Italian Serie A

Venezia vs Milan 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • Red Card 58': Michael Svoboda
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  • 2': Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • 48': Theo Hernández
  • 59': Theo Hernández (P)

Milan go top of Serie A as Zlatan, Hernandez score in Venezia win

AC Milan went top of Serie A with a 3-0 win over Venezia on Sunday, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic among the goals.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Goal! Venezia 0, AC Milan 1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  • 5': Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 37': Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Venezia 0, AC Milan 1.
  • 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Junior Messias replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  • 48': Goal! Venezia 0, AC Milan 2. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top left corner. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  • 56': Pietro Ceccaroni (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 58': Michael Svoboda (Venezia) is shown the red card.
  • 59': Goal! Venezia 0, AC Milan 3. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 60': Substitution, Venezia. Dennis Johnsen replaces Mattia Aramu.
  • 60': Substitution, Venezia. Domen Crnigoj replaces Thomas Henry.
  • 60': Substitution, Venezia. Sofian Kiyine replaces Michaël Cuisance.
  • 62': Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Rafael Leão.
  • 73': Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 73': Substitution, AC Milan. Daniel Maldini replaces Brahim Díaz.
  • 73': Substitution, AC Milan. Olivier Giroud replaces Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
  • 79': Substitution, Venezia. Luca Fiordilino replaces Gianluca Busio.
  • 88': Substitution, AC Milan. Luca Stanga replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  • 88': Substitution, Venezia. Bjarki Bjarkason replaces David Okereke.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Pier Luigi Penzo
Location: Venezia, Italy
Attendance: 5,582

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+41 Internazionale 26 64 4
+21 AC Milan 26 54 2
+12 Napoli 26 50 6
+18 AS Roma 26 50 8
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Statistics

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11 Fouls 11
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
0 Offsides 2
7 Corner Kicks 1
3 Saves 4
61.6 Possession 38.4
18 SHOTS 9
8 ON GOAL 3
0.4 On Target % 0.3
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
559 Accurate Passes 313
634 Passes 387
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 4
12 Crosses 14
0.3 Cross % 0.3
51 Long Balls 41
32 Accurate Long Balls 17
0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
5 Blocked Shots 2
8 Effective Tackles 9
16 Tackles 18
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
10 Interceptions 5
11 Effective Clearances 17
11 Clearances 17

Line-Ups

VEN Venezia (4-3-2-1)

No. Name
88 Sergio Romero (GK)
32 Pietro Ceccaroni Yellow Card
30 Michael Svoboda Red Card
55 Ridgeciano Haps
7 Pasquale Mazzocchi
44 Ethan Ampadu
27 Gianluca Busio
21 Michaël Cuisance
14 Thomas Henry
10 Mattia Aramu
77 David Okereke

MIL AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
46 Matteo Gabbia Yellow Card
20 Pierre Kalulu
19 Theo Hernández
25 Alessandro Florenzi
10 Brahim Díaz
41 Tiemoué Bakayoko
8 Sandro Tonali Yellow Card
11 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
17 Rafael Leão
56 Alexis Saelemaekers Yellow Card

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