Milan vs Venezia 2021-22 Italian Serie A

AC Milan

68': Brahim Díaz
82': Theo Hernández

FT
2 - 0

Venezia

Diaz and Hernandez send Milan second after battling win over Venezia

Brahim Diaz and Theo Hernandez earned AC Milan a battling 2-0 victory over Venezia on Wednesday to move up to second in the Serie A standings.

Match Commentary

25': Francesco Forte (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+1': First Half ends, AC Milan 0, Venezia 0.
45': Second Half begins AC Milan 0, Venezia 0.
53': Substitution, Venezia. Thomas Henry replaces Francesco Forte.
53': Substitution, Venezia. Domen Crnigoj replaces Dor Peretz.
59': Substitution, AC Milan. Fikayo Tomori replaces Matteo Gabbia.
59': Substitution, AC Milan. Theo Hernández replaces Fodé Ballo-Touré.
59': Substitution, AC Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
68': Goal! AC Milan 1, Venezia 0. Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
74': Substitution, AC Milan. Pietro Pellegri replaces Ante Rebic.
74': Substitution, Venezia. David Okereke replaces Dennis Johnsen.
74': Substitution, Venezia. Pasquale Mazzocchi replaces Tyronne Ebuehi because of an injury.
77': Mattia Caldara (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
81': Substitution, AC Milan. Franck Kessié replaces Brahim Díaz.
81': Substitution, Venezia. Tanner Tessmann replaces Antonio Vacca.
82': Goal! AC Milan 2, Venezia 0. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 26,402

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+11	AC Milan	14	31	1
+10	Napoli	14	31	3
+19	Internazionale	14	30	4
+7	AS Roma	14	27	5

Full Table

Statistics

VEN		MIL
13	Fouls	12
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	1
5	Corner Kicks	4
2	Saves	2
33	Possession	67
8	SHOTS	14
2	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
237	Accurate Passes	559
314	Passes	637
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	8
9	Crosses	18
0.2	Cross %	0.4
51	Long Balls	47
25	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.5	Long Balls %	0.7
0	Blocked Shots	3
10	Effective Tackles	14
17	Tackles	22
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
17	Interceptions	9
19	Effective Clearances	7
19	Clearances	7

Line-Ups

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
13	Alessio Romagnoli
46	Matteo Gabbia
5	Fodé Ballo-Touré
20	Pierre Kalulu
10	Brahim Díaz
4	Ismaël Bennacer
8	Sandro Tonali
12	Ante Rebic
17	Rafael Leão
25	Alessandro Florenzi

Substitutes:

Franck Kessié, Pietro Pellegri, Andrea Conti, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Andreas Jungdal, Daniel Maldini, Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernández, Alexis Saelemaekers, Samu Castillejo.

Venezia (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Niki Mäenpää (GK)
32	Pietro Ceccaroni
31	Mattia Caldara
3	Cristian Molinaro
22	Tyronne Ebuehi
5	Antonio Junior Vacca
27	Gianluca Busio
42	Dor Peretz
9	Francesco Forte
17	Dennis Johnsen
10	Mattia Aramu

Substitutes:

Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason, Michael Svoboda, Sofian Kiyine, Domen Crnigoj, Tanner Tessmann, Pasquale Mazzocchi, David Okereke, Thomas Henry, Marco Modolo, David Schnegg, Daan Heymans, Filippo Neri.