MILANO. Milan prevails over Empoli 1-0 after C. Pulišić scored just 1 goal (40′). Milan was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Juan Luca Sacchi who had the assistance of Giorgio Peretti and Niccolò Pagliardini. The 4th official was Andrea Colombo. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 7.51 degrees Celsius or 45.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Milan was in firm control of the ball 62% while Empoli was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Milan was putting more pressure with 67 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Milan won the match.
Milan shot 15 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Empoli shot 5 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Milan received 1 yellow card (Tijjani Reijnders). Talking about the opposition, Empoli received 4 yellow cards (Giuseppe Pezzella, Szymon Zurkowski, Jacopo Fazzini and Matteo Cancellieri).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Milan has 59 points to hold in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Empoli will stays with 25 points like Lecce to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Milan will play away with Hellas Verona on the 17th of March with a 11-3 head to head record in favor of Milan (4 draws).
Empoli will host Bologna on the 17th of March with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Empoli (3 draws).
Milan – Formation
Milan
63'
40'
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Milan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Stefano Pioli decided to play with the following team: Mike Maignan , Davide Calabria , Malick Thiaw , Fikayo Tomori , Theo Hernández , Ismael Bennacer , Tijjani Reijnders , Christian Pulišić , Ruben Loftus-Cheek , Noah Okafor and Luka Jović .
The home team had on the bench: Olivier Giroud , Simon Kjær, Pierre Kalulu , Samuel Chukwueze , Filippo Terracciano, Marco Sportiello, Yunus Musah , Antonio Mirante, Matteo Gabbia, Álex Jiménez and Yacine Adli.
Substitutions
Milan made 5 changes: Tijjani Reijnders for Yunus Musah (62′), Christian Pulišić for Samuel Chukwueze (63′), Fikayo Tomori for Pierre Kalulu (63′), Noah Okafor for Yacine Adli (90′) and Luka Jović for Olivier Giroud (73′).
Player of the match: Davide Calabria
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Davide Calabria even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 51 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.
Empoli – Formation
Empoli
Empoli started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Davide Nicola played with: Elia Caprile , Ardian Ismajli , Sebastian Walukiewicz , Sebastiano Luperto , Emmanuel Gyasi , Răzvan Marin, Jacopo Fazzini , Youssef Maleh , Giuseppe Pezzella , Szymon Zurkowski and Nicolò Cambiaghi , M’Baye Niang .
These were the players on the bench: Liberato Cacace , Samuele Perisan, Stiven Shpendi, Viktor Kovalenko , Alberto Cerri, Bartosz Bereszyński , Tyronne Ebuehi, Simone Bastoni, Etrit Berisha, Matteo Cancellieri , Mattia Destro and Francesco Caputo.
Empoli could not rely on the presence of Bartosz Bereszyński (injured).
Substitutions
Empoli made 5 changes: Szymon Zurkowski for Matteo Cancellieri (76′), M’Baye Niang for Mattia Destro (76′), Ardian Ismajli for Bartosz Bereszyński (42′), Giuseppe Pezzella for Liberato Cacace (55′) and Jacopo Fazzini for Viktor Kovalenko (55′).
Player of the match: Elia Caprile
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Empoli was the goalkeeper: Elia Caprile. His rating is 8.06. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
