Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, March 12, 2022
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AC Milan WDDDW 1
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Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 48,801 att.

Match Report

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AC Milan go five points clear in Serie A with win over Empoli

AC Milan extended their lead at the top of Serie A to five points after Pierre Kalulu's first-half strike earned a 1-0 home win over Empoli.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
6
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
2
47
Possession
53
5
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
381
Accurate Passes
440
461
Passes
523
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
5
17
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.4
48
Long Balls
63
26
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
6
6
Effective Tackles
16
18
Tackles
23
0.3
Tackle %
0.7
4
Interceptions
10
14
Effective Clearances
14
14
Clearances
14

Head to Head

MIL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-L
  3. 20Pierre KaluluCD-R
  4. 25Alessandro FlorenziLB
  5. 2Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 79Franck KessiéAM
  7. 4Ismaël BennacerLM
  8. 8Sandro TonaliRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 17Rafael LeãoAM-L
  11. 30Junior MessiasAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Ciprian TatarusanuSUB
  2. 56Alexis SaelemaekersSUB
  3. 27Daniel MaldiniSUB
  4. 13Alessio RomagnoliSUB
  5. 7Samu CastillejoSUB
  6. 83Antonio MiranteSUB
  7. 33Rade KrunicSUB
  8. 12Ante RebicSUB
  9. 11Zlatan IbrahimovicSUB
  10. 5Fodé Ballo-TouréSUB
  11. 46Matteo GabbiaSUB
  12. 10Brahim DíazSUB

EMP · 4-3-2-1

  1. 13Guglielmo VicarioG
  2. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 6Simone RomagnoliCD-R
  4. 21Liberato CacaceLB
  5. 20Riccardo FiamozziRB
  6. 23Kristjan AsllaniCM
  7. 25Filippo BandinelliCM-L
  8. 27Szymon ZurkowskiCM-R
  9. 99Andrea PinamontiF
  10. 8Liam HendersonCF-L
  11. 10Nedim BajramiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 30Petar StojanovicSUB
  2. 19Andrea La MantiaSUB
  3. 26Lorenzo TonelliSUB
  4. 1Samir UjkaniSUB
  5. 65Fabiano ParisiSUB
  6. 34Adrian IsmajliSUB
  7. 5Leo StulacSUB
  8. 15Marco BenassiSUB
  9. 42Mattia VitiSUB
  10. 9Patrick CutroneSUB
  11. 11Federico Di FrancescoSUB
  12. 7Valerio VerreSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! AC Milan 1, Empoli 0. Pierre Kalulu (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  2. 63' Substitution, Empoli. Patrick Cutrone replaces Liam Henderson.
  3. 63' Substitution, Empoli. Petar Stojanovic replaces Riccardo Fiamozzi.
  4. 63' Substitution, Empoli. Fabiano Parisi replaces Liberato Cacace.
  5. 71' Substitution, Empoli. Federico Di Francesco replaces Nedim Bajrami because of an injury.
  6. 71' Substitution, Empoli. Marco Benassi replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
  7. 72' Substitution, AC Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Junior Messias.
  8. 72' Substitution, AC Milan. Brahim Díaz replaces Franck Kessié.
  9. 83' Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Rafael Leão.
  10. 83' Substitution, AC Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Olivier Giroud.
  11. 88' Substitution, AC Milan. Rade Krunic replaces Ismaël Bennacer.
  12. 90'+4' Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.

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