
Milan vs Sassuolo 2021-22 Italian Serie A
AC Milan stunned by Sassuolo to slip to second successive league loss
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AC Milan slipped to their second successive Serie A defeat when Sassuolo stunned their opponents in the San Siro with a 3-1 comeback win.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 21': Goal! AC Milan 1, Sassuolo 0. Alessio Romagnoli (AC Milan) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Theo Hernández with a cross following a corner.
- 24': Goal! AC Milan 1, Sassuolo 1. Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori.
- 27': Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 33': Own Goal by Simon Kjaer, AC Milan. AC Milan 1, Sassuolo 2.
- 38': Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Franck Kessié replaces Tiemoué Bakayoko.
- 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Junior Messias replaces Brahim Díaz.
- 53': Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 54': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 59': Substitution, Sassuolo. Gregoire Defrel replaces Gianluca Scamacca.
- 61': Substitution, AC Milan. Sandro Tonali replaces Ismaël Bennacer.
- 66': Goal! AC Milan 1, Sassuolo 3. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matheus Henrique.
- 68': Substitution, AC Milan. Pietro Pellegri replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
- 71': Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Simon Kjaer (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 77': Alessio Romagnoli (AC Milan) is shown the red card.
- 80': Substitution, Sassuolo. Hamed Traore replaces Domenico Berardi.
- 80': Substitution, Sassuolo. Jeremy Toljan replaces Matheus Henrique.
- 80': Substitution, Sassuolo. Abdou Harroui replaces Davide Frattesi.
- 80': Substitution, AC Milan. Pierre Kalulu replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
- 90': Substitution, Sassuolo. Vlad Chiriches replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
Game Information
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 52,824
Italian Serie A Standings
POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
+5 | Internazionale | 1 | 3 | 0 |
+2 | Napoli | 1 | 3 | 0 |
+2 | Como | 1 | 3 | 0 |
+2 | Juventus | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Statistics
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MIL![]() |
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7 | Fouls | 15 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
0 | Red Cards | 1 |
3 | Offsides | 7 |
6 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
1 | Saves | 3 |
50.5 | Possession | 49.5 |
15 | SHOTS | 15 |
5 | ON GOAL | 2 |
0.3 | On Target % | 0.1 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
346 | Accurate Passes | 332 |
416 | Passes | 403 |
0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
4 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
18 | Crosses | 24 |
0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
40 | Long Balls | 36 |
26 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
7 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
12 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
18 | Tackles | 13 |
0.7 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
9 | Interceptions | 10 |
25 | Effective Clearances | 20 |
25 | Clearances | 20 |
AC Milan (4-2-3-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
16 | Mike Maignan (GK) |
13 | Alessio Romagnoli |
24 | Simon Kjaer |
19 | Theo Hernández |
25 | Alessandro Florenzi |
10 | Brahim Díaz |
4 | Ismaël Bennacer ![]() |
41 | Tiemoué Bakayoko |
11 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic |
17 | Rafael Leão |
56 | Alexis Saelemaekers |
Sassuolo (4-3-3)
No. | Name |
---|---|
47 | Andrea Consigli (GK) |
31 | Gian Marco Ferrari |
5 | Kaan Ayhan |
77 | Georgios Kyriakopoulos |
17 | Mert Müldür |
8 | Maxime López ![]() |
97 | Matheus Henrique |
16 | Davide Frattesi |
91 | Gianluca Scamacca |
18 | Giacomo Raspadori |
25 | Domenico Berardi |
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