Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, November 28, 2015
Sampdoria WDDLL 1
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AC Milan WWWDL 4
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MIL224
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 32,368 att.

Match Report

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AC Milan cruise past Sampdoria with M'Baye Niang brace

M'Baye Niang scored twice as AC Milan climbed up to fifth place in the Serie A table with a 4-1 home win over Sampdoria.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
1
50.6
Possession
49.4
10
SHOTS
22
2
ON GOAL
9
0.2
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
341
Accurate Passes
333
442
Passes
423
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
8
9
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.4
47
Long Balls
71
22
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
14
17
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
14
30
Clearances
17

Head to Head

MIL leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

MIL · 4-4-2

  1. 99Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 33AlexCD-R
  4. 31Luca AntonelliLB
  5. 20Ignazio AbateRB
  6. 18Riccardo MontolivoCM-L
  7. 27Juraj KuckaCM-R
  8. 28Giacomo BonaventuraLM
  9. 11Alessio CerciRM
  10. 70Carlos BaccaCF-L
  11. 19M'Baye NiangCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Mattia De SciglioSUB
  2. 5Philippe MexesSUB
  3. 23Antonio NocerinoSUB
  4. 4José MauriSUB
  5. 16Andrea PoliSUB
  6. 96Davide CalabriaSUB
  7. 9Luiz AdrianoSUB
  8. 17Cristián ZapataSUB
  9. 10Keisuke HondaSUB
  10. 32Christian AbbiatiSUB
  11. 8SusoSUB
  12. 15Rodrigo ElySUB

SAM · 4-3-1-2

  1. 2Emiliano VivianoG
  2. 19Vasco ReginiCD-L
  3. 26Matías SilvestreCD-R
  4. 3Djamel MesbahLB
  5. 29Lorenzo De SilvestriRB
  6. 23ÉderM
  7. 7FernandoCM
  8. 21Roberto SorianoAM
  9. 8Édgar BarretoLM
  10. 95David IvanRM
  11. 24Luis MurielCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 99Antonio Cassano
  2. 77Carlos Carbonero
  3. 1Christian Puggioni
  4. 5Mattia Cassani
  5. 18Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
  6. 11Federico Bonazzoli
  7. 92Michele Rocca
  8. 57Alberto Brignoli
  9. 17Angelo Palombo
  10. 13Pedro Pereira
  11. 9Alejandro Rodriguez

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Milan 1, Sampdoria 0. Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by M'Baye Niang.
  2. 37' Lorenzo De Silvestri (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Goal! Milan 2, Sampdoria 0. M'Baye Niang (Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  4. 39' Juraj Kucka (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+1' Roberto Soriano (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 49' Goal! Milan 3, Sampdoria 0. M'Baye Niang (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  7. 53' Substitution, Milan. Andrea Poli replaces Juraj Kucka.
  8. 63' Substitution, Sampdoria. Federico Bonazzoli replaces Luis Muriel.
  9. 64' Substitution, Sampdoria. Pedro Pereira replaces Lorenzo De Silvestri.
  10. 74' Substitution, Milan. Luiz Adriano replaces M'Baye Niang.
  11. 74' Substitution, Sampdoria. Angelo Palombo replaces David Ivan.
  12. 79' Goal! Milan 4, Sampdoria 0. Luiz Adriano (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alessio Cerci with a cross.
  13. 80' Substitution, Milan. Keisuke Honda replaces Alessio Cerci.
  14. 87' Goal! Milan 4, Sampdoria 1. Éder (Sampdoria) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

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