PORTO. Porto beats Milan 1-0 after L. Diaz scored just 1 goal (65′).
The match was played at the Estádio Do Dragão stadium in Porto on Tuesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Felix Brych with the help of Mark Borsch and Stefan Lupp. The 4th official was Daniel Schlager. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.9 degrees Celsius or 67.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Porto was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Milan that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Porto was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Porto won the match.
Porto shot 21 times, 2 on target, 19 off target. On the opposite side, Milan shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Porto received 2 yellow cards (M. Uribe and Sergio Oliveira). On the opposite side, Milan received 5 yellow cards (O. Giroud, F. Tomori, R. Leao, Z. Ibrahimovic and P. Kalulu).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this match, Porto has 4 points to occupy the 3rd place in the table. On the other side Milan stays with 0 points (4th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Champions League, Porto will host Atlético Madrid on the 7th of December with a 2-2 head to head statistic.
Milan will host Liverpool on the 7th of December with a 1-1 head to head.
Porto – Formation
Porto
46'
3'
65'
Porto started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro Conceição decided to play with the following team: Diogo Costa , João Mário , Chancel Mbemba , Pepe , Wendell , Otávio , Mateus Uribe , Sérgio Oliveira , Luis Díaz , Mehdi Taremi and Evanilson .
The home team had on the bench: Fábio Vieira, Iván Marcano, Jesús Corona , Toni Martínez , Pepê, Agustín Marchesín, Marko Grujić, Bruno Costa, Vitinha , Zaidu Sanusi , Francisco Conceição and Wilson Manafá.
Substitutions
Porto made 5 changes: Wendell for Z. Sanusi (46′), Evanilson for J. Corona (67′), Sergio Oliveira for Vitinha (67′), M. Taremi for T. Martinez (84′) and Otavio for M. Grujic (90′).
Best player: Luis Díaz
The player that probably impressed the most for Porto was Luis Díaz.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.
Milan – Formation
Milan
Milan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Stefano Pioli played with: Ciprian Tătărușanu , Davide Calabria , Simon Kjær , Fikayo Tomori , Fodé Ballo-Touré , Sandro Tonali , Ismaël Bennacer , Alexis Saelemaekers , Rade Krunić , Rafael Leão and Olivier Giroud .
They had on the bench: Daniel Maldini , Sebastiano Desplanches, Matteo Gabbia, Alessio Romagnoli , Zlatan Ibrahimović , Andreas Jungdal, Tiemoué Bakayoko and Pierre Kalulu .
Substitutions
Milan made 5 changes: F. Ballo Toure for P. Kalulu (58′), O. Giroud for Z. Ibrahimovic (58′), F. Tomori for A. Romagnoli (59′), S. Tonali for T. Bakayoko (67′) and R. Krunic for D. Maldini (82′).
Best player: Fodé Ballo-Touré
The most impressive player for Milan was Fodé Ballo-Touré.
His rating is with 19 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 18. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League.
- Inter – Sheriff – 3-1
- Shakhtar Donetsk – Real Madrid – 0-5
- Ajax – Borussia Dortmund – 4-0
- Beşiktaş – Sporting CP – 1-4
- Porto – Milan – 1-0
- Atlético Madrid – Liverpool – 2-3
- Paris Saint Germain – RB Leipzig – 3-2
- Club Brugge – Manchester City – 1-5
