Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, March 10, 2024
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AC Milan LLDWW 1
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Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 70,343 att.

Match Report

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Pulisic goal earns lacklustre AC Milan win against Empoli

A Christian Pulisic goal was enough to give AC Milan a 1-0 home win over struggling Empoli on Sunday, and move provisionally into second place in Serie A.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
18
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
11
4
Saves
2
38.1
Possession
61.9
5
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
286
Accurate Passes
505
342
Passes
554
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
25
0.3
Cross %
0.2
45
Long Balls
28
23
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
12
17
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
3
Interceptions
3
24
Effective Clearances
8
24
Clearances
8

Head to Head

MIL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-L
  3. 28Malick ThiawCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 2Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekAM
  7. 14Tijjani ReijndersLM
  8. 4Ismaël BennacerRM
  9. 15Luka JovicF
  10. 17Noah OkaforAM-L
  11. 11Christian PulisicAM-R

EMP · 3-4-2-1

  1. 25Elia CaprileG
  2. 4Sebastian WalukiewiczCD
  3. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  4. 34Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  5. 29Youssef MalehCM-L
  6. 21Jacopo FazziniCM-R
  7. 3Giuseppe PezzellaLM
  8. 11Emmanuel GyasiRM
  9. 10M'Baye NiangF
  10. 28Nicolò CambiaghiCF-L
  11. 27Szymon ZurkowskiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 26' Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 40' Goal! AC Milan 1, Empoli 0. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Noah Okafor.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  4. 42' Substitution, Empoli. Bartosz Bereszynski replaces Ardian Ismajli because of an injury.
  5. 53' Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 55' Substitution, Empoli. Liberato Cacace replaces Giuseppe Pezzella.
  7. 55' Substitution, Empoli. Viktor Kovalenko replaces Jacopo Fazzini.
  8. 62' Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
  9. 63' Substitution, AC Milan. Pierre Kalulu replaces Fikayo Tomori.
  10. 63' Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Christian Pulisic.
  11. 65' Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 73' Substitution, AC Milan. Olivier Giroud replaces Luka Jovic.
  13. 76' Substitution, Empoli. Matteo Cancellieri replaces Szymon Zurkowski.
  14. 76' Substitution, Empoli. Mattia Destro replaces M'Baye Niang.
  15. 80' Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90' Substitution, AC Milan. Yacine Adli replaces Noah Okafor.

Serie A News

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