Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, November 26, 2016
AC Milan WLWWD 4
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Empoli DLDWL 1
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MIL134
EMP101
Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 12,577 att.

Match Report

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AC Milan decimate Empoli to go second in Serie A

AC Milan hit two quickfire second-half goals to win 4-1 at Empoli and move second in Serie A.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
3
60.7
Possession
39.3
16
SHOTS
15
6
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
555
Accurate Passes
326
623
Passes
400
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
7
21
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.4
55
Long Balls
44
36
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
17
10
Tackles
27
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
30
Effective Clearances
11
30
Clearances
11

Head to Head

MIL leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 15Andrea CostaCD-L
  3. 6Giuseppe BellusciCD-R
  4. 21Manuel PasqualLB
  5. 13Frederic VeseliRB
  6. 7Massimo MaccaroneM
  7. 8Assane DiousséCM
  8. 10Riccardo SaponaraAM
  9. 11Daniele CroceLM
  10. 33Rade KrunicRM
  11. 89Guido MarilungoCF-R

MIL · 4-3-3

  1. 99Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 15Gustavo GómezCD-R
  4. 2Mattia De SciglioLB
  5. 20Ignazio AbateRB
  6. 73Manuel LocatelliCM
  7. 14Matías FernándezLM
  8. 80Mario PasalicRM
  9. 9Gianluca LapadulaF
  10. 5Giacomo BonaventuraLF
  11. 8SusoRF

Timeline

  1. 4' Alessio Romagnoli (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 10' Substitution, Milan. Juraj Kucka replaces Matías Fernández because of an injury.
  3. 15' Goal! Empoli 0, Milan 1. Gianluca Lapadula (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Suso.
  4. 17' Goal! Empoli 1, Milan 1. Riccardo Saponara (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  5. 31' Juraj Kucka (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 37' Rade Krunic (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 43' Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 61' Goal! Empoli 1, Milan 2. Suso (Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ignazio Abate.
  9. 64' Own Goal by Andrea Costa, Empoli. Empoli 1, Milan 3.
  10. 68' Substitution, Empoli. Marco Zambelli replaces Frederic Veseli.
  11. 68' Substitution, Empoli. Andrés Tello replaces Rade Krunic.
  12. 74' Substitution, Empoli. Alberto Gilardino replaces Guido Marilungo.
  13. 77' Goal! Empoli 1, Milan 4. Gianluca Lapadula (Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Suso.
  14. 78' Substitution, Milan. M'Baye Niang replaces Mario Pasalic.
  15. 84' Substitution, Milan. Andrea Poli replaces Gianluca Lapadula.
  16. 89' Giuseppe Bellusci (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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