Empoli 2-4 AC Milan: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 22 December 2021
Result
Empoli 2-4 AC Milan
Serie A · Wednesday 22 December 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Empoli 2-4 AC Milan: match report
Empoli were beaten by AC Milan 2-4 in Serie A on Wednesday 22 December 2021. It was 1-2 at half-time.
F. Kessie opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Empoli's goals came from Nedim Bajrami (18') and Andrea Pinamonti (84', penalty). AC Milan scored through F. Kessie (12'), F. Kessie (42'), Alessandro Florenzi (63') and Theo Hernández (69').
Discipline: Empoli received 1 yellow card; AC Milan received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 9th on 27 points from 18 and AC Milan 3rd on 39 points from 18. Empoli went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and AC Milan 1st with 86.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and AC Milan in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Franck Kessié of AC Milan (8.6), ahead of Alexis Saelemaekers (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 4 draws and 4 for AC Milan.
Key events
- 12'Goal · F. Kessie
- 18'Goal · Nedim Bajrami
- 39'Yellow card · Sandro Tonali
- 42'Goal · F. Kessie
- 62'Yellow card · Simone Romagnoli
- 63'Goal · Alessandro Florenzi
- 69'Goal · Theo Hernández
- 80'Yellow card · Ismaël Bennacer
- 84'Penalty goal · Andrea Pinamonti
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Simon Kjær
- Nicolas Haas
- Tommaso Baldanzi
- Ardian Ismajli
- Alessandro Plizzari
- Valerio Verre
- Ante Rebić
- Emmanuel Ekong
- Zlatan Ibrahimović
- Rafael Leão
- Pietro Pellegri
- Davide Calabria
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Guglielmo Vicario, Petar Stojanović, Simone Romagnoli, Sebastiano Luperto, Fabiano Parisi, Szymon Żurkowski, Samuele Ricci, Liam Henderson, Nedim Bajrami, Andrea Pinamonti, Patrick Cutrone
AC Milan line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mike Maignan, Alessandro Florenzi, Fikayo Tomori, Alessio Romagnoli, Theo Hernández, Sandro Tonali, Ismaël Bennacer, Junior Messias, Franck Kessié, Alexis Saelemaekers, Olivier Giroud