EMPOLI. Empoli and Milan are clashing in the 19th round of the Serie A.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek has scored a goal in the 11th minute to give a 1-0 lead to Milan over Empoli.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Empoli was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Milan that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Empoli was more aggressive with dangerous attacks and 3 shots of which 0 were on target.
Empoli shot 3 times, 0 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Milan shot 3 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
EnglandThis season he played in total 15 times for 884 minutes for Serie A.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek scored 2 goals for Milan. He procured one assist. He received 2 yellow cards and no red cards.
His team is currently 3rd in Serie A. In the last match Milan won 4-1 against Cagliari. The next match in Serie A will be against Atalanta.
The last time the teams played each other, the score was 4-1 for Milan.
Empoli performance and stats
Top 3 Scorers
Empoli is currently 19th in the Serie A with 13 points.
In the last 18 games, it has won 3 times, drawn 4 times, and lost 11 times. In its last match, Empoli drawn 0-0 against Cagliari.
It has a negative goal difference after scoring 10 goals and conceding 30.
Empoli will play the next match in Serie A against Hellas Verona on Saturday 13th of January in Verona.
Milan performance and stats
Milan
Manager: Stefano Pioli
Rank
2nd
Win
22
Draw
8
Loss
7
Goals
73-46
Diff
27
Rank
3rd
Win
2
Draw
2
Loss
2
Goals
5-8
Diff
-3
Top 3 Scorers
Milan is currently 3rd in the Serie A with 36 points.
In the last 18 games, it has won 11 times, drawn 3 times, and lost 4 times. In its last match, Milan won 1-0 against Sassuolo.
It has a positive goal difference after scoring 32 goals and conceding 20.
Milan will play the next match in Serie A against Roma on Sunday 14th of January in Milano.
Commentary
90'
Second Half ended - Empoli 0, AC Milan 3.
88'
Goal! Empoli 0, AC Milan 3. Chaka Traorè - AC Milan - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the right corner. Assist - Christian Pulisic following a fast break.
Shot blocked. Nicolò Cambiaghi - Empoli - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.
86'
Youssef Maleh - Empoli - won a free kick in defence.
88'
Corner - Empoli. Conceded by Christian Pulisic.
Shot blocked. Youssef Maleh - Empoli - shot with left foot from the left side of the box is blocked.
87'
Fouled by Chaka Traorè - AC Milan
Ardian Ismajli - Empoli - won a free kick in defence.
86'
Fouled by Christian Pulisic - AC Milan
85'
Tijjani Reijnders - AC Milan - won a free kick in defence.
Dangerous play by Emmanuel Gyasi - Empoli
84'
Substitution - AC Milan. Matteo Gabbia for Simon Kjær.
Substitution - AC Milan. Chaka Traorè for Rafael Leão.
81'
Razvan Marin - Empoli - receive yellow card for a foul.
Théo Hernández - AC Milan - won a free kick in attack.
Fouled by Razvan Marin - Empoli
80'
Olivier Giroud - AC Milan - won a free kick in attack.
Fouled by Ardian Ismajli - Empoli
79'
Missed chance. Nicolò Cambiaghi - Empoli - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - Matteo Cancellieri.
Shot blocked. Matteo Cancellieri - Empoli - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Nicolò Cambiaghi.
78'
Rafael Leão - AC Milan - won a free kick in defence.
Fouled by Youssef Maleh - Empoli
71'
Corner - Empoli. Conceded by Théo Hernández.
74'
Substitution - Empoli. Razvan Marin for Alberto Grassi.
Substitution - Empoli. Daniel Maldini for Francesco Caputo.
Shot blocked. Rafael Leão - AC Milan - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Álex Jiménez with a cross.
71'
Shot blocked. Francesco Caputo - Empoli - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked.
New attacking attempt. Matteo Cancellieri - Empoli - shot with left foot from the left side of the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Sebastiano Luperto.
70'
Substitution - AC Milan. Davide Bartesaghi for Davide Calabria.
Substitution - AC Milan. Yunus Musah for Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
68'
Matteo Cancellieri - Empoli - won a free kick on the left wing.
Fouled by Yacine Adli - AC Milan
69'
Shot blocked. Alberto Grassi - Empoli - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Filippo Ranocchia.
67'
Missed chance. Nicolò Cambiaghi - Empoli - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is close, but missed.
Shot blocked. Matteo Cancellieri - Empoli - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Filippo Ranocchia.
66'
Corner - Empoli. Conceded by Álex Jiménez.
64'
Missed chance. Rafael Leão - AC Milan - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Tijjani Reijnders.
62'
Missed chance. Théo Hernández - AC Milan - shot with left foot from the centre of the box missed after corner.
Corner - AC Milan. Conceded by Elia Caprile.
New attacking attempt. Christian Pulisic - AC Milan - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Rafael Leão.
58'
Fouled by Yacine Adli - AC Milan
Alberto Grassi - Empoli - won a free kick on the left wing.
57'
Substitution - Empoli. Matteo Cancellieri for Tommaso Baldanzi.
Fouled by Théo Hernández - AC Milan
Elia Caprile - Empoli - won a free kick in defence.
New attacking attempt. Théo Hernández - AC Milan - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Yacine Adli with a cross.
55'
Corner - AC Milan. Conceded by Sebastiano Luperto.
Corner - Empoli. Conceded by Simon Kjær.
54'
Álex Jiménez - AC Milan - receive yellow card for a foul.
Tommaso Baldanzi - Empoli - won a free kick in defence.
Fouled by Álex Jiménez - AC Milan
Missed chance. Ruben Loftus-Cheek - AC Milan - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - Rafael Leão.
52'
Tommaso Baldanzi - Empoli - won a free kick in defence.
Fouled by Álex Jiménez - AC Milan
51'
New attacking attempt. Tommaso Baldanzi - Empoli - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Sebastiano Luperto.
45'
Second Half starts Empoli 0, AC Milan 2.
First Half ended - Empoli 0, AC Milan 2.
Missed chance. Nicolò Cambiaghi - Empoli - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Tommaso Baldanzi.
Hand ball by Christian Pulisic - AC Milan
Corner - AC Milan. Conceded by Emmanuel Gyasi.
Shot blocked. Ruben Loftus-Cheek - AC Milan - shot with left foot from the left side of the box is blocked.
44'
Corner - AC Milan. Conceded by Filippo Ranocchia.
42'
Corner - Empoli. Conceded by Simon Kjær.
Shot blocked. Filippo Ranocchia - Empoli - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.
41'
Davide Calabria - AC Milan - receive yellow card for a foul.
Nicolò Cambiaghi - Empoli - won a free kick in attack.
Fouled by Davide Calabria - AC Milan
37'
Youssef Maleh - Empoli - won a free kick in defence.
Fouled by Davide Calabria - AC Milan
36'
Álex Jiménez - AC Milan - won a free kick in defence.
Fouled by Filippo Ranocchia - Empoli
35'
Substitution - AC Milan. Álex Jiménez for Alessandro Florenzi - injury.
33'
Shot blocked. Nicolò Cambiaghi - Empoli - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Francesco Caputo with a head.
Fouled by Nicolò Cambiaghi - Empoli
Davide Calabria - AC Milan - won a free kick in defence.
31'
Goal! Empoli 0, AC Milan 2. Olivier Giroud - AC Milan - converts the penalty with a shot with left foot to the top left corner.
29'
VAR Decision: Penalty AC Milan.
28'
Penalty conceded by Youssef Maleh - Empoli - with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Substitution - Empoli. Filippo Ranocchia for Tyronne Ebuehi - injury.
27'
Corner - AC Milan. Conceded by Sebastiano Luperto.
25'
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
24'
Delay in match - injury Tyronne Ebuehi - Empoli
23'
Missed chance. Nicolò Cambiaghi - Empoli - shot with left foot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
22'
New attacking attempt. Théo Hernández - AC Milan - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Alessandro Florenzi.
21'
Tijjani Reijnders - AC Milan - won a free kick in defence.
Fouled by Emmanuel Gyasi - Empoli
13'
Corner - Empoli. Conceded by Théo Hernández.
Shot blocked. Nicolò Cambiaghi - Empoli - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Youssef Maleh with a cross.
Shot blocked. Tommaso Baldanzi - Empoli - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked.
11'
Goal! Empoli 0, AC Milan 1. Ruben Loftus-Cheek - AC Milan - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the right corner. Assist - Rafael Leão.
Hand ball by Rafael Leão - AC Milan
7'
Missed chance. Youssef Maleh - Empoli - shot with left foot from outside the box missed to the left. Assist - Tommaso Baldanzi from a free kick.
6'
Fouled by Ruben Loftus-Cheek - AC Milan
Emmanuel Gyasi - Empoli - won a free kick in attack.
4'
Fouled by Sebastiano Luperto - Empoli
Davide Calabria - AC Milan - won a free kick in defence.
3'
Nicolò Cambiaghi - Empoli - won a free kick on the right wing.
Fouled by Théo Hernández - AC Milan
Missed chance. Tijjani Reijnders - AC Milan - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - Alessandro Florenzi after corner.
2'
Corner - AC Milan. Conceded by Emmanuel Gyasi.
Shot blocked. Rafael Leão - AC Milan - shot with right foot from a diffucult position and long distance on the left is blocked. Assist - Tijjani Reijnders.
