Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, March 2, 2019
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Match Report

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AC Milan beat Sassuolo to leapfrog Inter into third place in Serie A

AC Milan leapfrogged rivals Inter Milan into third place in Serie A on Saturday with a 1-0 win over 10-man Sassuolo at San Siro.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
20
0
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
4
54.7
Possession
45.3
14
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
452
Accurate Passes
367
512
Passes
418
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
2
18
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.1
39
Long Balls
36
22
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
5
6
Effective Tackles
5
11
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
10
Interceptions
12
24
Effective Clearances
27
24
Clearances
27

Head to Head

MIL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MIL · 4-3-3

  1. 99Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 22Mateo MusacchioCD-R
  4. 68Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 2Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 14Tiemoué BakayokoCM
  7. 39Lucas PaquetáLM
  8. 79Franck KessiéRM
  9. 19Krzysztof PiatekF
  10. 10Hakan ÇalhanogluLF
  11. 8SusoRF

SAS · 4-3-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 31Gian Marco FerrariCD-L
  3. 3Merih DemiralCD-R
  4. 13Federico PelusoLB
  5. 21Pol LirolaRB
  6. 4Francesco MagnanelliCM
  7. 73Manuel LocatelliLM
  8. 12Stefano SensiRM
  9. 9Filip DjuricicF
  10. 20Jérémie BogaLF
  11. 25Domenico BerardiRF

Timeline

  1. 35' Own Goal by Pol Lirola, Sassuolo. Milan 1, Sassuolo 0.
  2. 37' Tiemoué Bakayoko (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 51' Lucas Paquetá (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 56' Substitution, Milan. Lucas Biglia replaces Tiemoué Bakayoko.
  5. 63' Substitution, Sassuolo. Mehdi Bourabia replaces Manuel Locatelli.
  6. 64' Andrea Consigli (Sassuolo) is shown the red card.
  7. 67' VAR: Red Card. Referee decision on field stands.
  8. 68' Substitution, Sassuolo. Gianluca Pegolo replaces Francesco Magnanelli.
  9. 73' Substitution, Milan. Samu Castillejo replaces Lucas Paquetá.
  10. 74' Substitution, Sassuolo. Alessandro Matri replaces Filip Djuricic.
  11. 84' Substitution, Milan. Patrick Cutrone replaces Krzysztof Piatek.
  12. 90'+2' Ricardo Rodríguez (Milan) is shown the yellow card.

Serie A News

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