MILAN – A second-half strike from Niang cancelled out Armero’s early goal as Milan and Udinese played out a 1-1 draw at the San Siro earlier today.
The deadlock was broken on 17 minutes through one-time Rossonero Pablo Armero who was quickest to pounce on a Kuzmanovic header which had come crashing off the crossbar following a great save by Donnarumma, but the teenage shot-stopper could do nothing on the follow-up and stop the Colombian burying the ball home from close range.
Just three minutes after the restart however Bacca sent Niang racing through and the Frenchman picked out his spot to fire past the Udinese shot-stopper at the far post and net his fifth league goal of the season. Karnezis made a great save moments later on a Bacca header from point-blank range while Balotelli, on at half-time for Kucka, tried his luck with two free-kicks.
Milan pinned the visitors back in the closing stages and Bertolacci came agonisingly close to giving Milan the lead, thumping the crossbar from close range while Montolivo had a fierce effort from the edge of the penalty area punched away by the Udinese goalkeeper right at the death. CLICK HERE for more and the minute by minute match report.
63% Ball Possession AC MILAN and 37% Ball Possession UDINESE AC Milan 1 – 1 Udinese
48′ M’baye Niang 17′ Pablo Armero
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 6th position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +9
Udinese, 14th position with 26 points and a negative goal difference of -16
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
Goals
DIFF
Points
6
Milan
23
11
6
6
34:25
9
39
14
Udinese
23
7
5
11
20:36
-16
26
AC Milan coach Sinisa Mihajloic failing to reach the third consecutive win in Serie A against Udinese ending with a draw.
Cold shower at the San Siro Stadium! It’s the ex Milan player defender Pablo Armero to open the score for the Udinese. Armero defeating AC Milan goalkeeper Donnarumma with a left footed shot in the center.
AC Milan equalizing the score in the 48th minute following a fast break. It’s forward M’baye Niang to equalize defeating Udinese goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis with a left footed shot in the bottom right corner. The assist is by forward Carlos Bacca.
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There are 40 precedents between AC Milan vs Udinese at the San Siro Stadium. Stats showing AC Milan with 23 wins, 13 draws, and Udinese with 4 wins. It will be a real challenge for Udinese to defeat Milan in San Siro. The last time Udinese won at the San Siro Stadium was back in 2007 ending Milan 2 – 3 Udinese. Out of the 136 goals in San Siro, Milan scoring 93 goals and Udinese 43 goals.
Here is AC MILAN official starting lineup by coach Sinisa Mihajlovic:
AC MILAN (4-4-2): Donnarumma; Abate, Alex, Romagnoli, Antonelli; Kucka, Montolivo, Bertolacci, Honda; Bacca, Niang.
Here is UDINESE official starting lineup by coach Stefano Colantuono:
MILAN – The first-half of the Serie A round 24 match between Milan-Udinese has ended 1-0 in favour of the away side. The deadlock was broken on 17 minutes through one-time Rossonero Pablo Armero who was quickest to pounce on a Kuzmanovic header which had come crashing off the bar following a great save by Donnarumma, but the teenage shot-stopper could do nothing on the follow-up and stop the Colombian burying the ball home from close range. CLICK HERE for more and to follow the second-half live
