Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, March 6, 2022
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Napoli DDDLW 0
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Match Report

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Giroud goal sends AC Milan back to Serie A summit with win over Napoli

Olivier Giroud's second-half goal sent AC Milan back to the top of Serie A as they battled to a 1-0 win away at Napoli on Sunday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
7
4
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
6
39.9
Possession
60.1
12
SHOTS
9
7
ON GOAL
2
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
272
Accurate Passes
472
354
Passes
546
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
2
11
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
41
22
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
13
18
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
8
15
Effective Clearances
8
15
Clearances
8

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiAM
  7. 68Stanislav LobotkaLM
  8. 8Fabián RuizRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM-L
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 99Frank AnguissaSUB
  2. 37Andrea PetagnaSUB
  3. 14Dries MertensSUB
  4. 59Alessandro ZanoliSUB
  5. 11Hirving LozanoSUB
  6. 1Alex MeretSUB
  7. 5Juan JesusSUB
  8. 31Faouzi GhoulamSUB
  9. 12Davide MarfellaSUB
  10. 7Eljif ElmasSUB
  11. 4Diego DemmeSUB
  12. 33Adam OunasSUB

MIL · 4-3-3

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

Substitutes

  1. 10Brahim DíazSUB
  2. 33Rade KrunicSUB
  3. 27Daniel MaldiniSUB
  4. 11Zlatan IbrahimovicSUB
  5. 25Alessandro FlorenziSUB
  6. 1Ciprian TatarusanuSUB
  7. 56Alexis SaelemaekersSUB
  8. 83Antonio MiranteSUB
  9. 46Matteo GabbiaSUB
  10. 7Samu CastillejoSUB
  11. 5Fodé Ballo-TouréSUB
  12. 12Ante RebicSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 37' Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 39' Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 49' Goal! Napoli 0, AC Milan 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Davide Calabria following a set piece situation.
  5. 67' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  6. 67' Substitution, Napoli. Adam Ounas replaces Matteo Politano.
  7. 67' Substitution, AC Milan. Rade Krunic replaces Sandro Tonali.
  8. 68' Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Olivier Giroud because of an injury.
  9. 76' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  10. 77' Theo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 77' Victor Osimhen (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 79' Substitution, AC Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Junior Messias.
  13. 80' Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Davide Calabria.
  14. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
  15. 82' Substitution, Napoli. André-Frank Zambo Anguissa replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  16. 83' Mike Maignan (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90' Substitution, AC Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Rafael Leão.
  18. 90'+2' Adam Ounas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+3' Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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