AC Milan face a strong Fiorentina team tonight who are led by coach Vincenzo Italiano. Despite some important absences for La Viola. They still have quality all over the bench and Pioli's men must be very focused in order to come out of a win.
Matches are usually settled and won in midfield, which is why La Gazzetta dello Sport focuses in the battle that will take place there between Sandro Tonali and former Milan player Giacomo Bonaventura.
As per the Milan-based newspaper, Bonaventura and Tonali have both made 12 appearances so far in the Serie A. But, the former Brescia man has scored 2 goals while Bona only scored 1. The Rossoneri number 8 created 10 chances while La Viola's star created 17. Both have attempted 8 shots.
The average recovered balls for Sandro Tonali is higher than that of Bonaventura: 5.17 against 3.83. As for the lost balls per match, the Milan midfielder is at 10,17 while the former Atalanta player is at 7.42.
Milan's young star has an average of 33.33 completed passes per match while the other has 31.83. According to the media votes, both players are close to each other but Tonali is still better in terms of performance. A rating of 7 is granted to him while Bonaventura has earned himself a decent 6.33.
