MILANO. Milan succeeded in turn the table against Hellas Verona.

The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Alessandro Prontera with the help of Vito Mastrodonato and Luigi Lanotte. The 4th official was Aleandro Di Paolo. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.5 degrees Celsius or 52.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Milan

3 - 2

Hellas Verona

  • 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
  • 18 Total 10
  • 5 On Target 4
  • 13 Off Target 6
  • 7 Shots blocked 1
  • 103 Attack 99
  • 44 Dangerous attack 39
  • 87 Ball safe 77
  • 1 Penalties 1
  • 5 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 10 Total 19
  • 1 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Milan was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Milan won the match​.

Milan shot 18 times, 5 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Hellas Verona shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Milan received 1 yellow card (F. Ballo Toure). On the opposite side, Hellas Verona received 4 yellow cards (N. Kalinic, F. Ceccherini, M. Veloso and N. Casale).

Match Timeline

5'
7'
24'
25'
Rafael Leão- sub ->A. Rebic
36'
38'
46'
46'
46'
54'
Olivier Giroud(goal)R. Leao
59'
60'
60'
64'
76'
77'
78'
79'
81'
82'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Milan
86
38
Inter
84
38
Napoli
79
38
Juventus
70
38
Lazio
64
38
Roma
63
38
Fiorentina
62
38
Atalanta
59
38
Hellas Verona
53
38
Torino
50
38
Sassuolo
50
38
Udinese
47
38
Bologna
46
38
Empoli
41
38
Sampdoria
36
38
Spezia
36
38
Salernitana
31
38
Cagliari
30
38
Genoa
28
38
Venezia
27
38

After this match, Milan will have 22 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Hellas Verona will stay with 8 points like Torino and Udinese to stay in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Milan will play away with Bologna on the 23rd of October with a 17-2 head to head record in favor of Milan (5 draws).

Hellas Verona will host Lazio on the 24th of October with a 8-2 head to head in favor of Lazio (3 draws).

Milan – Formation

Milan
G
Ciprian Tătărușanu 1.Romania
6.8
D
Alessio Romagnoli 13.Italy
6.1
D
Davide Calabria 2.Italy
6.4
D
Fodé Ballo-Touré 5.Senegal
6.9
81'
D
Fikayo Tomori 23.England
7.4
M
Franck Kessié 79.Ivory Coast
7.6
76'
M
Ismaël Bennacer 4.Algeria
7.2
77'
M
Alexis Saelemaekers 56.Belgium
6.7
46'
M
Ante Rebic 12.Croatia
7.0
36'
M
Daniel Maldini 27.Italy
6.2
46'
F
Olivier Giroud 9.France
7.3
82' 59'
Substitutes
G
A. Jungdal 96.Denmark
D
Pierre Kalulu 20.France
D
Andrea Conti 14.Italy
D
Matteo Gabbia 46.Italy
D
Simon Kjaer 24.Denmark
M
Rade Krunic 33.Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.8
46'
M
Sandro Tonali 8.Italy
6.8
82'
M
Samu Castillejo 7.Spain
7.1
46'
F
Rafael Leão 17.Portugal
7.1
36'
F
Pietro Pellegri 64.Italy
F
Zlatan Ibrahimović 11.Sweden
6.4
77'

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: Ciprian Tătărușanu (6.8), Davide Calabria (6.4), Fikayo Tomori (7.4), Alessio Romagnoli (6.1), Fodé Ballo-Touré (6.9), Ismaël Bennacer (7.2), Franck Kessié (7.6), Alexis Saelemaekers (6.7), Daniel Maldini (6.2), Ante Rebić (7.0) and Olivier Giroud (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Pierre Kalulu, Rafael Leão (7.1), Rade Krunić (6.8), Pietro Pellegri, Andreas Jungdal, Andrea Conti, Sandro Tonali (6.8), Samu Castillejo (7.1), Matteo Gabbia, Zlatan Ibrahimović (6.4) and Simon Kjær.

Milan could not rely on the presence of R. Leao (injured).

Substitutions

Milan made 5 changes: A. Rebic for R. Leao (36′), A. Saelemaekers for S. Castillejo (46′), D. Maldini for R. Krunic (46′), I. Bennacer for Z. Ibrahimovic (77′) and O. Giroud for S. Tonali (82′).

Best player: Franck Kessié​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Franck Kessié.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 36 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Hellas Verona – Formation

Hellas Verona
G
Lorenzo Montipò 96.Italy
5.8
D
Koray Günter 21.Germany
6.2
D
Federico Ceccherini 17.Italy
7.0
46' 5'
D
Nicolò Casale 16.Italy
6.3
38'
M
Davide Faraoni 5.Italy
6.4
M
Miguel Veloso 4.Portugal
7.1
60' 54'
M
Darko Lazović 8.Serbia
6.3
79'
M
Ivan Ilić 14.Serbia
6.5
F
Antonín Barák 7.Czech Republic
7.2
24'
F
Nikola Kalinic 9.Croatia
6.6
64' 25'
F
Gianluca Caprari 10.Italy
7.2
60' 7'
Substitutes
G
Ivor Pandur 1.Croatia
G
Alessandro Berardi 22.Italy
D
Giangiacomo Magnani 23.Italy
D
Bosko Sutalo 31.Croatia
6.1
46'
D
Mert Çetin 15.Turkey
M
D. Bessa 24.Italy
M
Kevin Rüegg 20.Switzerland
M
Adrien Tamèze 61.France
6.2
60'
M
Martin Hongla 78.Cameroon
F
Matteo Cancellieri 18.Italy
6.8
79'
F
Giovanni Simeone 99.Argentina
6.5
60'
F
Kevin Lasagna 11.Italy
6.4
64'

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

On the opposite side, Igor Tudor played with: Lorenzo Montipò (5.8), Federico Ceccherini (7.0), Koray Günter (6.2), Nicolò Casale (6.3), Davide Faraoni (6.4), Ivan Ilić (6.5), Miguel Veloso (7.1), Darko Lazović (6.3), Antonín Barák (7.2), Gianluca Caprari (7.2) and Nikola Kalinić (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Matteo Cancellieri (6.8), Giangiacomo Magnani, Boško Šutalo (6.1), Daniel Bessa, Kevin Ruegg, Ivor Pandur, Giovanni Simeone (6.5), Adrien Tameze (6.2), Martin Hongla, Alessandro Berardi, Mert Çetin and Kevin Lasagna (6.4).

Substitutions

Hellas Verona made 5 changes: F. Ceccherini for B. Sutalo (46′), G. Caprari for G. Simeone (60′), M. Veloso for A. Tameze (60′), N. Kalinic for K. Lasagna (64′) and D. Lazovic for M. Cancellieri (79′).

Best player: Gianluca Caprari​

The player that probably impressed the most for Hellas Verona was Gianluca Caprari.

His rating is (7.2) with 1 goal, 29 passes (58% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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