AC Milan vs Empoli, 2024-25 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie ATijjani Reijnders' brace gives AC Milan win over Empoli
Tijjani Reijnders's double and a goal by Alvaro Morata earned AC Milan a comfortable 3-0 win over Empoli at a foggy San Siro in Serie A on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Attempt blocked. Emerson Royal (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
- 2': Delay in match because of an injury Youssef Maleh (Empoli).
- 3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 4': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Tino Anjorin.
- 6': Foul by Tino Anjorin (Empoli).
- 6': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 7': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Youssef Maleh.
- 8': Foul by Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli).
- 8': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 10': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tino Anjorin.
- 10': Attempt missed. Youssef Maleh (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pietro Pellegri.
- 12': Attempt blocked. Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
- 14': Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Theo Hernández with a through ball.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
- 18': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Liam Henderson.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emerson Royal.
- 19': Goal! AC Milan 1, Empoli 0. Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 24': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli) with an attempt from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Tino Anjorin with a cross.
- 25': Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 25': Foul by Saba Goglichidze (Empoli).
- 25': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 26': Ardian Ismajli (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Foul by Álvaro Morata (AC Milan).
- 27': Foul by Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli).
- 27': Yunus Musah (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Malick Thiaw (AC Milan).
- 28': Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Attempt blocked. Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 28': Foul by Álvaro Morata (AC Milan).
- 28': Tino Anjorin (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Attempt missed. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
- 29': Attempt blocked. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
- 31': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Matteo Gabbia.
- 33': Emerson Royal (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 33': Youssef Maleh (Empoli).
- 35': Foul by Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli).
- 35': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
- 37': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
- 38': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
- 38': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Saba Goglichidze.
- 39': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
- 39': Mattia Viti (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 40': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Mattia Viti.
- 42': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Ardian Ismajli.
- 44': Goal! AC Milan 2, Empoli 0. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
- 45': Attempt blocked. Liam Henderson (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tino Anjorin.
- 45': Attempt blocked. Pietro Pellegri (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emmanuel Gyasi.
- 45': Attempt blocked. Tino Anjorin (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Foul by Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli).
- 45'+1': Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, AC Milan 2, Empoli 0.
- 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 2, Empoli 0.
- 45': Substitution, Empoli. Liberato Cacace replaces Giuseppe Pezzella.
- 45': Substitution, Empoli. Ola Solbakken replaces Lorenzo Colombo.
- 46': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 46': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
- 47': Offside, Empoli. Ola Solbakken is caught offside.
- 49': Delay in match because of an injury Emerson Royal (AC Milan).
- 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 50': Foul by Emerson Royal (AC Milan).
- 50': Youssef Maleh (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Offside, Empoli. Liberato Cacace is caught offside.
- 54': Youssef Maleh (Empoli) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Liam Henderson.
- 56': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
- 56': Liam Henderson (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 57': Yunus Musah (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 59': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
- 59': Youssef Maleh (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Attempt missed. Tino Anjorin (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pietro Pellegri.
- 65': Delay in match because of an injury Tino Anjorin (Empoli).
- 66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 66': Substitution, Empoli. Sebastiano Esposito replaces Tino Anjorin because of an injury.
- 67': Emerson Royal (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 67': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
- 67': Liam Henderson (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 68': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
- 68': Liberato Cacace (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Goal! AC Milan 3, Empoli 0. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana following a fast break.
- 71': Substitution, Empoli. Luca Marianucci replaces Saba Goglichidze.
- 71': Foul by Youssef Maleh (Empoli).
- 71': Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 71': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 71': Foul by Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli).
- 72': Attempt blocked. Emerson Royal (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
- 72': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Youssef Maleh.
- 73': Attempt missed. Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Liberato Cacace.
- 75': Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Yunus Musah.
- 75': Substitution, AC Milan. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Youssouf Fofana.
- 75': Substitution, AC Milan. Strahinja Pavlovic replaces Matteo Gabbia.
- 75': Substitution, Empoli. Emmanuel Ekong replaces Pietro Pellegri.
- 76': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan).
- 76': Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 76': Emerson Royal (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Foul by Ola Solbakken (Empoli).
- 77': Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan).
- 77': Youssef Maleh (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Foul by Luca Marianucci (Empoli).
- 78': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Attempt blocked. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.
- 81': Attempt missed. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
- 81': Substitution, AC Milan. Tammy Abraham replaces Álvaro Morata.
- 82': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Samuel Chukwueze.
- 84': Foul by Youssef Maleh (Empoli).
- 84': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Substitution, AC Milan. Francesco Camarda replaces Rafael Leão.
- 85': Attempt blocked. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
- 86': Attempt missed. Francesco Camarda (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
- 87': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Samuel Chukwueze.
- 88': Attempt missed. Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze with a cross.
- 88': Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan).
- 88': Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Malick Thiaw (AC Milan).
- 90': Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Offside, Empoli. Emmanuel Ekong is caught offside.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 90'+3': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Youssef Maleh (Empoli).
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, AC Milan 3, Empoli 0.
- 0': Match ends, AC Milan 3, Empoli 0.
Statistics
 EMP |
MIL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Fouls | 12 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 0 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 1 | Saves | 0 |
| 44.3 | Possession | 55.7 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 20 |
| 0 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.0 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 326 | Accurate Passes | 419 |
| 371 | Passes | 470 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 14 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 30 | Long Balls | 43 |
| 13 | Accurate Long Balls | 27 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 11 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 21 | Tackles | 18 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 12 | Interceptions | 4 |
| 18 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 18 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 68,725
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 68,725
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli | 3 | +5 | 9 |
| 2 | Juventus | 3 | +4 | 9 |
| 3 | Cremonese | 3 | +2 | 7 |
| 4 | Udinese | 3 | +2 | 7 |
Line-Ups
AC Milan (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Mike Maignan (GK) |
| 28 | Malick Thiaw |
| 46 | Matteo Gabbia  |
| 19 | Theo Hernández |
| 22 | Emerson Royal |
| 11 | Christian Pulisic |
| 14 | Tijjani Reijnders |
| 29 | Youssouf Fofana |
| 7 | Álvaro Morata |
| 10 | Rafael Leão |
| 80 | Yunus Musah |
Empoli (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 23 | Devis Vásquez (GK) |
| 34 | Adrian Ismajli |
| 21 | Mattia Viti |
| 2 | Saba Goglichidze |
| 93 | Youssef Maleh |
| 6 | Liam Henderson |
| 8 | Faustino Anjorin |
| 3 | Giuseppe Pezzella |
| 11 | Emmanuel Gyasi |
| 9 | Pietro Pellegri |
| 29 | Lorenzo Colombo |
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