AC Milan vs Lecce, 2025-26 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie AChristian Pulisic back in XI as Milan win, keep Inter in sight
Christian Pulisic back in XI as Milan win, keep Inter in sight
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Foul by Ardon Jashari (AC Milan).
- 4': Lassana Coulibaly (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 6': Attempt missed. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Samuele Ricci.
- 6': Attempt missed. Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot with a cross.
- 9': Offside, AC Milan. Rafael Leão is caught offside.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
- 15': Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 15': Foul by Santiago Pierotti (Lecce).
- 15': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Corrie Ndaba.
- 18': Offside, AC Milan. Rafael Leão is caught offside.
- 21': Foul by Koni De Winter (AC Milan).
- 21': Ylber Ramadani (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Koni De Winter (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
- 22': Delay in match because of an injury Ylber Ramadani (Lecce).
- 22': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 26': Attempt missed. Nikola Stulic (Lecce) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jamil Siebert with a cross.
- 27': Foul by Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan).
- 27': Riccardo Sottil (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 29': Foul by Corrie Ndaba (Lecce).
- 30': Attempt missed. Nikola Stulic (Lecce) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Riccardo Sottil with a cross.
- 31': Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 31': Foul by Jamil Siebert (Lecce).
- 31': Offside, AC Milan. Fikayo Tomori is caught offside.
- 34': Attempt saved. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce). Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers.
- 34': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Wladimiro Falcone.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ardon Jashari.
- 35': Offside, AC Milan. Rafael Leão is caught offside.
- 38': Handball by Nikola Stulic (Lecce).
- 39': Foul by Pervis Estupiñán (AC Milan).
- 39': Tiago Gabriel (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Offside, AC Milan. Christian Pulisic is caught offside.
- 41': Ardon Jashari (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Foul by Ylber Ramadani (Lecce).
- 41': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Santiago Pierotti.
- 42': Attempt blocked. Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Samuele Ricci with a cross.
- 42': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Jamil Siebert.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
- 43': Offside, AC Milan. Christian Pulisic is caught offside.
- 45': Ardon Jashari (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45': Foul by Nikola Stulic (Lecce).
- 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Foul by Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan).
- 45'+1': Nikola Stulic (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, AC Milan 0, Lecce 0.
- 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 0, Lecce 0.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pervis Estupiñán.
- 53': Attempt blocked. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pervis Estupiñán with a cross.
- 53': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Antonino Gallo.
- 53': Attempt missed. Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Samuele Ricci with a cross following a corner.
- 54': Substitution, Lecce. Lameck Banda replaces Riccardo Sottil.
- 55': Attempt missed. Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers.
- 55': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Omri Gandelman.
- 56': Attempt missed. Pervis Estupiñán (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 57': Foul by Nikola Stulic (Lecce).
- 57': Koni De Winter (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Attempt saved. Samuele Ricci (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce).
- 57': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Wladimiro Falcone.
- 58': Attempt missed. Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Samuele Ricci with a cross following a corner.
- 60': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Samuele Ricci.
- 62': Attempt saved. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce). Assisted by Rafael Leão with a through ball.
- 62': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Wladimiro Falcone.
- 63': Foul by Koni De Winter (AC Milan).
- 63': Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Corrie Ndaba.
- 65': Attempt missed. Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pervis Estupiñán.
- 68': Foul by Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan).
- 68': Lameck Banda (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Substitution, Lecce. Tete Morente replaces Nikola Stulic.
- 69': Foul by Tete Morente (Lecce).
- 69': Samuele Ricci (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Foul by Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan).
- 70': Ylber Ramadani (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Antonino Gallo.
- 73': Substitution, AC Milan. Niclas Füllkrug replaces Christian Pulisic.
- 73': Substitution, AC Milan. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Samuele Ricci.
- 73': Attempt missed. Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ardon Jashari with a cross following a corner.
- 73': Attempt saved. Niclas Füllkrug (AC Milan) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal by Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce). Assisted by Koni De Winter.
- 76': Goal! AC Milan 1, Lecce 0. Niclas Füllkrug (AC Milan) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers with a cross.
- 79': Delay in match because of an injury Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan).
- 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 80': Substitution, AC Milan. Zachary Athekame replaces Alexis Saelemaekers because of an injury.
- 82': Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan).
- 82': Tiago Gabriel (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Foul by Ylber Ramadani (Lecce).
- 84': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Ylber Ramadani (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 84': Substitution, Lecce. Konan N’Dri replaces Antonino Gallo.
- 85': Substitution, Lecce. Youssef Maleh replaces Ylber Ramadani.
- 86': Foul by Jamil Siebert (Lecce).
- 86': Niclas Füllkrug (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Substitution, AC Milan. Christopher Nkunku replaces Rafael Leão.
- 87': Substitution, AC Milan. Luka Modric replaces Ardon Jashari because of an injury.
- 90': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Christopher Nkunku.
- 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Christopher Nkunku (AC Milan) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner by Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce). Assisted by Adrien Rabiot.
- 90'+3': Foul by Lameck Banda (Lecce).
- 90'+3': Zachary Athekame (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+4': Attempt missed. Youssef Maleh (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, AC Milan 1, Lecce 0.
- 0': Match ends, AC Milan 1, Lecce 0.
Statistics
 LEC |
MIL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 9 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 6 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 5 | Saves | 0 |
| 31.2 | Possession | 68.8 |
| 3 | SHOTS | 20 |
| 0 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.0 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 235 | Accurate Passes | 633 |
| 311 | Passes | 691 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 12 |
| 9 | Crosses | 23 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.5 |
| 62 | Long Balls | 47 |
| 20 | Accurate Long Balls | 36 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.8 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 15 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
| 20 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 3 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 29 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 29 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: San Siro
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 70,591
Venue: San Siro
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 70,591
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 33 | +49 | 78 |
| 2 | Napoli | 33 | +15 | 66 |
| 3 | AC Milan | 32 | +20 | 63 |
| 4 | Juventus | 32 | +26 | 60 |
Line-Ups
AC Milan (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Mike Maignan (GK) |
| 46 | Matteo Gabbia |
| 5 | Koni De Winter  |
| 23 | Fikayo Tomori |
| 12 | Adrien Rabiot |
| 4 | Samuele Ricci |
| 30 | Ardon Jashari |
| 2 | Pervis Estupiñán |
| 56 | Alexis Saelemaekers |
| 10 | Rafael Leão |
| 11 | Christian Pulisic |
Lecce (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Wladimiro Falcone (GK) |
| 3 | Corrie Ndaba |
| 44 | Tiago Gabriel |
| 25 | Antonino Gallo |
| 5 | Jamil Siebert |
| 20 | Ylber Ramadani |
| 29 | Lassana Coulibaly |
| 16 | Omri Gandelman |
| 9 | Nikola Stulic |
| 23 | Riccardo Sottil |
| 50 | Santiago Pierotti |
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