Torino
AC Milan
Match summary
AC Milan won 2-1 away at Torino. It was goalless at half-time.
Alphadjo Cissè put AC Milan ahead in the 64th minute, set up by Adrien Rabiot, Adrien Rabiot made it 0-2 in the 67th minute, set up by Samuel Chukwueze, and Che Adams pulled one back to make it 1-2 in stoppage time, set up by Gvidas Gineitis.
The chances backed that up: AC Milan created 1.75 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Torino's 1.13 from 8.
Torino hosted AC Milan in a Serie A fixture on matchday one, with the visitors dominating the general play and territory to secure a two-one victory. AC Milan registered nineteen shots compared to Torino's eight, and managed four shots on target against the hosts' one. The away side controlled fifty-nine percent of possession and completed five hundred and forty-seven passes with an eighty-eight percent accuracy, while Torino recorded three hundred and eighty-four passes. Expected goals reflected the run of play, with AC Milan accumulating an xG of 1.75 to Torino's 1.13. Discipline was clean throughout, with AC Milan receiving the only yellow card of the match.
Following a scoreless first half that ended at zero-zero, the match saw its first disciplinary action in the fifty-second minute when Ruben Loftus-Cheek received a yellow card for a foul. AC Milan broke the deadlock in the sixty-fourth minute through a right-footed shot by Alphadjo Cissè. Just two minutes later, Adrien Rabiot scored with a left-footed shot to extend the lead to two-zero, stemming from an opportunity valued at 0.52 expected goals. Torino responded late in the match when Ché Adams scored with a right foot shot in the third minute of stoppage time, establishing the final scoreline of one-two.
