Italian Serie A

FT Friday, September 1, 2023
AC Milan LLWWW 2
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AS Roma WLWDL 1
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MIL112
ROMA011
Stadio Olimpico · 61,960 att.

Match Report

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Ten-man Milan grab 2-1 win at Roma

Ten-man AC Milan beat AS Roma 2-1 thanks to goals from Olivier Giroud and Rafael Leao at Stadio Olimpico on Friday to move a provisional three points clear at the top of Serie A.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
57.1
Possession
42.9
9
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
478
Accurate Passes
336
544
Passes
399
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
11
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.1
53
Long Balls
49
20
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
4
5
Effective Tackles
5
6
Tackles
12
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
8
Interceptions
8
16
Effective Clearances
7
16
Clearances
7

Head to Head

MIL leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ROMA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 6Chris SmallingCD
  3. 14Diego LlorenteCD-L
  4. 23Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  5. 22Houssem AouarCM-L
  6. 4Bryan CristanteCM-R
  7. 16Leandro ParedesAM
  8. 59Nicola ZalewskiLM
  9. 19Zeki ÇelikRM
  10. 92Stephan El ShaarawyCF-L
  11. 11Andrea BelottiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 90Romelu LukakuSUB
  2. 63Pietro BoerSUB
  3. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaSUB
  4. 61Niccolò PisilliSUB
  5. 2Rick KarsdorpSUB
  6. 5Evan NdickaSUB
  7. 99Mile SvilarSUB
  8. 43Rasmus KristensenSUB
  9. 60Riccardo PaganoSUB
  10. 52Edoardo BoveSUB
  11. 7Lorenzo PellegriniSUB

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-L
  3. 28Malick ThiawCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 2Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 14Tijjani ReijndersAM
  7. 33Rade KrunicLM
  8. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Rafael LeãoAM-L
  11. 11Christian PulisicAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Tommaso PobegaSUB
  2. 21Samuel ChukwuezeSUB
  3. 24Simon KjaerSUB
  4. 57Marco SportielloSUB
  5. 18Luka RomeroSUB
  6. 7Yacine AdliSUB
  7. 83Antonio MiranteSUB
  8. 80Yunus MusahSUB
  9. 31Marco PellegrinoSUB
  10. 42Alessandro FlorenziSUB
  11. 17Noah OkaforSUB
  12. 20Pierre KaluluSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Roma 0, AC Milan 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  2. 19' Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 31' Substitution, Roma. Lorenzo Pellegrini replaces Houssem Aouar because of an injury.
  4. 34' Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 48' Goal! Roma 0, AC Milan 2. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Davide Calabria with a cross.
  6. 61' Second yellow card to Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) for a bad foul.
  7. 65' Substitution, AC Milan. Pierre Kalulu replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  8. 69' Leandro Paredes (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 70' Substitution, Roma. Leonardo Spinazzola replaces Zeki Çelik.
  10. 70' Substitution, AC Milan. Tommaso Pobega replaces Olivier Giroud.
  11. 70' Substitution, Roma. Edoardo Bove replaces Leandro Paredes.
  12. 70' Substitution, Roma. Romelu Lukaku replaces Stephan El Shaarawy.
  13. 77' Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Christian Pulisic.
  14. 77' Substitution, AC Milan. Noah Okafor replaces Rafael Leão.
  15. 79' Substitution, Roma. Riccardo Pagano replaces Gianluca Mancini.
  16. 85' Romelu Lukaku (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+2' Goal! Roma 1, AC Milan 2. Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Edoardo Bove.
  18. 90'+7' Noah Okafor (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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