
Milan vs Salernitana 2021-22 Italian Serie A
AC Milan cruise past Salernitana to go top of Serie A
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AC Milan climbed to the top of the Serie A table with a comfortable 2-0 win over bottom side Salernitana on Saturday.
Match Commentary
- 5': Goal! AC Milan 1, Salernitana 0. Franck Kessié (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 16': Substitution, AC Milan. Rade Krunic replaces Pietro Pellegri because of an injury.
- 18': Goal! AC Milan 2, Salernitana 0. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brahim Díaz.
- 24': Tiemoué Bakayoko (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 30': Francesco Di Tacchio (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, AC Milan 2, Salernitana 0.
- 45': Substitution, Salernitana. Grigoris Kastanos replaces Francesco Di Tacchio.
- 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 2, Salernitana 0.
- 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Tiemoué Bakayoko.
- 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Junior Messias replaces Rafael Leão.
- 61': Substitution, Salernitana. Wajdi Kechrida replaces Nadir Zortea.
- 61': Substitution, AC Milan. Fodé Ballo-Touré replaces Theo Hernández.
- 61': Substitution, Salernitana. Federico Bonazzoli replaces Simy.
- 61': Substitution, Salernitana. Milan Djuric replaces Franck Ribéry.
- 79': Substitution, AC Milan. Sandro Tonali replaces Franck Kessié.
- 79': Substitution, Salernitana. Pawel Jaroszynski replaces Luca Ranieri.
- 86': Milan Djuric (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Game Information
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 43,609
Italian Serie A Standings
POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | Atalanta | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | Bologna | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | Cagliari | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | Como | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Statistics
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MIL![]() |
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9 | Fouls | 11 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
1 | Offsides | 1 |
5 | Corner Kicks | 9 |
6 | Saves | 2 |
29.8 | Possession | 70.2 |
7 | SHOTS | 22 |
2 | ON GOAL | 8 |
0.3 | On Target % | 0.4 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
223 | Accurate Passes | 635 |
296 | Passes | 703 |
0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
1 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
9 | Crosses | 19 |
0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
47 | Long Balls | 54 |
25 | Accurate Long Balls | 34 |
0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
2 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
8 | Effective Tackles | 12 |
13 | Tackles | 20 |
0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
9 | Interceptions | 5 |
18 | Effective Clearances | 11 |
18 | Clearances | 11 |
AC Milan (4-2-3-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
16 | Mike Maignan (GK) |
13 | Alessio Romagnoli |
23 | Fikayo Tomori |
19 | Theo Hernández |
25 | Alessandro Florenzi |
10 | Brahim Díaz |
79 | Franck Kessié |
41 | Tiemoué Bakayoko ![]() |
64 | Pietro Pellegri |
17 | Rafael Leão |
56 | Alexis Saelemaekers |
Salernitana (4-4-1-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
72 | Vid Belec (GK) |
26 | Luka Bogdan |
23 | Norbert Gyömbér |
19 | Luca Ranieri |
5 | Frederic Veseli |
14 | Francesco Di Tacchio ![]() |
8 | Andrea Schiavone |
18 | Lassana Coulibaly |
21 | Nadir Zortea |
25 | Simy |
7 | Franck Ribéry |
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