Italian Serie A

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Cesena LWWLD 0
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AC Milan LLWLD 2
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MIL112
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 27,958 att.

Match Report

Marco Bertorello

Giacomo Bonaventura helps AC Milan move up Serie A table

AC Milan returned to the top half of the Serie A table after goals from Giacomo Bonaventura and substitute Giampaolo Pazzini secured a 2-0 home victory over Cesena.

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Team Stats

26
Fouls
13
6
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
7
0
Saves
2
42.5
Possession
57.5
10
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
285
Accurate Passes
397
355
Passes
479
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
6
21
Crosses
28
0.2
Cross %
0.2
71
Long Balls
89
47
Accurate Long Balls
54
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
21
20
Tackles
25
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
17
26
Clearances
17

Head to Head

MIL leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

MIL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 32Christian AbbiatiG
  2. 19Salvatore BocchettiCD-L
  3. 13Adil RamiCD-R
  4. 31Luca AntonelliLB
  5. 25Daniele BoneraRB
  6. 9Mattia DestroM
  7. 34Nigel de JongCM
  8. 28Giacomo BonaventuraAM
  9. 18Riccardo MontolivoLM
  10. 16Andrea PoliRM
  11. 7Jérémy MénezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Michael Essien
  2. 22Alessio Cerci
  3. 4Sulley Muntari
  4. 66Stefano Gori
  5. 97Ivan De Santis
  6. 33Alex
  7. 8Suso
  8. 21Marco van Ginkel
  9. 99Gianluigi Donnarumma
  10. 37Gian Filippo Felicioli
  11. 11Giampaolo Pazzini
  12. 10Keisuke Honda

CES · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Nicola LealiG
  2. 6Stefano LucchiniCD-L
  3. 14Massimo VoltaCD-R
  4. 33Francesco RenzettiLB
  5. 2Constantin NicaRB
  6. 18Milan DjuricM
  7. 8Giuseppe De FeudisCM
  8. 11Franco BrienzaAM
  9. 77Zé EduardoLM
  10. 5Luigi GiorgiRM
  11. 92Grégoire DefrelCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 81Walter Bressan
  2. 26Gaby Mudingayi
  3. 25Daniele Capelli
  4. 27Nicola Dal Monte
  5. 17Hördur Magnússon
  6. 15Luka Krajnc
  7. 9Alejandro Rodriguez
  8. 30Federico Agliardi
  9. 7Carlos Carbonero
  10. 19Davide Succi

Timeline

  1. 8' Stefano Lucchini (Cesena) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 22' Goal! Milan 1, Cesena 0. Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jérémy Menez.
  3. 31' Salvatore Bocchetti (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' Substitution, Cesena. Gaby Mudingayi replaces Zé Eduardo because of an injury.
  5. 62' Constantin Nica (Cesena) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 63' Substitution, Milan. Giampaolo Pazzini replaces Mattia Destro.
  7. 66' Substitution, Cesena. Daniele Capelli replaces Constantin Nica because of an injury.
  8. 74' Substitution, Cesena. Carlos Carbonero replaces Giuseppe De Feudis.
  9. 80' Substitution, Milan. Marco Van Ginkel replaces Riccardo Montolivo.
  10. 86' Substitution, Milan. Alessio Cerci replaces Jérémy Menez.
  11. 88' Massimo Volta (Cesena) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 89' Luigi Giorgi (Cesena) Yellow Card at 89'
  13. 89' Gaby Mudingayi (Cesena) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90' Goal! Milan 2, Cesena 0. Giampaolo Pazzini (Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  15. 90'+2' Carlos Carbonero (Cesena) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Serie A News

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