Milan vs Lecce 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A

AC Milan

40': Rafael Leão
74': Rafael Leão

FT
2 - 0

Lecce

Leao double earns AC Milan win over Lecce

Rafael Leao scored twice to earn AC Milan a comfortable 2-0 home win over lowly Lecce on Sunday as Serie A's top-four race tightened.

Match Commentary

27': Malick Thiaw (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
40': Goal! AC Milan 1, Lecce 0. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross following a corner.
59': Substitution, AC Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Junior Messias.
59': Substitution, AC Milan. Simon Kjaer replaces Malick Thiaw.
60': Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Sandro Tonali.
65': Substitution, Lecce. Gabriel Strefezza replaces Federico Di Francesco.
66': Substitution, Lecce. Joel Voelkerling Persson replaces Assan Ceesay.
74': Goal! AC Milan 2, Lecce 0. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brahim Díaz.
76': Substitution, Lecce. Joan Gonzàlez replaces Alexis Blin.
78': Substitution, AC Milan. Charles De Ketelaere replaces Brahim Díaz.
79': Substitution, AC Milan. Divock Origi replaces Rafael Leão.
79': Substitution, Lecce. Simone Romagnoli replaces Valentin Gendrey.
79': Substitution, Lecce. Youssef Maleh replaces Lameck Banda.
90'+6': Second Half ends, AC Milan 2, Lecce 0.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 72,614

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS

Full Table

Statistics

LEC		MIL
10	Fouls	6
0	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	3
2	Corner Kicks	4
3	Saves	4
31.4	Possession	68.6
9	SHOTS	8
4	ON GOAL	5
0.4	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
196	Accurate Passes	535
287	Passes	636
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	3
12	Crosses	13
0.3	Cross %	0.2
55	Long Balls	43
19	Accurate Long Balls	21
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
1	Blocked Shots	1
15	Effective Tackles	10
25	Tackles	17
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
16	Interceptions	10
27	Effective Clearances	17
27	Clearances	17

Line-Ups

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
23	Fikayo Tomori
28	Malick Thiaw
19	Theo Hernández
20	Pierre Kalulu
10	Brahim Díaz
8	Sandro Tonali
33	Rade Krunic
12	Ante Rebic
17	Rafael Leão
30	Junior Messias

Substitutes:

Divock Origi, Ismaël Bennacer, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Yacine Adli, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Antonio Mirante, Charles De Ketelaere, Aster Vranckx, Simon Kjaer, Alexis Saelemaekers, Matteo Gabbia, Alessandro Florenzi, Fodé Ballo-Touré.

Lecce (4-3-3)

No.	Name
30	Wladimiro Falcone (GK)
93	Samuel Umtiti
6	Federico Baschirotto
25	Antonino Gallo
17	Valentin Gendrey
42	Morten Hjulmand
28	Rémi Oudin
29	Alexis Blin
77	Assan Ceesay
22	Lameck Banda
11	Federico Di Francesco

Substitutes:

Alessandro Tuia, Giuseppe Pezzella, Marco Bleve, Tommaso Cassandro, Joan Gonzàlez, Simone Romagnoli, Joel Voelkerling Persson, Thorir Johann Helgason, Federico Brancolini, Gabriel Strefezza, Youssef Maleh, Pietro Ceccaroni, Kristoffer Askildsen.