MILANO. Benfica beats AC Milan with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Lukébakio (16′) and a goal from J. Kamiński (53′). AC Milan lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Jarred Gillett who was helped by Neil Davies and Nick Greenhalgh. The 4th official was Tony Harrington. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was quite cold at degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
AC Milan had a superior ball possession 60% while Benfica was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
AC Milan was putting more pressure with 69 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Benfica was capable to find the solution to win this match.
AC Milan shot 17 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Benfica shot 11 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
AC Milan received 1 yellow card (Strahinja Pavlović). Regarding the opposition, Benfica received 5 yellow cards (Daniel Banjaqui, Vangelis Pavlidis, Leandro Barreiro, Jhon Durán and Souffian El Karouani).
Match Timeline
Standings
AC Milan – Formation
AC Milan
46'
11'
AC Milan started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim decided to play with the following team: Mike Maignan , Filippo Terracciano , Koni De Winter , Strahinja Pavlović , Samuel Chukwueze , Ardon Jashari , Yunus Musah , Davide Bartesaghi , Omari Hutchinson , Alphadjo Cissè and Gonçalo Ramos .
The home team had on the bench: Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Adrien Rabiot , Luka Modrić, Diego Moreira , Mario Gila , Alexis Saelemaekers , Pervis Estupiñán, Christian Pulisic , Fikayo Tomori, Matteo Gabbia, Francesco Camarda and Lorenzo Torriani.
Substitutions
AC Milan made 5 changes: Filippo Terracciano for Mario Gila (46′), Omari Hutchinson for Christian Pulisic (46′), Alphadjo Cissè for Diego Moreira (57′), Davide Bartesaghi for Alexis Saelemaekers (57′) and Ardon Jashari for Adrien Rabiot (73′).
Player of the match: Samuel Chukwueze
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for AC Milan was Samuel Chukwueze.
His rating is with 34 passes (88% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.
Benfica – Formation
Benfica
16'
Benfica started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Marco Alexandre Saraiva Da Silva played with: Daniel Armando Fonseca da Silva Banjaqui, Anatoliy Trubin , Daniel Banjaqui , Alessandro Circati , Tomás Araújo , Souffian El Karouani , Fredrik Aursnes , João Palhinha , Dodi Lukébakio , Georgiy Sudakov and Jakub Kamiński , Jhon Durán .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Clément Lenglet, Vangelis Pavlidis , Leandro Barreiro , Andreas Schjelderup , Samuel Soares, Gianluca Prestianni , Samuel Dahl, Rafa Silva, Enzo Barrenechea, Manu Silva, Claudio Echeverri and Anísio Cabral.
Substitutions
Benfica made 5 changes: Fredrik Aursnes for Leandro Barreiro (70′), Georgiy Sudakov for Gianluca Prestianni (70′), Jhon Durán for Vangelis Pavlidis (80′), Jakub Kamiński for Andreas Schjelderup (80′) and Souffian El Karouani for Samuel Dahl (88′).
Player of the match: Anatoliy Trubin
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Benfica was the goalkeeper: Anatoliy Trubin. His rating is 8.18. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Omonia Nicosia – Celta de Vigo – 1-0
- Ararat-Armenia – Sparta Praha – 1-4
- AC Milan – Benfica – 0-2
- Sunderland – AZ Alkmaar – 1-0
- Sturm Graz – Rennes – 0-0
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Celje – 2-0
- Olympiacos F.C. – Jagiellonia Białystok – 2-1
- Hapoel Be’er Sheva – Dinamo Zagreb – 0-0
- Anderlecht – Olympique Lyonnais – 1-2
