Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, March 19, 2022
AC Milan DDDWW 1
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Cagliari DDWLL 0
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Match Report

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Brilliant Bennacer strike earns leaders Milan win at Cagliari

A brilliant strike from Ismael Bennacer earned AC Milan a 1-0 victory at Cagliari on Saturday.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
13
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
4
57.8
Possession
42.2
21
SHOTS
13
6
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
366
Accurate Passes
222
460
Passes
330
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
6
15
Crosses
18
0.4
Cross %
0.3
64
Long Balls
71
26
Accurate Long Balls
44
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
4
15
Effective Tackles
7
20
Tackles
10
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
16
6
Effective Clearances
15
6
Clearances
15

Head to Head

MIL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CAG · 3-1-4-2

  1. 28Alessio CragnoG
  2. 66Matteo LovatoCD
  3. 15Giorgio AltareCD-L
  4. 3Edoardo GoldanigaCD-R
  5. 27Alberto GrassiSW
  6. 29DalbertCM-L
  7. 8Razvan MarinCM-R
  8. 22Charalampos LykogiannisLM
  9. 12Raoul BellanovaRM
  10. 10João PedroCF-L
  11. 30Leonardo PavolettiCF-R

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-L
  3. 20Pierre KaluluCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 2Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 10Brahim DíazAM
  7. 79Franck KessiéLM
  8. 4Ismaël BennacerRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 17Rafael LeãoAM-L
  11. 30Junior MessiasAM-R

Timeline

  1. 59' Goal! Cagliari 0, AC Milan 1. Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
  2. 68' Substitution, Cagliari. Alessandro Deiola replaces Charalampos Lykogiannis.
  3. 71' Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Rafael Leão.
  4. 72' Substitution, AC Milan. Rade Krunic replaces Brahim Díaz.
  5. 75' Substitution, Cagliari. Gabriele Zappa replaces Dalbert.
  6. 77' Raoul Bellanova (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 78' Substitution, AC Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Junior Messias.
  8. 81' Substitution, Cagliari. Gastón Pereiro replaces Raoul Bellanova.
  9. 82' Substitution, Cagliari. Keita Baldé replaces Alberto Grassi.
  10. 87' Substitution, AC Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Olivier Giroud.

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