Italian Serie A

Milan vs Sassuolo 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 21': Alessio Romagnoli
  • Red Card 77': Alessio Romagnoli
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  • 24': Gianluca Scamacca
  • 33': Simon Kjaer (OG)
  • 66': Domenico Berardi

AC Milan stunned by Sassuolo to slip to second successive league loss

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

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 52,824

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+42 Internazionale 30 69 5
+24 AC Milan 30 63 3
+16 Napoli 30 62 6
+31 Como 30 57 5
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Statistics

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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

Line-Ups

MIL 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 Yellow Card
41 Tiemoué Bakayoko
11 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
17 Rafael Leão
56 Alexis Saelemaekers

SAS 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 Yellow Card
97 Matheus Henrique
16 Davide Frattesi
91 Gianluca Scamacca
18 Giacomo Raspadori
25 Domenico Berardi

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