Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, January 7, 2024
AC Milan WWDWW 3
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Empoli DDLLD 0
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Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 15,009 att.

Match Report

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Loftus-Cheek shines as Milan ease to 3-0 win away at Empoli

Third-placed AC Milan secured a comfortable 3-0 win at Empoli thanks to goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Olivier Giroud and Chaka Traore in Serie A on Sunday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
3
65
Possession
35
13
SHOTS
17
6
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.1
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
560
Accurate Passes
276
622
Passes
322
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
1
16
Crosses
19
0.4
Cross %
0.1
51
Long Balls
57
37
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
10
10
Effective Tackles
13
16
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
9
19
Effective Clearances
15
19
Clearances
15

Head to Head

MIL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 25Elia CaprileG
  2. 4Sebastian WalukiewiczCD-L
  3. 34Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  4. 33Sebastiano LupertoLB
  5. 24Tyronne EbuehiRB
  6. 9Francesco CaputoM
  7. 5Alberto GrassiCM
  8. 35Tommaso BaldanziAM
  9. 29Youssef MalehLM
  10. 11Emmanuel GyasiRM
  11. 28Nicolò CambiaghiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Mattia Destro
  2. 7Steven Shpendi
  3. 20Matteo Cancellieri
  4. 1Samuele Perisan
  5. 38Gabriele Indragoli
  6. 18Razvan Marin
  7. 99Etrit Berisha
  8. 27Daniel Maldini
  9. 22Filippo Ranocchia
  10. 39Andrea Sodero

MIL · 4-3-3

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 19Theo HernándezCD-L
  3. 24Simon KjaerCD-R
  4. 42Alessandro FlorenziLB
  5. 2Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 7Yacine AdliCM
  7. 14Tijjani ReijndersLM
  8. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Rafael LeãoLF
  11. 11Christian PulisicRF

Substitutes

  1. 82Jan-Carlo SimicSUB
  2. 95Davide BartesaghiSUB
  3. 15Luka JovicSUB
  4. 74Álex JiménezSUB
  5. 69Lapo NavaSUB
  6. 70Chaka TraorèSUB
  7. 83Antonio MiranteSUB
  8. 85Kevin ZeroliSUB
  9. 80Yunus MusahSUB
  10. 18Luka RomeroSUB
  11. 46Matteo GabbiaSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Empoli 0, AC Milan 1. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  2. 27' Substitution, Empoli. Filippo Ranocchia replaces Tyronne Ebuehi because of an injury.
  3. 31' Goal! Empoli 0, AC Milan 2. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  4. 35' Substitution, AC Milan. Álex Jiménez replaces Alessandro Florenzi because of an injury.
  5. 41' Davide Calabria (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 54' Álex Jiménez (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 57' Substitution, Empoli. Matteo Cancellieri replaces Tommaso Baldanzi.
  8. 70' Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  9. 70' Substitution, AC Milan. Davide Bartesaghi replaces Davide Calabria.
  10. 74' Substitution, Empoli. Daniel Maldini replaces Francesco Caputo.
  11. 74' Substitution, Empoli. Razvan Marin replaces Alberto Grassi.
  12. 81' Razvan Marin (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 84' Substitution, AC Milan. Chaka Traorè replaces Rafael Leão.
  14. 84' Substitution, AC Milan. Matteo Gabbia replaces Simon Kjær.
  15. 88' Goal! Empoli 0, AC Milan 3. Chaka Traorè (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christian Pulisic following a fast break.

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