Milan vs Salernitana 2021-22 Italian Serie A

AC Milan

5': Franck Kessié
18': Alexis Saelemaekers

FT
2 - 0

Salernitana

AC Milan cruise past Salernitana to go top of Serie A

Franck Kessie AC Milan celebration [1296x729]

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

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 43,609

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+43	Internazionale	27	67	4
+23	AC Milan	27	57	2
+13	Napoli	27	53	6
+18	AS Roma	27	51	8

Full Table

Statistics

SAL		MIL
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

Line-Ups

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

Substitutes:

Andrea Conti, Junior Messias, Daniel Maldini, Sandro Tonali, Matteo Gabbia, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Rade Krunic, Antonio Mirante, Pierre Kalulu, Ismaël Bennacer, Ciprian Tatarusanu.

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

Substitutes:

Grigoris Kastanos, Edoardo Vergani, Pawel Jaroszynski, Joel Obi, Milan Djuric, Wajdi Kechrida, Federico Bonazzoli, Leonardo Capezzi, Vincenzo Fiorillo, Filippo Delli Carri, Guido Guerrieri.