Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, May 3, 2015
AC Milan WDDLL 0
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Napoli WWDWL 3
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Diego Armando Maradona · 25,469 att.

Match Report

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AC Milan's Europa League hopes on brink after Napoli loss

AC Milan had Mattia De Sciglio sent off inside a minute as they slipped to a 3-0 defeat at Napoli, who moved to within 4 points of 3rd-placed Lazio.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
13
0
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
15
4
Saves
1
24
Possession
76
2
SHOTS
27
1
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
178
Accurate Passes
707
252
Passes
782
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
8
4
Crosses
35
0.3
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
42
21
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
8
13
Effective Tackles
14
21
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
41
Effective Clearances
8
41
Clearances
8

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 45Mariano AndújarG
  2. 5Miguel BritosCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 11Christian MaggioRB
  6. 17Marek HamsikAM
  7. 19David LópezLM
  8. 8JorginhoRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM-L
  11. 7José CallejónAM-R

MIL · 4-3-3

  1. 23Diego LópezG
  2. 29Gabriel PalettaCD-L
  3. 33AlexCD-R
  4. 19Salvatore BocchettiLB
  5. 2Mattia De SciglioRB
  6. 34Nigel de JongCM
  7. 21Marco van GinkelLM
  8. 16Andrea PoliRM
  9. 9Mattia DestroF
  10. 28Giacomo BonaventuraLF
  11. 10Keisuke HondaRF

Timeline

  1. 1' Mattia De Sciglio (Milan) is shown the red card.
  2. 3' Penalty saved! Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  3. 55' Substitution, Napoli. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Jorginho.
  4. 57' Substitution, Milan. Giampaolo Pazzini replaces Mattia Destro.
  5. 61' Substitution, Milan. Daniele Bonera replaces Salvatore Bocchetti.
  6. 65' Raúl Albiol (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 69' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  8. 70' Goal! Napoli 1, Milan 0. Marek Hamsik (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  9. 71' Marek Hamsik (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  10. 74' Goal! Napoli 2, Milan 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
  11. 76' Goal! Napoli 3, Milan 0. Manolo Gabbiadini (Napoli) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  12. 84' Substitution, Napoli. Sebastiano Luperto replaces David López.
  13. 84' Substitution, Milan. Gian Filippo Felicioli replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.

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