Italian Serie A

Milan vs Torino 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 14': Olivier Giroud
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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.

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
+22 Napoli 24 55 3
+35 Internazionale 24 54 2
+28 Atalanta 24 50 4
+13 Lazio 24 45 7
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Statistics

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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

MIL AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

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

TOR Torino (3-4-2-1)

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

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