Milan vs Fiorentina 2021-22 Italian Serie A

AC Milan

82': Rafael Leão

FT
1 - 0

Fiorentina

Leao on target as Milan earn precious win over Fiorentina

AC Milan's Rafael Leao took advantage of a late goalkeeping howler as the Serie A leaders went five points clear at the top.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
2': Youssef Maleh (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41': Lorenzo Venuti (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Fiorentina. Lucas Martínez replaces Lorenzo Venuti.
56': Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Junior Messias.
56': Substitution, AC Milan. Rade Krunic replaces Brahim Díaz.
59': Substitution, Fiorentina. Giacomo Bonaventura replaces Youssef Maleh.
67': Substitution, AC Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Olivier Giroud.
67': Substitution, Fiorentina. Lucas Torreira replaces Joseph Alfred Duncan.
67': Substitution, Fiorentina. Jonathan Ikoné replaces Nicolás González.
72': Lucas Martínez (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
79': Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Franck Kessié.
81': Substitution, Fiorentina. Riccardo Sottil replaces Riccardo Saponara.
82': Goal! AC Milan 1, Fiorentina 0. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner.
88': Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5': Second Half ends, AC Milan 1, Fiorentina 0.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 71,542

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+60	Internazionale	32	83	1
+26	AC Milan	32	69	5
+21	Juventus	32	63	5
+20	Bologna	32	59	5

Full Table

Statistics

FIO		MIL
17	Fouls	17
3	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	6
2	Corner Kicks	2
1	Saves	2
52.3	Possession	47.7
8	SHOTS	13
2	ON GOAL	2
0.3	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
343	Accurate Passes	310
430	Passes	391
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	2
10	Crosses	14
0.4	Cross %	0.1
60	Long Balls	44
36	Accurate Long Balls	20
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
4	Blocked Shots	4
7	Effective Tackles	11
12	Tackles	14
0.6	Tackle %	0.8
4	Interceptions	17
14	Effective Clearances	6
14	Clearances	6

Line-Ups

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
23	Fikayo Tomori
20	Pierre Kalulu
19	Theo Hernández
2	Davide Calabria
10	Brahim Díaz
79	Franck Kessié
8	Sandro Tonali
9	Olivier Giroud
17	Rafael Leão
30	Junior Messias

Substitutes:

Tiemoué Bakayoko, Samu Castillejo, Alessio Romagnoli, Ante Rebic, Alexis Saelemaekers, Rade Krunic, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Antonio Mirante, Matteo Gabbia, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Ismaël Bennacer, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Fiorentina (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Pietro Terracciano (GK)
98	Igor Julio
4	Nikola Milenkovic
3	Cristiano Biraghi
23	Lorenzo Venuti
34	Sofyan Amrabat
14	Youssef Maleh
32	Alfred Duncan
9	Arthur Cabral
8	Riccardo Saponara
22	Nicolás González

Substitutes:

Krzysztof Piatek, Aleksa Terzic, Aleksandr Kokorin, Jonathan Ikoné, Riccardo Sottil, Bartlomiej Dragowski, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Lucas Torreira, José Callejón, Giacomo Bonaventura, Antonio Rosati, Matija Nastasic.