Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, November 5, 2022
Spezia LDWLL 1
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AC Milan WWWLW 2
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MIL112
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 71,099 att.

Match Report

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Late goal by Giroud gives Milan 2-1 win against Spezia

A late goal by Olivier Giroud helped defending champions AC Milan to earn a home 2-1 win over Spezia on Saturday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
4
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
3
8
Saves
4
41
Possession
59
13
SHOTS
23
5
ON GOAL
11
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
194
Accurate Passes
330
300
Passes
428
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
6
12
Crosses
19
0.5
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
61
12
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.2
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
8
8
Effective Tackles
14
18
Tackles
21
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
6
25
Effective Clearances
18
25
Clearances
18

Head to Head

MIL leads series 3-2

Lineups

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Ciprian TatarusanuG
  2. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-L
  3. 46Matteo GabbiaCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 20Pierre KaluluRB
  6. 10Brahim DíazAM
  7. 33Rade KrunicLM
  8. 4Ismaël BennacerRM
  9. 27Divock OrigiF
  10. 17Rafael LeãoAM-L
  11. 30Junior MessiasAM-R

SPE · 3-5-2

  1. 69Bartlomiej DragowskiG
  2. 14Jakub KiwiorCD
  3. 29Mattia CaldaraCD-L
  4. 4Ethan AmpaduCD-R
  5. 33Kevin AgudeloCM-L
  6. 6Mehdi BourabiaCM-R
  7. 8Albin EkdalAM
  8. 2Emil HolmLM
  9. 27Kelvin AmianRM
  10. 18M'Bala NzolaCF-L
  11. 30Daniel MaldiniCF-R

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal! AC Milan 1, Spezia 0. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ismaël Bennacer with a through ball.
  2. 40' Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, AC Milan. Sandro Tonali replaces Ismaël Bennacer.
  4. 54' Substitution, Spezia. Arkadiusz Reca replaces Kelvin Amian.
  5. 59' Goal! AC Milan 1, Spezia 1. Daniel Maldini (Spezia) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arkadiusz Reca.
  6. 63' Junior Messias (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 68' Substitution, Spezia. Daniele Verde replaces Daniel Maldini.
  8. 68' Substitution, Spezia. Petko Hristov replaces Kevin Agudelo.
  9. 69' Substitution, Spezia. Mikael Ellertsson replaces Mehdi Bourabia.
  10. 72' Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Junior Messias.
  11. 72' Substitution, AC Milan. Olivier Giroud replaces Divock Origi.
  12. 72' Substitution, AC Milan. Charles De Ketelaere replaces Brahim Díaz.
  13. 74' Ethan Ampadu (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 80' Mikael Ellertsson (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 83' MBala Nzola (Spezia) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 83' Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 83' Theo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 88' Mattia Caldara (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 89' Goal! AC Milan 2, Spezia 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Sandro Tonali.
  20. 90' Second yellow card to Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) for excessive celebration.
  21. 90'+1' Substitution, Spezia. David Strelec replaces Albin Ekdal.
  22. 90'+1' Substitution, AC Milan. Malick Thiaw replaces Rafael Leão.
  23. 90'+3' Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Serie A News

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