AC Milan vs Empoli

22 February 2019 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Piero Giacomelli

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Krzysztof Piatek 49’
  • Franck Kessié 51’
  • Samu Castillejo 67’

Match summary

AC Milan won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Empoli. It was goalless at half-time.

Krzysztof Piatek put AC Milan ahead in the 49th minute, set up by Hakan Calhanoglu, Franck Kessié made it 2-0 in the 51st minute, set up by Samu Castillejo, and Samu Castillejo made it 3-0 in the 67th minute, set up by Andrea Conti.

The chances backed that up: AC Milan created 1.36 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Empoli's 0.59 from 9.

Match stats

AC Milan Empoli
10 Shots 4
7 Shots on Target 1
6 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.36 xG 0.58
1.36 Non-penalty xG 0.58
7 Deep Completions 7

Key events

AC Milan Empoli
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Krzysztof Piatek
Assist: Hakan Calhanoglu1-0 (AC Milan)
49’
Franck Kessié
Assist: Samu Castillejo2-0 (AC Milan)
51’
Samu Castillejo
Assist: Andrea Conti3-0 (AC Milan)
67’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

AC Milan
  • Hakan Calhanoglu
Empoli
  • Giovanni Di Lorenzo

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.36 0.59 49’ Krzysztof Piatek (AC Milan), 1-0 49’ 51’ Franck Kessié (AC Milan), 2-0 51’ 67’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), 3-0 67’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.36 0.59 49’ Krzysztof Piatek (AC Milan), 1-0 Piatek 49’ 51’ Franck Kessié (AC Milan), 2-0 Kessié 51’ 67’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), 3-0 Castillejo 67’
AC Milan 1.36 xGEmpoli 0.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Empoli attacking AC Milan attacking 
49’ Krzysztof Piatek (AC Milan), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 51’ Franck Kessié (AC Milan), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 67’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 90’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 85’ Antonio La Gumina (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 90’ Salih Ucan (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 26’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 48’ Rade Krunic (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 89’ Fabio Borini (AC Milan), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 7’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 46’ Afriyie Acquah (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 45’ Franck Kessié (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 37’ Diego Farias (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 22’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+2’ Hakan Calhanoglu (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 26’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 37’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Ricardo Rodríguez (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 32’ Ismael Bennacer (Empoli), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 49’ Krzysztof Piatek (AC Milan), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 51’ Franck Kessié (AC Milan), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 67’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 90’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90’ Salih Ucan (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 85’ Antonio La Gumina (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 26’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 48’ Rade Krunic (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 89’ Fabio Borini (AC Milan), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 7’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 45’ Franck Kessié (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 46’ Afriyie Acquah (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 37’ Diego Farias (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 22’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 53’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+2’ Hakan Calhanoglu (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 37’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Ricardo Rodríguez (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 32’ Ismael Bennacer (Empoli), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gianluigi Donnarumma GK900 0.000.000
Andrea Conti DEF9010 0.000.342
Mateo Musacchio DEF900 0.000.021
Alessio Romagnoli DEF900 0.000.000
Ricardo Rodríguez DEF901 0.010.000
Franck Kessié MID9012 0.400.000
Tiemoué Bakayoko MID820 0.000.032
Lucas Paquetá MID710 0.000.000
Samu Castillejo FWD90115 0.390.402
Krzysztof Piatek FWD7111 0.480.000
Hakan Calhanoglu FWD9011 0.020.542
Patrick Cutrone Sub190 0.000.000
Fabio Borini Sub191 0.070.000
Lucas Biglia Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

AC Milan win 65% Bet365 odds 1.44
Draw 22% Bet365 odds 4.33
Empoli win 13% Bet365 odds 7.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

AC Milan WDDWW
Empoli DLDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Empoli 1-1 AC Milan, 27 Sep 18 Next meeting: Empoli 2-4 AC Milan, 22 Dec 21  All AC Milan vs Empoli meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.