Italian Serie A

Milan vs Salernitana 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 5': Franck Kessié
  • 18': Alexis Saelemaekers
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2 - 0

AC Milan cruise past Salernitana to go top of Serie A

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
+26 Internazionale 20 46 4
+17 AC Milan 20 43 1
+13 Napoli 20 40 4
+16 Juventus 20 39 3
Full Table

Statistics

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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

Line-Ups

MIL 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 Yellow Card
64 Pietro Pellegri
17 Rafael Leão
56 Alexis Saelemaekers

SAL 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 Yellow Card
8 Andrea Schiavone
18 Lassana Coulibaly
21 Nadir Zortea
25 Simy
7 Franck Ribéry

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