Milan vs Bologna 2024-25 Italian Serie A

AC Milan

73': Santiago Gimenez
79': Christian Pulisic
90'+2': Santiago Gimenez

FT
3 - 1

Bologna

49': Riccardo Orsolini

Pulisic leads Milan rally with goal and assist in win over Bologna

Santiago Gimenez and Christian Pulisic powered AC Milan to a crucial 3-1 home win over Bologna on Friday, a victory that not only kept their slim top-four hopes flickering but also set the stage for a tantalising Coppa Italia final clash on Wednesday.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
14': Substitution, AC Milan. Malick Thiaw replaces Fikayo Tomori because of an injury.
31': Substitution, Bologna. Jhon Lucumí replaces Martin Erlic because of an injury.
37': Jhon Lucumí (Bologna) is shown the yellow card.
45'+3': First Half ends, AC Milan 0, Bologna 0.
49': Goal! AC Milan 0, Bologna 1. Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thijs Dallinga with a headed pass.
60': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
61': Substitution, Bologna. Michel Aebischer replaces Tommaso Pobega.
61': Substitution, Bologna. Santiago Castro replaces Thijs Dallinga.
61': Substitution, Bologna. Nicolò Cambiaghi replaces Riccardo Orsolini.
65': Substitution, AC Milan. Santiago Giménez replaces Luka Jovic.
65': Substitution, AC Milan. Kyle Walker replaces Strahinja Pavlovic.
65': Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Álex Jiménez.
67': João Félix (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
73': Goal! AC Milan 1, Bologna 1. Santiago Giménez (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
78': Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
79': Goal! AC Milan 2, Bologna 1. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
80': Substitution, Bologna. Oussama El Azzouzi replaces Nikola Moro.
90'+1': Santiago Castro (Bologna) is shown the yellow card.
90'+2': Goal! AC Milan 3, Bologna 1. Santiago Giménez (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.
90'+5': Second Half ends, AC Milan 3, Bologna 1.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 71,076

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+9	AS Roma	12	27	3
+9	AC Milan	12	25	1
+8	Napoli	12	25	3
+13	Internazionale	12	24	4

Full Table

Statistics

BOL		MIL
14	Fouls	5
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
4	Corner Kicks	3
2	Saves	3
52.8	Possession	47.2
10	SHOTS	10
4	ON GOAL	5
0.4	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
410	Accurate Passes	368
475	Passes	434
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
7	Accurate Crosses	2
17	Crosses	7
0.4	Cross %	0.3
56	Long Balls	50
33	Accurate Long Balls	26
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
1	Blocked Shots	4
11	Effective Tackles	11
14	Tackles	15
0.8	Tackle %	0.7
5	Interceptions	8
14	Effective Clearances	19
14	Clearances	19

Line-Ups

AC Milan (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
46	Matteo Gabbia
31	Strahinja Pavlovic
23	Fikayo Tomori
14	Tijjani Reijnders
8	Ruben Loftus-Cheek
19	Theo Hernández
20	Álex Jiménez
9	Luka Jovic
79	João Félix
11	Christian Pulisic

Substitutes:

Francesco Camarda, Davide Bartesaghi, Lorenzo Torriani, Marco Sportiello, Santiago Gimenez, Samuel Chukwueze, Yunus Musah, Alessandro Florenzi, Malick Thiaw, Tammy Abraham, Kyle Walker, Filippo Terracciano.

Bologna (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Lukasz Skorupski (GK)
5	Martin Erlic
31	Sam Beukema
22	Charalampos Lykogiannis
29	Lorenzo De Silvestri
8	Remo Freuler
18	Tommaso Pobega
6	Nikola Moro
24	Thijs Dallinga
30	Benjamín Domínguez
7	Riccardo Orsolini

Substitutes:

Giovanni Fabbian, Oussama El Azzouzi, Santiago Castro, Nicolò Cambiaghi, Jhon Lucumí, Lewis Ferguson, Juan Miranda, Nicolo Casale, Federico Ravaglia, Michel Aebischer, Davide Calabria, Nicola Bagnolini.