Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, December 29, 2018
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Match Report

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Milan and Higuain end goal droughts in win over SPAL

AC Milan ended a four-match goal drought and striker Gonzalo Higuain was on target for the first time in two months as they beat SPAL on Saturday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
11
2
Saves
3
36.3
Possession
63.7
11
SHOTS
22
4
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
261
Accurate Passes
513
342
Passes
593
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
2
7
Crosses
27
0.7
Cross %
0.1
52
Long Balls
59
16
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
11
10
Effective Tackles
8
16
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
7
37
Effective Clearances
8
37
Clearances
8

Head to Head

MIL leads series 2-0

Lineups

MIL · 4-3-3

  1. 99Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 17Cristián ZapataCD-R
  4. 68Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 20Ignazio AbateRB
  6. 14Tiemoué BakayokoCM
  7. 10Hakan ÇalhanogluLM
  8. 79Franck KessiéRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 7Samu CastillejoLF
  11. 8SusoRF

SPA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Alfred GomisG
  2. 27FelipeCD
  3. 14Kevin BonifaziCD-L
  4. 4Thiago CionekCD-R
  5. 19Jasmin KurticCM-L
  6. 6Simone MissiroliCM-R
  7. 28Pasquale SchiattarellaAM
  8. 33Filippo CostaLM
  9. 24Lorenzo DickmannRM
  10. 7Mirco AntenucciCF-L
  11. 37Andrea PetagnaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Milan 0, SPAL 1. Andrea Petagna (SPAL) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thiago Cionek.
  2. 16' Goal! Milan 1, SPAL 1. Samu Castillejo (Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, SPAL. Francesco Vicari replaces Lorenzo Dickmann.
  4. 51' Jasmin Kurtic (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 53' Substitution, SPAL. Mohamed Fares replaces Filippo Costa.
  6. 56' Samu Castillejo (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 62' Substitution, Milan. Davide Calabria replaces Ignazio Abate.
  8. 62' Substitution, Milan. Patrick Cutrone replaces Samu Castillejo.
  9. 64' Goal! Milan 2, SPAL 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu.
  10. 70' Pasquale Schiattarella (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 73' Cristián Zapata (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 74' Substitution, SPAL. Mirko Valdifiori replaces Pasquale Schiattarella.
  13. 79' Suso (Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 82' Substitution, Milan. Fabio Borini replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  15. 89' Second yellow card to Suso (Milan) for a bad foul.

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