Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, October 2, 2016
Sassuolo WWLWL 3
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AC Milan LLWWD 4
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SAS123
MIL134
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 31,738 att.

Match Report

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AC Milan fight back to send off Sassuolo at the San Siro

Gabriel Paletta's first ever AC Milan goal settled a 4-3 thriller against Sassuolo at San Siro.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
5
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
2
47.8
Possession
52.2
7
SHOTS
15
5
ON GOAL
6
0.7
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
326
Accurate Passes
376
407
Passes
445
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
16
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.4
64
Long Balls
66
33
Accurate Long Balls
42
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
14
16
Clearances
22

Head to Head

SAS leads series 3-2

Lineups

MIL · 4-3-3

  1. 99Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 15Gustavo GómezCD-L
  3. 29Gabriel PalettaCD-R
  4. 2Mattia De SciglioLB
  5. 20Ignazio AbateRB
  6. 18Riccardo MontolivoCM
  7. 5Giacomo BonaventuraLM
  8. 33Juraj KuckaRM
  9. 70Carlos BaccaF
  10. 7Luiz AdrianoLF
  11. 8SusoRF

Substitutes

  1. 16Andrea PoliSUB
  2. 21Leonel VangioniSUB
  3. 10Keisuke HondaSUB
  4. 11M'Baye NiangSUB
  5. 23José SosaSUB
  6. 73Manuel LocatelliSUB
  7. 80Mario PasalicSUB
  8. 96Davide CalabriaSUB
  9. 1GabrielSUB
  10. 4Rodrigo ElySUB
  11. 35Alessandro PlizzariSUB
  12. 9Gianluca LapadulaSUB

SAS · 4-3-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 5Luca AnteiCD-R
  4. 55Timo LetschertLB
  5. 20Pol LirolaRB
  6. 4Francesco MagnanelliCM
  7. 22Luca MazzitelliLM
  8. 6Lorenzo PellegriniRM
  9. 11Grégoire DefrelF
  10. 98Claud AdjapongLF
  11. 16Matteo PolitanoRF

Substitutes

  1. 13Federico PelusoSUB
  2. 9Pietro IemmelloSUB
  3. 90Antonino RagusaSUB
  4. 28Paolo CannavaroSUB
  5. 1Alberto PominiSUB
  6. 8Davide BiondiniSUB
  7. 26Emanuele TerranovaSUB
  8. 79Gianluca PegoloSUB
  9. 27Federico RicciSUB
  10. 10Alessandro MatriSUB
  11. 39Cristian Dell'OrcoSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Milan 1, Sassuolo 0. Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mattia De Sciglio.
  2. 10' Goal! Milan 1, Sassuolo 1. Matteo Politano (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  3. 23' Claud Adjapong (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 45' Substitution, Milan. M'Baye Niang replaces Luiz Adriano.
  5. 51' Riccardo Montolivo (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 54' Goal! Milan 1, Sassuolo 2. Francesco Acerbi (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a cross following a corner.
  7. 56' Goal! Milan 1, Sassuolo 3. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gregoire Defrel.
  8. 60' Substitution, Milan. Manuel Locatelli replaces Riccardo Montolivo.
  9. 68' Substitution, Sassuolo. Davide Biondini replaces Luca Mazzitelli.
  10. 68' Luca Antei (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 69' Goal! Milan 2, Sassuolo 3. Carlos Bacca (Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  12. 73' Goal! Milan 3, Sassuolo 3. Manuel Locatelli (Milan) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner following a corner.
  13. 75' Lorenzo Pellegrini (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 77' Goal! Milan 4, Sassuolo 3. Gabriel Paletta (Milan) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by M'Baye Niang with a cross following a corner.
  15. 78' Substitution, Sassuolo. Federico Ricci replaces Claud Adjapong.
  16. 82' Substitution, Sassuolo. Pietro Iemmello replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  17. 83' Substitution, Milan. Andrea Poli replaces Carlos Bacca.
  18. 90'+1' Matteo Politano (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 90'+3' Davide Biondini (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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