EMPOLI. Milan beats Empoli 3-1. Milan took advantage of its better ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Stadio Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Gianluca Aureliano with the help of Luigi Rossi and Vittorio Di Gioia. The 4th official was Fabio Maresca. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.7 degrees Celsius or 62.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Milan had a strong ball possession 57% while Empoli was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Milan was putting more pressure with 45 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Milan won the match.
Empoli shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. Talking about the opposition, Milan shot 19 times, 6 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Empoli received 4 yellow cards (N. Haas, K. De Winter, S. Luperto and P. Zanetti). Regarding the opposition, Milan received 2 yellow cards (S. Kjaer and I. Bennacer).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Empoli will stay with 7 points like Salernitana to go up in the 15th place. On the other side, Milan will have 17 points like Atalanta to go up in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Empoli will play away against Juventus on the 21st of October with a 13-2 head to head statistic in favor of Juventus (1 draw).
Milan will host Monza on the 22nd of October with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Milan (0 draws).
Empoli – Formation
Empoli
61'
45'
90'
Empoli started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Paolo Zanetti decided to play with the following team: Guglielmo Vicario , Petar Stojanović , Koni De Winter , Sebastiano Luperto , Fabiano Parisi , Nicolas Haas , Alberto Grassi , Liam Henderson , Marko Pjaca , Martín Satriano and Sam Lammers .
The home team had on the bench: Nicolò Cambiaghi, Filippo Bandinelli , Samir Ujkani, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Liberato Cacace, Duccio Degli Innocenti, Răzvan Marin , Jacopo Fazzini, Tyronne Ebuehi, Gabriele Guarino, Samuele Perisan, Mattia Destro, Emmanuel Ekong, Tommaso Baldanzi and Nedim Bajrami .
Substitutions
Empoli made 5 changes: A. Grassi for R. Marin (45′), M. Pjaca for F. Bandinelli (59′), L. Henderson for N. Bajrami (59′), M. Satriano for M. Destro (83′) and N. Haas for N. Cambiaghi (83′).
Best player: Petar Stojanović
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Empoli was Petar Stojanović.
His rating is with 30 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Milan – Formation
Milan
Milan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Stefano Pioli played with: Ciprian Tătărușanu , Davide Calabria , Simon Kjær , Fikayo Tomori , Fodé Ballo-Touré , Sandro Tonali , Ismaël Bennacer , Alexis Saelemaekers , Charles De Ketelaere , Rafael Leão and Olivier Giroud .
These were the players on the bench: Tommaso Pobega, Andreas Jungdal, Marko Lazetić, Sergiño Dest , Rade Krunić , Malick Thiaw, Brahim Díaz , Pierre Kalulu , Tiemoué Bakayoko, Ante Rebić , Yacine Adli, Antonio Mirante, Aster Vranckx and Matteo Gabbia.
Substitutions
Milan made 5 changes: A. Saelemaekers for R. Krunic (33′), D. Calabria for P. Kalulu (39′), O. Giroud for A. Rebic (73′), S. Kjaer for S. Dest (73′) and C. De Ketelaere for B. Diaz (74′).
Best player: Rafael Leão
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Rafael Leão even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 23 passes (73% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
