Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, February 15, 2015
Empoli DLLDW 1
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AC Milan LLLWL 1
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MIL101
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 27,170 att.

Match Report

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Mattia Destro goal not enough for AC Milan as Empoli earn draw

Mattia Destro scored his first goal for AC Milan on Sunday at home but Massimo Maccarone's second-half strike helped Empoli grab a 1-1 draw.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
23
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
2
57.5
Possession
42.5
16
SHOTS
7
3
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
481
Accurate Passes
314
568
Passes
408
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
17
Crosses
21
0.2
Cross %
0.1
53
Long Balls
87
32
Accurate Long Balls
46
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
13
17
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
18
17
Clearances
18

Head to Head

MIL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Diego LópezG
  2. 29Gabriel PalettaCD-L
  3. 33AlexCD-R
  4. 31Luca AntonelliLB
  5. 13Adil RamiRB
  6. 7Jérémy MénezAM
  7. 16Andrea PoliLM
  8. 34Nigel de JongRM
  9. 9Mattia DestroF
  10. 28Giacomo BonaventuraAM-L
  11. 10Keisuke HondaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Michael EssienSUB
  2. 38Davide Di MolfettaSUB
  3. 11Giampaolo PazziniSUB
  4. 19Salvatore BocchettiSUB
  5. 22Alessio CerciSUB
  6. 66Stefano GoriSUB
  7. 37Gian Filippo FelicioliSUB
  8. 32Christian AbbiatiSUB
  9. 8SusoSUB
  10. 36Alessandro MastalliSUB
  11. 21Marco van GinkelSUB

EMP

  1. 33Luigi SepeG
  2. 24Daniele RuganiD
  3. 21Mário RuiD
  4. 26Lorenzo TonelliD
  5. 23Elseid HysajD
  6. 6Mirko ValdifioriM
  7. 27Piotr ZielinskiM
  8. 88Matías VecinoM
  9. 11Daniele CroceM
  10. 20Manuel PucciarelliF
  11. 7Massimo MaccaroneF

Substitutes

  1. 9Levan MchedlidzeSUB
  2. 14Assane DiousséSUB
  3. 18Simone VerdiSUB
  4. 28Davide BassiSUB
  5. 1Maurizio PugliesiSUB
  6. 50Michele SommaSUB
  7. 25Josh BrillanteSUB
  8. 2Vincent LauriniSUB
  9. 8Franco SignorelliSUB
  10. 10Francesco TavanoSUB
  11. 19Federico BarbaSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Substitution, Milan. Salvatore Bocchetti replaces Alex because of an injury.
  2. 40' Goal! Milan 1, Empoli 0. Mattia Destro (Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Giacomo Bonaventura.
  3. 48' Adil Rami (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 54' Substitution, Empoli. Simone Verdi replaces Matias Vecino.
  5. 64' Luca Antonelli (Milan) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  6. 64' Substitution, Empoli. Francesco Tavano replaces Manuel Pucciarelli.
  7. 68' Goal! Milan 1, Empoli 1. Massimo Maccarone (Empoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Elseid Hysaj with a cross.
  8. 78' Simone Verdi (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 79' Substitution, Milan. Alessio Cerci replaces Keisuke Honda.
  10. 80' Gabriel Paletta (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 82' Substitution, Empoli. Franco Signorelli replaces Daniele Croce.
  12. 83' Diego López (Milan) is shown the red card.
  13. 85' Substitution, Milan. Christian Abbiati replaces Mattia Destro.
  14. 90'+1' Lorenzo Tonelli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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