Italian Serie A

FT Thursday, January 6, 2022
AS Roma LWWWD 1
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AC Milan WLDLW 3
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ROMA101
MIL213
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 35,870 att.

Match Report

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Milan close gap on leaders Inter after home win over Roma

AC Milan put COVID-19 concerns to one side as they beat AS Roma 3-1 in Serie A on Thursday to close the gap on leaders Inter Milan to one point.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
6
3
Yellow Cards
2
2
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
4
45.2
Possession
54.8
11
SHOTS
19
5
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
243
Accurate Passes
319
328
Passes
401
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
1
16
Crosses
12
0.1
Cross %
0.1
52
Long Balls
57
22
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
8
19
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
16
Interceptions
21
19
Effective Clearances
15
19
Clearances
15

Head to Head

MIL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 46Matteo GabbiaCD-L
  3. 20Pierre KaluluCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 25Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 10Brahim DíazAM
  7. 33Rade KrunicLM
  8. 8Sandro TonaliRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 56Alexis SaelemaekersAM-L
  11. 30Junior MessiasAM-R

ROMA · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 6Chris SmallingCD
  3. 3Roger IbañezCD-L
  4. 23Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  5. 17Jordan VeretoutSW
  6. 7Lorenzo PellegriniCM-L
  7. 77Henrikh MkhitaryanCM-R
  8. 5Matías ViñaLM
  9. 2Rick KarsdorpRM
  10. 9Tammy AbrahamCF-L
  11. 22Nicolò ZanioloCF-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Tammy Abraham (Roma) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  2. 8' Goal! AC Milan 1, Roma 0. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 17' Goal! AC Milan 2, Roma 0. Junior Messias (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 18' Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 40' Goal! AC Milan 2, Roma 1. Tammy Abraham (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini following a corner.
  6. 44' Theo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 44' Rick Karsdorp (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 44' Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 56' Rade Krunic (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 64' Substitution, AC Milan. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces Rade Krunic.
  11. 64' Substitution, AC Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  12. 71' Substitution, Roma. Bryan Cristante replaces Matias Viña.
  13. 71' Substitution, Roma. Felix Afena-Gyan replaces Jordan Veretout.
  14. 71' Substitution, Roma. Stephan El Shaarawy replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  15. 74' Second yellow card to Rick Karsdorp (Roma) for a bad foul.
  16. 76' Substitution, Roma. Eldor Shomurodov replaces Tammy Abraham.
  17. 77' Substitution, AC Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Olivier Giroud.
  18. 78' Substitution, AC Milan. Andrea Conti replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  19. 81' Goal! AC Milan 3, Roma 1. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
  20. 84' Gianluca Mancini (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  21. 85' Substitution, Roma. Carles Pérez replaces Nicolò Zaniolo.
  22. 88' Substitution, AC Milan. Daniel Maldini replaces Brahim Díaz.
  23. 90'+3' Second yellow card to Gianluca Mancini (Roma) for a bad foul.
  24. 90'+4' Penalty saved! Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.

Serie A News

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