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52% Ball Possession AC MILAN and 48% Ball Possession LAZIO
AC Milan 2 – 0 Lazio
37′ Carlos Bacca
74′ M’baye Niang (pen)

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 10th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -1
Lazio, 4th position with 7 points and a positive goal difference of +3

AC Milan finding their way to the victory to keep up the race to be among hte top 3 positions while Lazio losing precious points.

AC Milan opening the score in the 37th minute.  A spectacular goal by Colombian forward Carlos Bacca with a solo run almost half of the field to smack a final right footed shot defeating Lazio goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha in the bottom left corner.   The assist is by Juraj Kucka with a through ball.  It’s the 5th goal by Bacca this season.   The goal in part an error by Lazio Marco Parolo losing the ball in the midfield and there you see Kucka making the perfect pass for Bacca.

Photo:  facebook.com/ACMilan

Things not working out for Lazio.  Referee Massa giving a penalty to AC Milan in the 73rd minute.  Penalty conceded by Lazio Captain Stefan Radu for a handball in the penalty area and getting a yellow card.  Taking the penalty spot is AC Milan forward M’baye Niang converting the penalty with a right footed shot defeating goalkeeper in the bottom left corner as he went to the opposite direction.  M’baye scoring his second goal this season.

• There are 73 precedents between AC Milan vs Lazio at the San Siro Stadium.  Stats showing AC Milan with 41 wins, 23 draws, and Lazio with 9 wins.   AC Milan scoring 146 goals and Lazio 70  goals. The last time that Lazio defeated AC Milan at the San Siro Stadium was in September 1989.

Here is AC MILAN official starting lineup by coach Vincenzo Montella:

AC MILAN  (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Calabria, Paletta, Romagnoli, De Sciglio; Kucka, Montolivo, Bonaventura; Suso, Bacca, Niang.

Here is LAZIO official starting lineup by coach Simone Inzaghi:

LAZIO (3-5-2): Thomas Strakosha; Bastos, de Vrij, Radu; Basta, Parolo, Cataldi, Milinković-Savić, Lulić; Immobile, Djordjević.

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Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of AC MILAN: 2 wins, 1 lost

Stats.   Here are the last 3 games of LAZIO:  1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of AC MILAN: Carlos Bacca with 4 goals

Top scorer of LAZIO: Ciro Immobile with 2 goals

Photo: facebook.com/ACMilan

Photo: facebook.com/SSLazioOfficialPage

2016 – 2017 Italian Serie A Week 5

AC Milan 2 – 0 Lazio
Tuesday 20 September 2016
San Siro Stadium
Milan, Italy

20:45

Referee: MASSA
Assistants: DI FIORE – POSADO
Fourth Official: VIVENZI
ADD1: CELI
ADD2: AURELIANO

Goals:  37′ Carlos Bacca (M), 74′ M’baye Niang (M) (pen)

Official lineups – formations:

AC MILAN  (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Calabria, Paletta, Romagnoli, De Sciglio; Kucka, Montolivo, Bonaventura; Suso, Bacca, Niang.

Subs: Gabriel, Plizzari; Abate, Ely, Gomez, Vangioni, Sosa, Honda, Locatelli, Pašalić, Poli, Lapadula, Luiz Adriano.

Coach: Vincenzo Montella

LAZIO (3-5-2): Marchetti; Bastos, de Vrij, Radu; Basta, Parolo, Cataldi, Milinković-Savić, Lulić; Immobile, Djordjević.

Subs: Vargic, Strakosha, Hoedt, Wallace, Patric, Lukaku, Murgia, Leitner, Luis Alberto, Lombardi, Felipe Anderson, Keita.

Coach: Simone Inzaghi