Milan vs Torino 2021-22 Italian Serie A

AC Milan

14': Olivier Giroud

FT
1 - 0

Torino

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.

Match Commentary

5': Alessandro Buongiorno (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
10': Alessio Romagnoli (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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.
24': Wilfried Stephane Singo (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
34': Pierre Kalulu (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, AC Milan. Simon Kjaer replaces Alessio Romagnoli.
45': Substitution, AC Milan. Theo Hernández replaces Pierre Kalulu.
45': Second Half begins AC Milan 1, Torino 0.
45': Substitution, Torino. Ricardo Rodríguez replaces Alessandro Buongiorno.
54': Substitution, Torino. Dennis Praet replaces Karol Linetty.
54': Substitution, Torino. Antonio Sanabria replaces Andrea Belotti.
57': Tommaso Pobega (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
65': Substitution, AC Milan. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces Sandro Tonali.
66': Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Rade Krunic.
75': Substitution, Torino. Mërgim Vojvoda replaces Wilfried Stephane Singo.
80': Substitution, Torino. Simone Zaza replaces Ola Aina.
87': Substitution, AC Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Olivier Giroud.
90'+3': Tiemoué Bakayoko (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5': Second Half ends, AC Milan 1, Torino 0.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 35,929

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+42	Internazionale	28	67	5
+24	AC Milan	28	60	2
+14	Napoli	28	56	6
+25	Como	28	51	5

Full Table

Statistics

TOR		MIL
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

Line-Ups

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Ciprian Tatarusanu (GK)
13	Alessio Romagnoli
23	Fikayo Tomori
20	Pierre Kalulu
2	Davide Calabria
33	Rade Krunic
8	Sandro Tonali
79	Franck Kessié
9	Olivier Giroud
17	Rafael Leão
56	Alexis Saelemaekers

Substitutes:

Matteo Gabbia, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Pietro Pellegri, Andreas Jungdal, Theo Hernández, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Simon Kjaer, Antonio Mirante, Ismaël Bennacer, Daniel Maldini, Andrea Conti.

Torino (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
32	Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (GK)
3	Bremer
99	Alessandro Buongiorno
26	Koffi Djidji
4	Tommaso Pobega
10	Sasa Lukic
34	Ola Aina
17	Wilfried Singo
9	Andrea Belotti
14	Josip Brekalo
77	Karol Linetty

Substitutes:

Tomás Rincón, Daniele Baselli, Mërgim Vojvoda, Dennis Praet, Etrit Berisha, Armando Izzo, Simone Zaza, David Zima, Magnus Warming, Antonio Sanabria, Ben Lhassine Kone, Ricardo Rodríguez.