Italian Serie A

FT Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Torino DDLLW 0
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AC Milan LWWLW 1
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Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 35,929 att.

Match Report

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Early Giroud strike sends AC Milan top of Serie A

French striker Olivier Giroud's early strike earned AC Milan a narrow 1-0 win over Torino on Tuesday to send Stefano Pioli's side top.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
2
55.5
Possession
44.5
12
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
378
Accurate Passes
294
471
Passes
381
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
5
20
Crosses
16
0.4
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
63
28
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
15
Interceptions
15
5
Effective Clearances
14
5
Clearances
14

Head to Head

MIL leads series 5-0

Lineups

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Ciprian TatarusanuG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-R
  4. 20Pierre KaluluLB
  5. 2Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 33Rade KrunicAM
  7. 8Sandro TonaliLM
  8. 79Franck KessiéRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 17Rafael LeãoAM-L
  11. 56Alexis SaelemaekersAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 46Matteo GabbiaSUB
  2. 41Tiemoué BakayokoSUB
  3. 64Pietro PellegriSUB
  4. 96Andreas JungdalSUB
  5. 19Theo HernándezSUB
  6. 11Zlatan IbrahimovicSUB
  7. 24Simon KjaerSUB
  8. 83Antonio MiranteSUB
  9. 4Ismaël BennacerSUB
  10. 27Daniel MaldiniSUB
  11. 14Andrea ContiSUB

TOR · 3-4-2-1

  1. 32Vanja Milinkovic-SavicG
  2. 3BremerCD
  3. 99Alessandro BuongiornoCD-L
  4. 26Koffi DjidjiCD-R
  5. 4Tommaso PobegaCM-L
  6. 10Sasa LukicCM-R
  7. 34Ola AinaLM
  8. 17Wilfried SingoRM
  9. 9Andrea BelottiF
  10. 14Josip BrekaloCF-L
  11. 77Karol LinettyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 88Tomás RincónSUB
  2. 8Daniele BaselliSUB
  3. 27Mërgim VojvodaSUB
  4. 22Dennis PraetSUB
  5. 1Etrit BerishaSUB
  6. 5Armando IzzoSUB
  7. 7Simone ZazaSUB
  8. 6David ZimaSUB
  9. 70Magnus WarmingSUB
  10. 19Antonio SanabriaSUB
  11. 25Ben Lhassine KoneSUB
  12. 13Ricardo RodríguezSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Alessandro Buongiorno (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 10' Alessio Romagnoli (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 14' Goal! AC Milan 1, Torino 0. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rade Krunic following a corner.
  4. 24' Wilfried Stephane Singo (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 34' Pierre Kalulu (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, AC Milan. Simon Kjaer replaces Alessio Romagnoli.
  7. 45' Substitution, AC Milan. Theo Hernández replaces Pierre Kalulu.
  8. 45' Substitution, Torino. Ricardo Rodríguez replaces Alessandro Buongiorno.
  9. 54' Substitution, Torino. Dennis Praet replaces Karol Linetty.
  10. 54' Substitution, Torino. Antonio Sanabria replaces Andrea Belotti.
  11. 57' Tommaso Pobega (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 65' Substitution, AC Milan. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces Sandro Tonali.
  13. 66' Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Rade Krunic.
  14. 75' Substitution, Torino. Mërgim Vojvoda replaces Wilfried Stephane Singo.
  15. 80' Substitution, Torino. Simone Zaza replaces Ola Aina.
  16. 87' Substitution, AC Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Olivier Giroud.
  17. 90'+3' Tiemoué Bakayoko (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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