Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, August 29, 2015
Empoli LDLLL 1
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AC Milan LLLWL 2
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EMP101
MIL112
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 34,382 att.

Match Report

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Carlos Bacca and Luiz Adriano carry AC Milan while Mario Balotelli watches

Mario Balotelli watched on as goals from fellow forwards Carlos Bacca and Luiz Adriano earned AC Milan their first win of the new Serie A season.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
20
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
2
49.8
Possession
50.2
18
SHOTS
6
3
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
357
Accurate Passes
329
430
Passes
420
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
3
16
Crosses
24
0.0
Cross %
0.1
43
Long Balls
78
20
Accurate Long Balls
51
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
0
9
Effective Tackles
13
14
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
20
32
Clearances
24

Head to Head

MIL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MIL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Diego LópezG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 17Cristián ZapataCD-R
  4. 31Luca AntonelliLB
  5. 2Mattia De SciglioRB
  6. 9Luiz AdrianoM
  7. 34Nigel de JongCM
  8. 8SusoAM
  9. 23Antonio NocerinoLM
  10. 91Andrea BertolacciRM
  11. 70Carlos BaccaCF-R

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 19Federico BarbaCD-L
  3. 26Lorenzo TonelliCD-R
  4. 21Mário RuiLB
  5. 3Marco ZambelliRB
  6. 7Massimo MaccaroneM
  7. 14Assane DiousséCM
  8. 5Riccardo SaponaraAM
  9. 11Daniele CroceLM
  10. 17Piotr ZielinskiRM
  11. 20Manuel PucciarelliCF-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Milan 1, Empoli 0. Carlos Bacca (Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luiz Adriano with a through ball following a fast break.
  2. 20' Goal! Milan 1, Empoli 1. Riccardo Saponara (Empoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Massimo Maccarone with a through ball.
  3. 27' Lorenzo Tonelli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' Massimo Maccarone (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Substitution, Milan. Juraj Kucka replaces Antonio Nocerino.
  6. 55' Substitution, Milan. Giacomo Bonaventura replaces Suso.
  7. 62' Substitution, Empoli. Levan Mchedlidze replaces Massimo Maccarone.
  8. 69' Goal! Milan 2, Empoli 1. Luiz Adriano (Milan) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Giacomo Bonaventura with a cross following a corner.
  9. 76' Substitution, Empoli. Raffaele Maiello replaces Assane Diousse.
  10. 80' Substitution, Empoli. Andrea Costa replaces Federico Barba because of an injury.
  11. 83' Substitution, Milan. Andrea Poli replaces Andrea Bertolacci.

Serie A News

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