AC Milan 2-0 SPAL: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 20 September 2017
Result
AC Milan 2-0 SPAL
Serie A · Wednesday 20 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
AC Milan 2-0 SPAL: match report
AC Milan defeated SPAL 2-0 in Serie A on Wednesday 20 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Ricardo Rodríguez opened the scoring in the 26th minute. AC Milan's goals came from Ricardo Rodríguez (26', penalty) and F. Kessie (61', penalty). SPAL did not score.
Discipline: AC Milan received 1 yellow card; SPAL received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game AC Milan were 6th on 9 points from 4 and SPAL 14th on 4 points from 4. AC Milan went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and SPAL 17th with 38.
AC Milan lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and SPAL in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas Biglia of AC Milan (7.8), ahead of Hakan Çalhanoğlu (7.7).
Going into the match AC Milan's last five read W-L-W-W and SPAL's L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 26'Penalty goal · Ricardo Rodríguez
- 61'Penalty goal · F. Kessie
- 66'Yellow card · Pasquale Schiattarella
- 88'Yellow card · Eros Schiavon
- 88'Yellow card · Eros Schiavon
- 89'Yellow card · Alessio Romagnoli
Team news
AC Milan line-up (3-1-4-2)
Gianluigi Donnarumma, Alessio Romagnoli, Cristián Zapata, Leonardo Bonucci, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Ignazio Abate, Lucas Biglia, Ricardo Rodríguez, Franck Kessié, Nikola Kalinić, André Silva
SPAL line-up (3-5-2)
Alfred Gomis, Bartosz Salamon, Francesco Vicari, Felipe, Federico Mattiello, Luca Mora, Manuel Lazzari, Federico Viviani, Alberto Grassi, Mirco Antenucci, Alberto Paloschi