Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, September 28, 2025
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Match Report

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Pulisic on target as AC Milan beat Napoli to go top of Serie A

Napoli slipped from the top of Serie A after falling to a 2-1 defeat to 10-man AC Milan at the San Siro.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
6
63.5
Possession
36.5
19
SHOTS
6
7
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
551
Accurate Passes
298
604
Passes
359
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
0
32
Crosses
2
0.3
Cross %
0.0
22
Long Balls
51
17
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.8
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
6
12
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
3
Interceptions
10
7
Effective Clearances
24
7
Clearances
24

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MIL · 3-5-2

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 46Matteo GabbiaCD
  3. 31Strahinja PavlovicCD-L
  4. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-R
  5. 12Adrien RabiotCM-L
  6. 19Youssouf FofanaCM-R
  7. 14Luka ModricAM
  8. 2Pervis EstupiñánLM
  9. 56Alexis SaelemaekersRM
  10. 11Christian PulisicCF-L
  11. 7Santiago GimenezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Samuele RicciSUB
  2. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekSUB
  3. 27David OdoguSUB
  4. 37Matteo PittarellaSUB
  5. 18Christopher NkunkuSUB
  6. 1Pietro TerraccianoSUB
  7. 5Koni De WinterSUB
  8. 24Zachary AthekameSUB
  9. 10Rafael LeãoSUB
  10. 33Davide BartesaghiSUB

NAP · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  3. 35Luca MarianucciCD-R
  4. 68Stanislav LobotkaDM
  5. 3Miguel GutiérrezLB
  6. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  7. 8Scott McTominayCM-L
  8. 99Frank AnguissaCM-R
  9. 11Kevin De BruyneLM
  10. 21Matteo PolitanoRM
  11. 19Rasmus HøjlundF

Substitutes

  1. 25Mathias FerranteSUB
  2. 31Sam BeukemaSUB
  3. 26Antonio VergaraSUB
  4. 30Pasquale MazzocchiSUB
  5. 32Vanja Milinkovic-SavicSUB
  6. 69Giuseppe AmbrosinoSUB
  7. 20Eljif ElmasSUB
  8. 70Noa LangSUB
  9. 7David NeresSUB
  10. 27Lorenzo LuccaSUB
  11. 6Billy GilmourSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! AC Milan 1, Napoli 0. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
  2. 31' Goal! AC Milan 2, Napoli 0. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana.
  3. 57' Pervis Estupiñán (AC Milan) is shown the red card.
  4. 59' Substitution, AC Milan. Davide Bartesaghi replaces Christian Pulisic.
  5. 60' Goal! AC Milan 2, Napoli 1. Kevin De Bruyne (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  6. 69' Substitution, AC Milan. Zachary Athekame replaces Alexis Saelemaekers because of an injury.
  7. 69' Substitution, AC Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Santiago Giménez.
  8. 72' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  9. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Lucca replaces Rasmus Højlund.
  10. 73' Substitution, Napoli. David Neres replaces Scott McTominay.
  11. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Noa Lang replaces Matteo Politano.
  12. 80' Substitution, AC Milan. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Fikayo Tomori because of an injury.
  13. 80' Substitution, AC Milan. Koni De Winter replaces Youssouf Fofana.
  14. 90' Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, Napoli. Billy Gilmour replaces Stanislav Lobotka.

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