Italian Serie A

AC Milan vs Lazio, 2023-24 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
  • 60': Christian Pulisic
  • 88': Noah Okafor
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Pulisic scores as AC Milan beat Lazio to keep pace with Inter

United States standout Christian Pulisic scored the opening goal as AC Milan beat Lazio 2-0 at home Saturday to stay level on points with Inter Milan at the top of Serie A.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Yacine Adli (AC Milan).
  • 1': Luis Alberto (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Christian Pulisic.
  • 9': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Nicolò Rovella.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Yacine Adli (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 11': Felipe Anderson (Lazio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 11': Foul by Yacine Adli (AC Milan).
  • 13': Attempt missed. Felipe Anderson (Lazio) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mattia Zaccagni following a fast break.
  • 15': Foul by Davide Calabria (AC Milan).
  • 15': Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 16': Attempt saved. Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Valentín Castellanos.
  • 17': Foul by Olivier Giroud (AC Milan).
  • 17': Mattéo Guendouzi (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Foul by Yacine Adli (AC Milan).
  • 19': Mattéo Guendouzi (Lazio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Marusic.
  • 23': Foul by Mattéo Guendouzi (Lazio).
  • 23': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 24': Foul by Simon Kjær (AC Milan).
  • 24': Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Delay in match because of an injury Yacine Adli (AC Milan).
  • 25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Felipe Anderson (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
  • 29': Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek because of an injury.
  • 33': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
  • 33': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Ivan Provedel.
  • 34': Offside, AC Milan. Rafael Leão tries a through ball, but Fikayo Tomori is caught offside.
  • 35': Attempt saved. Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Felipe Anderson.
  • 38': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Elseid Hysaj.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
  • 43': Foul by Valentín Castellanos (Lazio).
  • 43': Yacine Adli (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Attempt saved. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 45': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box.
  • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Felipe Anderson.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, AC Milan 0, Lazio 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 0, Lazio 0.
  • 48': Foul by Simon Kjær (AC Milan).
  • 48': Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Foul by Yacine Adli (AC Milan).
  • 49': Nicolò Rovella (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Foul by Adam Marusic (Lazio).
  • 51': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 51': Adam Marusic (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 52': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Ivan Provedel.
  • 52': Foul by Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
  • 52': Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 54': Hand ball by Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
  • 55': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Nicolò Rovella.
  • 56': Attempt blocked. Simon Kjær (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yacine Adli with a cross.
  • 58': Foul by Christian Pulisic (AC Milan).
  • 58': Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 60': Goal! AC Milan 1, Lazio 0. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
  • 64': Foul by Alessio Romagnoli (Lazio).
  • 64': Yunus Musah (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 64': Alessio Romagnoli (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 65': Foul by Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
  • 65': Luis Alberto (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Attempt blocked. Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 66': Foul by Davide Calabria (AC Milan).
  • 66': Nicolò Rovella (Lazio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 67': Substitution, Lazio. Matías Vecino replaces Nicolò Rovella.
  • 67': Substitution, Lazio. Daichi Kamada replaces Mattéo Guendouzi.
  • 70': Substitution, AC Milan. Noah Okafor replaces Olivier Giroud.
  • 70': Substitution, AC Milan. Tommaso Pobega replaces Yacine Adli.
  • 70': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Davide Calabria.
  • 73': Attempt saved. Yunus Musah (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 73': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Ivan Provedel.
  • 74': Attempt saved. Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a cross.
  • 74': Foul by Tommaso Pobega (AC Milan).
  • 74': Luis Alberto (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Substitution, Lazio. Pedro replaces Felipe Anderson.
  • 75': Substitution, Lazio. Ciro Immobile replaces Valentín Castellanos.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Pedro (Lazio) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daichi Kamada.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Théo Hernández.
  • 78': Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  • 79': Offside, Lazio. Elseid Hysaj tries a through ball, but Luis Alberto is caught offside.
  • 81': Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Luis Alberto (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Mattia Zaccagni.
  • 82': Substitution, Lazio. Gustav Isaksen replaces Mattia Zaccagni.
  • 82': Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Christian Pulisic.
  • 83': Foul by Théo Hernández (AC Milan).
  • 83': Gustav Isaksen (Lazio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 83': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Gustav Isaksen (Lazio) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Gustav Isaksen (Lazio) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
  • 86': Mike Maignan (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Gustav Isaksen (Lazio) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 88': Goal! AC Milan 2, Lazio 0. Noah Okafor (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  • 90': Offside, AC Milan. Mike Maignan tries a through ball, but Noah Okafor is caught offside.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Matías Vecino (Lazio).
  • 90'+2': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Offside, Lazio. Luis Alberto tries a through ball, but Ciro Immobile is caught offside.
  • 90'+6': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Elseid Hysaj.
  • 90'+6': Attempt blocked. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi.
  • 90'+6': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Alessio Romagnoli.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, AC Milan 2, Lazio 0.
  • 0': Match ends, AC Milan 2, Lazio 0.
  • 0': Match ends, AC Milan 2, Lazio 0.

Statistics

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5 Fouls 15
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
1 Corner Kicks 8
5 Saves 4
49.6 Possession 50.4
13 SHOTS 14
4 ON GOAL 7
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
411 Accurate Passes 410
484 Passes 477
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
0 Accurate Crosses 7
6 Crosses 18
0.0 Cross % 0.4
30 Long Balls 43
16 Accurate Long Balls 21
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 5
14 Effective Tackles 7
20 Tackles 19
0.7 Tackle % 0.4
9 Interceptions 9
17 Effective Clearances 9
17 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 72,035

Serie A Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Napoli 12 +10 26
2 Atalanta 12 +16 25
3 Fiorentina 12 +15 25
4 Internazionale 12 +12 25
Full Table

Line-Ups

MIL AC Milan (4-3-3)

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK) Yellow Card
23 Fikayo Tomori
24 Simon Kjaer
19 Theo Hernández Yellow Card
2 Davide Calabria
7 Yacine Adli
14 Tijjani Reijnders
8 Ruben Loftus-Cheek
9 Olivier Giroud
10 Rafael Leão
11 Christian Pulisic

LAZ Lazio (4-3-3)

No. Name
94 Ivan Provedel (GK)
13 Alessio Romagnoli Yellow Card
15 Nicolo Casale
23 Elseid Hysaj
77 Adam Marusic Yellow Card
65 Nicolo Rovella
10 Luis Alberto
8 Matteo Guendouzi
19 Valentín Castellanos
20 Mattia Zaccagni
7 Felipe Anderson

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