Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, September 30, 2023
Lazio WLDDW 0
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AC Milan WLDWW 2
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Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 72,035 att.

Match Report

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Pulisic scores as AC Milan beat Lazio to keep pace with Inter

United States standout Christian Pulisic scored the opening goal as AC Milan beat Lazio 2-0 at home Saturday to stay level on points with Inter Milan at the top of Serie A.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
4
49.6
Possession
50.4
13
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
411
Accurate Passes
410
484
Passes
477
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
7
6
Crosses
18
0.0
Cross %
0.4
30
Long Balls
43
16
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
7
20
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
9
Interceptions
9
17
Effective Clearances
9
17
Clearances
9

Head to Head

MIL leads series 4-1

Lineups

MIL · 4-3-3

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-L
  3. 24Simon KjaerCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 2Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 7Yacine AdliCM
  7. 14Tijjani ReijndersLM
  8. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Rafael LeãoLF
  11. 11Christian PulisicRF

LAZ · 4-3-3

  1. 94Ivan ProvedelG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 15NicolóCD-R
  4. 23Elseid HysajLB
  5. 77Adam MarusicRB
  6. 65Nicolò RovellaCM
  7. 10Luis AlbertoLM
  8. 8Matteo GuendouziRM
  9. 19Valentín CastellanosF
  10. 20Mattia ZaccagniLF
  11. 7Felipe AndersonRF

Timeline

  1. 29' Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek because of an injury.
  2. 51' Adam Marusic (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 60' Goal! AC Milan 1, Lazio 0. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  4. 64' Alessio Romagnoli (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 65' Rafael Leão (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 67' Substitution, Lazio. Matías Vecino replaces Nicolò Rovella.
  7. 67' Substitution, Lazio. Daichi Kamada replaces Mattéo Guendouzi.
  8. 70' Substitution, AC Milan. Noah Okafor replaces Olivier Giroud.
  9. 70' Substitution, AC Milan. Tommaso Pobega replaces Yacine Adli.
  10. 70' Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Davide Calabria.
  11. 75' Substitution, Lazio. Pedro replaces Felipe Anderson.
  12. 75' Substitution, Lazio. Ciro Immobile replaces Valentín Castellanos.
  13. 82' Substitution, Lazio. Gustav Isaksen replaces Mattia Zaccagni.
  14. 82' Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Christian Pulisic.
  15. 83' Théo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 86' Mike Maignan (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 88' Goal! AC Milan 2, Lazio 0. Noah Okafor (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Leão.

Serie A News

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