Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, January 23, 2016
AC Milan WLDWW 2
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Empoli WWLWD 2
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MIL112
EMP112
Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 11,499 att.

Match Report

AP Photo/Paolo Lazzeroni

AC Milan see two leads over Empoli slip away in draw

Empoli twice fought back to earn a 2-2 draw with AC Milan at the Castellani.

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Team Stats

22
Fouls
12
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
2
4
Saves
3
38.3
Possession
61.7
10
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
260
Accurate Passes
490
362
Passes
583
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
2
11
Crosses
12
0.0
Cross %
0.2
78
Long Balls
49
29
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
4
23
Effective Tackles
6
29
Tackles
9
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
15
19
Clearances
17

Head to Head

MIL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 19Federico BarbaCD-L
  3. 26Lorenzo TonelliCD-R
  4. 21Mário RuiLB
  5. 2Vincent LauriniRB
  6. 7Massimo MaccaroneM
  7. 13Raffaele MaielloCM
  8. 5Riccardo SaponaraAM
  9. 77Marcel BüchelLM
  10. 17Piotr ZielinskiRM
  11. 20Manuel PucciarelliCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Maurizio Pugliesi
  2. 23Alberto Pelagotti
  3. 31Michele Camporese
  4. 9Levan Mchedlidze
  5. 39Marko Livaja
  6. 3Marco Zambelli
  7. 6Luca Bittante
  8. 14Assane Dioussé
  9. 22Alessandro Piu
  10. 33Rade Krunic
  11. 24Uros Cosic
  12. 11Daniele Croce

MIL · 4-4-2

  1. 99Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 33AlexCD-R
  4. 31Luca AntonelliLB
  5. 20Ignazio AbateRB
  6. 91Andrea BertolacciCM-L
  7. 18Riccardo MontolivoCM-R
  8. 28Giacomo BonaventuraLM
  9. 10Keisuke HondaRM
  10. 70Carlos BaccaCF-L
  11. 19M'Baye NiangCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 34Nigel de JongSUB
  2. 17Cristián ZapataSUB
  3. 72Kevin-Prince BoatengSUB
  4. 32Christian AbbiatiSUB
  5. 97Alessandro LivieriSUB
  6. 27Juraj KuckaSUB
  7. 16Andrea PoliSUB
  8. 4José MauriSUB
  9. 45Mario BalotelliSUB
  10. 96Davide CalabriaSUB
  11. 2Mattia De SciglioSUB
  12. 9Luiz AdrianoSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Empoli 0, Milan 1. Carlos Bacca (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luca Antonelli with a through ball.
  2. 32' Goal! Empoli 1, Milan 1. Piotr Zielinski (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riccardo Saponara.
  3. 36' Federico Barba (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Milan. Cristian Zapata replaces Alex.
  5. 48' Goal! Empoli 1, Milan 2. Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by M'Baye Niang.
  6. 54' Substitution, Empoli. Daniele Croce replaces Raffaele Maiello.
  7. 59' Keisuke Honda (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 60' Riccardo Saponara (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 60' Riccardo Montolivo (Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 61' Goal! Empoli 2, Milan 2. Massimo Maccarone (Empoli) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  11. 67' Substitution, Milan. Mario Balotelli replaces M'Baye Niang.
  12. 70' Substitution, Empoli. Marko Livaja replaces Massimo Maccarone.
  13. 82' Mario Balotelli (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 86' Substitution, Milan. Kevin-Prince Boateng replaces Keisuke Honda.
  15. 87' Substitution, Empoli. Rade Krunic replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  16. 90'+1' Alessio Romagnoli (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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