Italian Serie A

FT Friday, February 22, 2019
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Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 47,866 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Krysztof Piatek on target as Milan beat Empoli, close gap on Inter

AC Milan continued their impressive run of form as second-half goals gave them a 3-0 win over Empoli in Serie A on Friday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
2
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
1
41.9
Possession
58.1
9
SHOTS
11
1
ON GOAL
7
0.1
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
374
Accurate Passes
551
439
Passes
615
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
2
17
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.1
47
Long Balls
44
29
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
6
Blocked Shots
0
7
Effective Tackles
7
15
Tackles
9
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
10
Interceptions
13
19
Effective Clearances
24
19
Clearances
24

Head to Head

MIL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MIL · 4-3-3

  1. 99Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 22Mateo MusacchioCD-R
  4. 68Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 12Andrea ContiRB
  6. 14Tiemoué BakayokoCM
  7. 39Lucas PaquetáLM
  8. 79Franck KessiéRM
  9. 19Krzysztof PiatekF
  10. 10Hakan ÇalhanogluLF
  11. 7Samu CastillejoRF

Substitutes

  1. 11Fabio BoriniSUB
  2. 35Alessandro PlizzariSUB
  3. 16Andrea BertolacciSUB
  4. 23Ivan StrinicSUB
  5. 18Riccardo MontolivoSUB
  6. 4José MauriSUB
  7. 21Lucas BigliaSUB
  8. 20Ignazio AbateSUB
  9. 2Davide CalabriaSUB
  10. 63Patrick CutroneSUB
  11. 90Antonio DonnarummaSUB
  12. 93Diego LaxaltSUB

EMP · 3-5-2

  1. 69Bartlomiej DragowskiG
  2. 26Matías SilvestreCD
  3. 39Cristian Dell'OrcoCD-L
  4. 5Frederic VeseliCD-R
  5. 33Rade KrunicCM-L
  6. 18Afriyie AcquahCM-R
  7. 10Ismaël BennacerAM
  8. 23Manuel PasqualLM
  9. 2Giovanni Di LorenzoRM
  10. 11Francesco CaputoCF-L
  11. 17Diego FariasCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 34Kevin DiksSUB
  2. 28Leonardo CapezziSUB
  3. 43Dimitris NikolaouSUB
  4. 6Marko PajacSUB
  5. 22Domenico MaiettaSUB
  6. 32Jacob RasmussenSUB
  7. 37Dimitri OberlinSUB
  8. 48Salih UcanSUB
  9. 8Hamed TraoréSUB
  10. 4Matteo BrighiSUB
  11. 20Antonio La GuminaSUB
  12. 1Ivan ProvedelSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  2. 49' Goal! Milan 1, Empoli 0. Krzysztof Piatek (Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu.
  3. 51' Goal! Milan 2, Empoli 0. Franck Kessié (Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samu Castillejo with a through ball.
  4. 55' Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 66' Substitution, Empoli. Salih Ucan replaces Afriyie Acquah.
  6. 66' Substitution, Empoli. Antonino La Gumina replaces Diego Farias.
  7. 67' Goal! Milan 3, Empoli 0. Samu Castillejo (Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrea Conti with a cross.
  8. 69' Substitution, Milan. Patrick Cutrone replaces Krzysztof Piatek.
  9. 69' Substitution, Milan. Fabio Borini replaces Lucas Paquetá.
  10. 71' Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 74' Substitution, Empoli. Marko Pajac replaces Manuel Pasqual.
  12. 80' Substitution, Milan. Lucas Biglia replaces Tiemoué Bakayoko.
  13. 81' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.

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