The Serie A Champions, AC Milan took in Atalanta in the Lombardy derby. In a match that ended with a draw, AC Milan failed to convert their chances and go back to Milano with one point
In the second Serie A game week, The Rossenori managed to get one point from Gewiss stadium after a draw with local rivals Atalanta where Milan was down until Bennacer came in for the rescue in the 68th minute of the match.
Atalanta did not create a lot of high-quality chances this match and the only goal they scored was from outside the box shot which came from Ruslan Malinovski after deflecting of Kalulu's back.
Atalanta 1 AC Milan 1 Post Match Data Analysis
Chance Creation
Atalanta had a total of 20 shot-creating actions in the game with the Danish Wing Back, Joakim Maehle producing 5 shot-creating actions. AC Milan had 33 shot-creating actions with Ismael Bennacer producing 13 out of 33 chances.
AC Milan managed to complete 6 passes within 20 yards of Atalanta's goal while Atalanta completed only 4. AC Milan allowed 19.64 passes per defensive action which was a weakness of AC Milan while Atalanta allowed 14.55 passes per defensive action.
Pass Combination For AC Milan Players
Passes and Possession
AC Milan controlled the possession with 59% while Atalanta had 41% ball possession. For pass accuracy, Milan had 85% pass accuracy and Atalanta had 77% pass accuracy. AC Milan players that had the highest pass combinations were Ismael Bennacer and Sandro Tonali with 64 passes.
Atalanta's Joakim Maehele was the main ball distributor for Atalanta with 3 successful pass combinations of 81 passes with Duvan Zapata, Rafael Toloi, and Marten De Roon. Milan should have looked to try to close down Maehele more often as the game progressed to prevent his ball distribution.
Pass Map for both teams
AC Milan lost the ball quite a lot during this game. Sandro Tonali lost possession
3 times. Two out of those three times were inside his own penalty area so AC Milan needs to be more careful with playing the ball from the back to avoid losing the ball in dangerous positions on the field.
Shot Analysis
AC Milan had a total xG of 1.54 versus Atalanta who had an xG of 0.54. AC Milan missed a lot of chances with Bennacer missing a header in the six-yard box which had a total of 0.52 xG making it AC Milan's most dangerous shot on target. Atalanta's most dangerous shot came from Teun Koopmeiners which had 0.12 xG which was saved by Mike Maignan.
AC Milan had a total of 18 shots with 6 shots on target while Atalanta had 11 shots and 2 of them were on target. The player who managed to get the highest xG in the team was Pierre Kalulu having a total of 0.3 xG in the game. Atalanta's player with the highest xG was Ruslan Malinovskyi with 0.2 xG.
AC Milan had an average of 0.085 xG per shot while Atalanta had 0.049 xG per shot. Overall, Milan had better chances but they simply could not convert them.
Atalanta vs AC Milan Shot Map
Conclusion
AC Milan was unlucky to draw with Atalanta in the second Game Week. Serie A champions could not take the advantages they had and ended up conceding a goal from the ball getting deflected of Kalulu's back. AC Milan hopefully will bounce back with the next match against Bologna.
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