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

17': Ismaël Bennacer
29': Theo Hernández

FT
2 - 0

AC Milan beats Lazio to boost top-4 hopes but loses Leão

— AC Milan moved back into the Serie A top four after beating Lazio 2-0 at the possible expense of injured forward Rafael Leão on Saturday, four days before the Champions League semifinals.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
11': Substitution, AC Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Rafael Leão because of an injury.
17': Goal! AC Milan 1, Lazio 0. Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
20': Alessio Romagnoli (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
24': Adam Marusic (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
29': Goal! AC Milan 2, Lazio 0. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mike Maignan.
42': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, AC Milan. Pierre Kalulu replaces Davide Calabria.
45': Substitution, AC Milan. Malick Thiaw replaces Simon Kjaer.
45': Second Half begins AC Milan 2, Lazio 0.
56': Substitution, Lazio. Manuel Lazzari replaces Adam Marusic.
56': Substitution, Lazio. Pedro replaces Mattia Zaccagni.
60': Nicolò Casale (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
68': Substitution, Lazio. Toma Basic replaces Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
68': Substitution, Lazio. Luca Pellegrini replaces Elseid Hysaj.
69': Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Olivier Giroud.
80': Substitution, AC Milan. Fodé Ballo-Touré replaces Theo Hernández.
81': Substitution, Lazio. Matteo Cancellieri replaces Ciro Immobile.
88': Luca Pellegrini (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
89': Malick Thiaw (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+6': Second Half ends, AC Milan 2, Lazio 0.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 72,365

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS

Full Table

Statistics

LAZ		MIL
8	Fouls	10
4	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
4	Corner Kicks	6
1	Saves	0
48.4	Possession	51.6
8	SHOTS	10
0	ON GOAL	3
0.0	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
461	Accurate Passes	494
530	Passes	561
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	3
9	Crosses	15
0.2	Cross %	0.2
35	Long Balls	51
17	Accurate Long Balls	23
0.5	Long Balls %	0.5
3	Blocked Shots	3
11	Effective Tackles	10
19	Tackles	15
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
6	Interceptions	12
17	Effective Clearances	12
17	Clearances	12

Line-Ups

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
23	Fikayo Tomori
24	Simon Kjaer
19	Theo Hernández
2	Davide Calabria
4	Ismaël Bennacer
33	Rade Krunic
8	Sandro Tonali
9	Olivier Giroud
17	Rafael Leão
30	Junior Messias

Substitutes:

Ciprian Tatarusanu, Antonio Mirante, Matteo Gabbia, Malick Thiaw, Tommaso Pobega, Brahim Díaz, Charles De Ketelaere, Alexis Saelemaekers, Yacine Adli, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Divock Origi, Aster Vranckx, Pierre Kalulu, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Ante Rebic.

Lazio (4-3-3)

No.	Name
94	Ivan Provedel (GK)
13	Alessio Romagnoli
15	Nicolo Casale
23	Elseid Hysaj
77	Adam Marusic
6	Marcos Antonio
10	Luis Alberto
21	Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
17	Ciro Immobile
20	Mattia Zaccagni
7	Felipe Anderson

Substitutes:

Matteo Cancellieri, Mohamed Fares, Mario Gila, Luka Romero, Luís Maximiano, Patric, Manuel Lazzari, Toma Basic, Marco Bertini, Marius Adamonis, Pedro, Stefan Radu, Luca Pellegrini.