AC Milan vs Monza

17 December 2023 · Serie A · 2023/24 · Referee Gianluca Aureliano

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Tijjani Reijnders 3’
  • Jan-Carlo Simic 41’
  • Noah Okafor 76’

Match summary

AC Milan won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Monza. AC Milan led 2-0 at half-time.

Tijjani Reijnders put AC Milan ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Christian Pulisic, Jan-Carlo Simic made it 2-0 from a corner in the 41st minute, set up by Rafael Leão, and Noah Okafor made it 3-0 in the 76th minute, set up by Olivier Giroud.

The chances backed that up: AC Milan created 2.27 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Monza's 1.45 from 21.

Match stats

AC Milan Monza
17 Shots 21
9 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.27 xG 1.43
2.27 Non-penalty xG 1.43
9 Deep Completions 10

Key events

AC Milan Monza
Kick-off
Tijjani Reijnders
Assist: Christian Pulisic1-0 (AC Milan)
3’
Jan-Carlo Simic
Assist: Rafael Leão2-0 (AC Milan)
41’
Half-time2-0
Noah Okafor
Assist: Olivier Giroud3-0 (AC Milan)
76’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

AC Milan
  • Tijjani Reijnders
Monza
  • Andrea Carboni
  • Roberto Gagliardini

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 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.27 1.45 3’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), 1-0 3’ 41’ Jan-Carlo Simic (AC Milan), 2-0 41’ 76’ Noah Okafor (AC Milan), 3-0 76’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.27 1.45 3’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), 1-0 Reijnders 3’ 41’ Jan-Carlo Simic (AC Milan), 2-0 Simic 41’ 76’ Noah Okafor (AC Milan), 3-0 Okafor 76’
AC Milan 2.27 xGMonza 1.45 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Monza attacking AC Milan attacking 
41’ Jan-Carlo Simic (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.60 xG, goal 76’ Noah Okafor (AC Milan), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 61’ Andrea Colpani (Monza), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 66’ Patrick Ciurria (Monza), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 8’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 90’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 3’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 49’ Christian Pulisic (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 3’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 16’ Lorenzo Colombo (Monza), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 62’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 59’ Andrea Carboni (Monza), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 5’ Lorenzo Colombo (Monza), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 10’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 39’ Lorenzo Colombo (Monza), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 73’ Noah Okafor (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 40’ Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 53’ Jan-Carlo Simic (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 44’ Christian Pulisic (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 61’ Matteo Pessina (Monza), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 86’ Patrick Ciurria (Monza), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 36’ Andrea Colpani (Monza), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Roberto Gagliardini (Monza), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Roberto Gagliardini (Monza), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 5’ Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Monza), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 20’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 29’ Matteo Pessina (Monza), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 33’ Dany Mota (Monza), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 78’ Patrick Ciurria (Monza), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 88’ Mirko Maric (Monza), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Valentín Carboni (Monza), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Lorenzo Colombo (Monza), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 31’ Andrea Carboni (Monza), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 57’ Patrick Ciurria (Monza), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 69’ Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (Monza), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 41’ Jan-Carlo Simic (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.60 xG, goal 76’ Noah Okafor (AC Milan), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 61’ Andrea Colpani (Monza), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 66’ Patrick Ciurria (Monza), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 8’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 90’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 49’ Christian Pulisic (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 3’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 3’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 16’ Lorenzo Colombo (Monza), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 62’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 59’ Andrea Carboni (Monza), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 5’ Lorenzo Colombo (Monza), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 10’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 39’ Lorenzo Colombo (Monza), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 73’ Noah Okafor (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 40’ Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 53’ Jan-Carlo Simic (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 86’ Patrick Ciurria (Monza), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 44’ Christian Pulisic (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 61’ Matteo Pessina (Monza), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 36’ Andrea Colpani (Monza), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Roberto Gagliardini (Monza), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 5’ Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Monza), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 75’ Roberto Gagliardini (Monza), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 20’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 29’ Matteo Pessina (Monza), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 33’ Dany Mota (Monza), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 78’ Patrick Ciurria (Monza), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90’ Valentín Carboni (Monza), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 88’ Mirko Maric (Monza), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Lorenzo Colombo (Monza), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Andrea Carboni (Monza), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 57’ Patrick Ciurria (Monza), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 69’ Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (Monza), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mike Maignan GK900 0.000.000
Fikayo Tomori DEF900 0.000.000
Simon Kjaer DEF690 0.000.000
Tommaso Pobega DEF230 0.000.000
Alessandro Florenzi MID902 0.080.072
Theo Hernández MID902 0.150.152
Tijjani Reijnders MID9011 0.120.021
Ruben Loftus-Cheek MID692 0.050.051
Christian Pulisic FWD9012 0.180.252
Olivier Giroud FWD9013 0.380.683
Rafael Leão FWD6911 0.080.824
Jan-Carlo Simic Sub6712 0.660.000
Ismael Bennacer Sub210 0.000.000
Davide Bartesaghi Sub210 0.000.000
Noah Okafor Sub1312 0.550.000
Samuel Chukwueze Sub80 0.000.131

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

AC Milan win 61% Avg odds 1.56
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.33
Monza win 17% Avg odds 5.77

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

AC Milan LDWWL
Monza WDDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Monza 0-1 AC Milan, 18 Feb 23 Next meeting: Monza 4-2 AC Milan, 18 Feb 24  All AC Milan vs Monza 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.