. Lozano (82′) and P. Zielinski for A. Z. Anguissa (82′).

Best player: David Ospina​

The player that probably impressed the most for Napoli was the goalkeeper: David Ospina. His rating is 7.80. He performed 6 saves.

Milan – Formation

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

Stefano Pioli played with: Mike Maignan (7.1), Davide Calabria (6.4), Pierre Kalulu (7.2), Fikayo Tomori (7.4), Theo Hernández (7.8), Ismaël Bennacer (7.1), Sandro Tonali (6.7), Franck Kessié (6.8), Junior Messias (6.6), Olivier Giroud (7.2) and Rafael Leão (6.8).

They had on the bench: Zlatan Ibrahimović, Alessandro Florenzi (6.7), Fodé Ballo-Touré, Daniel Maldini, Samu Castillejo, Matteo Gabbia, Ciprian Tătărușanu, Ante Rebić (6.6), Alexis Saelemaekers (6.3), Rade Krunić (6.8), Brahim Díaz and Antonio Mirante.

Milan could not rely on the presence of A. Rebic (injured).

Substitutions

Milan made 5 changes: S. Tonali for R. Krunic (68′), O. Giroud for A. Rebic (68′), J. Messias for A. Saelemaekers (80′), D. Calabria for A. Florenzi (80′) and R. Leao for Z. Ibrahimovic (89′).

Best player: Theo Hernández​

The player that probably impressed the most for Milan was Theo Hernández even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 46 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Bologna – Torino – 0-0
• Fiorentina – Hellas Verona – 1-1
• Genoa – Empoli – 0-0
• Juventus – Spezia – 1-0
• Napoli – Milan – 0-1
• Venezia – Sassuolo – 1-4