Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, December 22, 2021
AC Milan WWLDL 4
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Empoli DWWWD 2
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MIL224
EMP112
Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 10,596 att.

Match Report

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Kessie strikes twice as AC Milan beat Empoli to take hold of second place

AC Milan midfielder Franck Kessie played a starring role by scoring twice in a 4-2 win over Empoli on Wednesday to go second in Serie A.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
4
45.2
Possession
54.8
18
SHOTS
16
8
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
314
Accurate Passes
388
391
Passes
478
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
19
Crosses
22
0.1
Cross %
0.2
53
Long Balls
43
25
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
13
18
Tackles
17
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
9
23
Effective Clearances
12
23
Clearances
12

Head to Head

MIL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 13Guglielmo VicarioG
  2. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 6Simone RomagnoliCD-R
  4. 65Fabiano ParisiLB
  5. 30Petar StojanovicRB
  6. 9Patrick CutroneM
  7. 28Samuele RicciCM
  8. 10Nedim BajramiAM
  9. 8Liam HendersonLM
  10. 27Szymon ZurkowskiRM
  11. 99Andrea PinamontiCF-R

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 25Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 79Franck KessiéAM
  7. 4Ismaël BennacerLM
  8. 8Sandro TonaliRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 56Alexis SaelemaekersAM-L
  11. 30Junior MessiasAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Empoli 0, AC Milan 1. Franck Kessié (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
  2. 18' Goal! Empoli 1, AC Milan 1. Nedim Bajrami (Empoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  3. 39' Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' Goal! Empoli 1, AC Milan 2. Franck Kessié (AC Milan) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers.
  5. 45' Substitution, Empoli. Riccardo Marchizza replaces Petar Stojanovic.
  6. 62' Simone Romagnoli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 63' Goal! Empoli 1, AC Milan 3. Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  8. 65' Substitution, AC Milan. Pierre Kalulu replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  9. 65' Substitution, AC Milan. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces Sandro Tonali.
  10. 68' Substitution, Empoli. Andrea La Mantia replaces Patrick Cutrone.
  11. 68' Substitution, Empoli. Filippo Bandinelli replaces Szymon Zurkowski.
  12. 69' Goal! Empoli 1, AC Milan 4. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  13. 80' Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 81' Substitution, AC Milan. Rade Krunic replaces Ismaël Bennacer.
  15. 81' Substitution, AC Milan. Brahim Díaz replaces Junior Messias.
  16. 84' Goal! Empoli 2, AC Milan 4. Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  17. 85' Substitution, Empoli. Leo Stulac replaces Samuele Ricci.
  18. 85' Substitution, Empoli. Kristjan Asllani replaces Liam Henderson.

Serie A News

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