Serie A

AC Milan 2-1 Empoli

AC Milan vs Empoli finished 2-1 in Serie A. Key event: 5' Riccardo Saponara (assist Assane Diousse · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 73.1%, 69.1%). Head to head: H2H last 2: 0-2-0. Home form: L W W L W; Away form: L L D L L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

MIL 2 - 1 Finished

EMP

Competition Serie A Season 2015/2016 Country Italy Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 29 Aug 2015, 22:45 Venue time 30 Aug 2015, 00:45 CEST

Match preview 2 facts

Home form L W W L W 9 pts, goals 10-7, 2.00 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match

Away form L L D L L 1 pts, goals 8-13, 1.60 scored/match, 2.60 conceded/match

Shot map 24 shots · 3 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

AC Milan 6 shots · 1.05 xG · 2 goals

Empoli 18 shots · 1.02 xG · 1 goal

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

AC Milan160 plotted of 349 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Empoli160 plotted of 342 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

AC Milan173 exact passer-recipient links

ROM POL SCI BON KUC ANT BER JON NOC

ROMAlessio Romagnoli27 passes
POLAndrea Poli1 passes
SCIMattia De Sciglio24 passes
BONGiacomo Bonaventura14 passes
KUCJuraj Kucka7 passes
ANTLuca Antonelli40 passes
BERAndrea Bertolacci19 passes
JONNigel de Jong26 passes
NOCAntonio Nocerino15 passes

Empoli186 exact passer-recipient links

ZIE COS CRO SAP MAC PUC MCH BAR MAI ZAM TON

ZIEPiotr Zieliński25 passes
COSAndrea Costa7 passes
CRODaniele Croce21 passes
SAPRiccardo Saponara25 passes
MACMassimo Maccarone17 passes
PUCManuel Pucciarelli18 passes
MCHLevan Mchedlidze4 passes
BARFederico Barba16 passes
MAIRaffaele Maiello11 passes
ZAMMarco Zambelli29 passes
TONLorenzo Tonelli13 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

AC Milan349 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Empoli342 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 26 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

AC MilanEmpoli

0–5′100–0
5–10′70–30
10–15′51–49
15–20′0–100
20–25′0–100
25–30′65–35
30–35′39–61
35–40′64–36
40–45′100–0
45–50′100–0
50–55′100–0
55–60′100–0
60–65′100–0
65–70′100–0
70–75′79–21
75–80′76–24
80–85′30–70
85–90′68–32

Timeline 40 events

5' shot Riccardo Saponara EMP assist Assane Diousse · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 73.1%, 69.1%

7' shot Suso MIL assist Luca Antonelli · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.5%, 53.6%

7' shot Jesús Joaquín Fernández Sáez de la Torre MIL Open Play · Off T · xG 0.03

12' shot Massimo Maccarone EMP assist Riccardo Saponara · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.7%, 67.5%

15' shot Carlos Bacca MIL assist Luiz Adriano · xG 0.48 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.7%, 34.7%

15' Goal Carlos Arturo Bacca Ahumada MIL Open Play · Goal

18' shot Piotr Zielinski EMP assist Assane Diousse · xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 69.1%, 61.4%

19' shot Riccardo Saponara EMP assist Massimo Maccarone · xG 0.37 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.6%, 63.3%

21' shot Manuel Pucciarelli EMP assist Massimo Maccarone · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.4%, 49.4%

23' shot Luiz Adriano MIL xG 0.04 · Open Play · location 89.3%, 49.8%

23' shot Luiz Adriano de Souza da Silva MIL Open Play · Saved · xG 0.09

26' Yellow Lorenzo Tonelli EMP Yellow Card

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33' shot Suso MIL assist Mattia De Sciglio · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.3%, 38.2%

33' shot Jesús Joaquín Fernández Sáez de la Torre MIL Open Play · Off T · xG 0.03

37' shot Riccardo Saponara EMP assist Manuel Pucciarelli · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.1%, 61.5%

40' Yellow Massimo Maccarone EMP Yellow Card

42' shot Manuel Pucciarelli EMP assist Massimo Maccarone · xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.9%, 65%

45' shot Manuel Pucciarelli EMP assist Piotr Zielinski · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 84.4%, 49.3%

45' Sub Juraj Kucka MIL on for Antonio Nocerino · Tactical

47' shot Daniele Croce EMP assist Massimo Maccarone · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.1%, 44%

49' shot Mário Rui EMP xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 80.5%, 19.9%

49' shot Mário Rui Silva Duarte EMP Free Kick · Blocked · xG 0.01

50' shot Massimo Maccarone EMP assist Mário Rui · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.7%, 49.8%

50' shot Riccardo Saponara EMP xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.1%, 60%

54' Sub Giacomo Bonaventura MIL on for Jesús Joaquín Fernández Sáez de la Torre · Tactical

61' Sub Levan Mchedlidze EMP on for Massimo Maccarone · Tactical

62' shot Manuel Pucciarelli EMP Open Play · Wayward · xG 0.11

64' shot Daniele Croce EMP assist Riccardo Saponara · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.2%, 69.1%

68' shot Luiz Adriano MIL assist Giacomo Bonaventura · xG 0.42 · From Corner · location 93.9%, 48.8%

68' Goal Luiz Adriano de Souza da Silva MIL Open Play · Goal

70' shot Federico Barba EMP xG 0.09 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 90.1%, 43.1%

72' shot Riccardo Saponara EMP assist Levan Mchedlidze · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 82.5%, 71.7%

75' Sub Raffaele Maiello EMP on for Assane Dioussé El Hadji · Tactical

78' shot Carlos Bacca MIL assist Luca Antonelli · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.3%, 61.8%

78' shot Carlos Arturo Bacca Ahumada MIL Open Play · Saved · xG 0.02

79' shot Piotr Zielinski EMP assist Raffaele Maiello · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 67.3%, 56%

79' Sub Andrea Costa EMP on for Federico Barba · Injury

81' shot Riccardo Saponara EMP xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.8%, 59.6%

82' Sub Andrea Poli MIL on for Andrea Bertolacci · Injury

83' shot Daniele Croce EMP xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.3%, 71.8%

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 9-1-2

AC Milan leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 9 wins, 1 loss, 2 draws. Latest meeting: 08 Feb 2025 · Empoli vs AC Milan · 0 - 2.

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Showing 8 of 12 head-to-head matches.

08 Feb 2025

Empoli 0 - 2 AC Milan

30 Nov 2024

AC Milan 3 - 0 Empoli

10 Mar 2024

AC Milan 1 - 0 Empoli

07 Jan 2024

Empoli 0 - 3 AC Milan

07 Apr 2023

AC Milan 0 - 0 Empoli

01 Oct 2022

Empoli 1 - 3 AC Milan

12 Mar 2022

AC Milan 1 - 0 Empoli

22 Dec 2021

Empoli 2 - 4 AC Milan

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22 Feb 2019

AC Milan 3 - 0 Empoli

27 Sep 2018

Empoli 1 - 1 AC Milan

23 Apr 2017

AC Milan 1 - 2 Empoli

26 Nov 2016

Empoli 1 - 4 AC Milan

Team statistics 2 metrics

1.05 Expected Goals 1.02

50% 49%

6 Total Shots 18

25% 75%

Lineups

AC Milan

70 C Carlos Arturo Bacca Ahumada RIGHT CENTER FORWARD

17 C Cristian Eduardo Zapata Valencia RIGHT CENTER BACK

1 D Diego López Rodríguez GK

2 M Mattia De Sciglio RIGHT BACK

8 J Jesús Joaquín Fernández Sáez de la Torre CENTER ATTACKING MIDFIELD

91 A Andrea Bertolacci RIGHT CENTER MIDFIELD

13 A Alessio Romagnoli LEFT CENTER BACK

31 L Luca Antonelli LEFT BACK

34 N Nigel de Jong CENTER DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

23 A Antonio Nocerino LEFT CENTER MIDFIELD

9 L Luiz Adriano de Souza da Silva LEFT CENTER FORWARD

Empoli

14 A Assane Dioussé El Hadji CENTER DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

17 P Piotr Zieliński RIGHT CENTER MIDFIELD

20 M Manuel Pucciarelli RIGHT CENTER FORWARD

5 R Riccardo Saponara CENTER ATTACKING MIDFIELD

21 M Mário Rui Silva Duarte LEFT BACK

26 L Lorenzo Tonelli RIGHT CENTER BACK

28 Ł Łukasz Skorupski GK

19 F Federico Barba LEFT CENTER BACK

3 M Marco Zambelli RIGHT BACK

11 D Daniele Croce LEFT CENTER MIDFIELD

7 M Massimo Maccarone LEFT CENTER FORWARD