BENEVENTO VS MILAN: A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Milan ran out 2-0 victors’ vs Benevento despite being down to 10 men for more than 60 minutes due to a red card to Tonali because of a high boot challenge vs Ionita. Here are a few insights into the game with some statistical facts

Please note that for the stats showing both teams the stats on the left is for Benevento and right is Milan since benevento was the home team

Milan especially after going down to 10 men were completely dominated. Benevento who had a high amount of possession and created chances. They registered a total of 25 shots off which only 5 were on target. Benevento created a total of 8 chances against 6 chances Milan created.

Basically Benevento lined up in a 4-3-2-1 changing to a 4-5-1 in defence while played in a 4-2-3-1 changing to a 4-4-2 in defence until Tonali got sent until which it became a 4-4-1 or a 4-2-3.

Milan’s main idea was to press Benevento, force them to the wide areas and score using their quick forwards.

Benevento’s strengths lie in their wing players. Caprari and Insigne ran wide with Ionita and Hetemaj supporting thep with runs through the half spaces once Milan’s defence was stretched.

Schiatterella who I thought was benevento’s best player yesterday was the Regista switching flanks, orchestrating attackings and picking up runs with through balls

Looking at Benevento’s heat map we can conclude that while they build up play using a narrow formation in spread out quite a lot in Milan’s half in the first half. With Milan sitting back in the second back the buildup play is more spread out and there is lot more possession

Milan meanwhile build up play more through the right side thanks to Milan not having Theo Hernandez on the left and Calabria using the right to attack. For the time he was on the pitch Milan used Sandro Tonali as their DLP to attack.

In the second half Milan always looked to spring on the counter hence balls were more central

Further proof of Benevento’s style of play can be found in the attacking map. Forming a middle block with a narrow 4-4-1/4-4-2 Milan blocked out the middle and forced Benevento to go wide which is quite congruent to their style of play.

Milan were forced down the center due to them being down to 10 men and needing to attack.

All of Benevento’s shots on target came from wide or either half spaces

Milan and Benevento played quite a high line in the first half as it 11 men on the pitch for close to 30 mins before retreating with the red card

Once the second half began you can see how Milan played a deep and narrow line with Benevento playing a very high line as they were chasing and wanted to press Milan high

Milan with 10 men down had to cover a lot of ground. Here are the top 5 players with distances covered.

One of Milan’s main strength since Gattuso era Is pace on the wings. The way Rafael Leao sprinted forward to force Benevento keeper into an error for the second goal was pure speed. Here are the speed statistics.

One of their Key performers as I mentioned above was their Regista Schiatterella who was the man orchestrating from deep. With Milans midfield being overloaded by sheer numbers Schiaterella was given all the space and time to find players. His numbers from yesterday

One of Milan's Key players yesterday was Rafael Leao. At the end of every attack in the second half, Leao made some runs worked hard and even should have got an assist or 2.

Not the prettiest wins, but a crucial 3 points closer to our goal nonetheless. Let's hope Kjær's words are proven true at the end of the season

My First attempt at a statistical Analysis. I hope my inferences were correct, if I was wrong I will try to correct them later.

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