Italian Serie A

FT Friday, April 15, 2022
Genoa DDWLL 0
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AC Milan WWWDD 2
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Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 70,259 att.

Match Report

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Milan return to top of Serie A with battling victory over Genoa

Goals from Rafael Leao and Junior Messias earned AC Milan a 2-0 victory over Genoa on Friday to return to the top of Serie A.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
2
40.9
Possession
59.1
7
SHOTS
10
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
252
Accurate Passes
411
344
Passes
497
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
7
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.4
48
Long Balls
57
21
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
1
18
Effective Tackles
10
30
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
3
Interceptions
8
13
Effective Clearances
8
13
Clearances
8

Head to Head

MIL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MIL · 4-3-3

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-L
  3. 46Matteo GabbiaCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 20Pierre KaluluRB
  6. 8Sandro TonaliCM
  7. 79Franck KessiéLM
  8. 4Ismaël BennacerRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 17Rafael LeãoLF
  11. 56Alexis SaelemaekersRF

GEN · 4-3-2-1

  1. 57Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 55Leo ØstigardCD-L
  3. 13Mattia BaniCD-R
  4. 15Johan VásquezLB
  5. 36Silvan HeftiRB
  6. 47Milan BadeljCM
  7. 99Pablo GaldamesCM-L
  8. 32Morten FrendrupCM-R
  9. 9Roberto PiccoliF
  10. 8Nadiem AmiriCF-L
  11. 20Caleb EkubanCF-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! AC Milan 1, Genoa 0. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pierre Kalulu with a cross.
  2. 55' Substitution, Genoa. Mattia Destro replaces Roberto Piccoli.
  3. 55' Substitution, Genoa. Filippo Melegoni replaces Caleb Ekuban.
  4. 61' Substitution, AC Milan. Junior Messias replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  5. 62' Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Olivier Giroud.
  6. 72' Substitution, Genoa. Albert Gudmundsson replaces Nadiem Amiri.
  7. 72' Substitution, Genoa. Kelvin Yeboah replaces Morten Frendrup.
  8. 74' Substitution, AC Milan. Rade Krunic replaces Matteo Gabbia because of an injury.
  9. 80' Kelvin Yeboah (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 84' Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 86' Substitution, AC Milan. Fodé Ballo-Touré replaces Rafael Leão.
  12. 86' Substitution, AC Milan. Brahim Díaz replaces Ismaël Bennacer.
  13. 87' Goal! AC Milan 2, Genoa 0. Junior Messias (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  14. 88' VAR Decision: Goal AC Milan - AC Milan 2-0 Genoa (Junior Messias).
  15. 90'+1' Substitution, Genoa. Hernani replaces Mattia Bani because of an injury.
  16. 90'+4' Albert Gudmundsson (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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