AC Milan vs Napoli

19 December 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Davide Massa

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Eljif Elmas 5’

Match summary

Napoli beat AC Milan 1-0 on the road. Napoli led 1-0 at half-time.

Eljif Elmas put Napoli ahead with a header in the 5th minute, set up by Piotr Zielinski.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 1.01 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to AC Milan's 0.37 from 12.

Match stats

AC Milan Napoli
12 Shots 11
2 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 5
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.37 xG 0.99
0.37 Non-penalty xG 0.99
8 Deep Completions 4

Key events

AC Milan Napoli
Kick-off
5’
Eljif Elmas
Assist: Piotr Zielinski0-1 (Napoli)
Half-time0-1
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Napoli
  • Kevin Malcuit
  • 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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.37 1.01 5’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), 0-1 5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.37 1.01 5’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), 0-1 Elmas 5’
AC Milan 0.37 xGNapoli 1.01 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Napoli attacking AC Milan attacking 
5’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), from a corner, 0.43 xG, goal 8’ Franck Zambo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.11 xG, blocked 8’ Amir Rrahmani (Napoli), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 73’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 77’ Andrea Petagna (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 42’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 43’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 49’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 53’ Junior Messias (AC Milan), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 66’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+5’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 17’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 18’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 43’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 42’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 50’ Junior Messias (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 68’ Junior Messias (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 24’ Franck Kessié (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 52’ Amir Rrahmani (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 34’ Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 5’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), from a corner, 0.43 xG, goal 8’ Franck Zambo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.11 xG, blocked 8’ Amir Rrahmani (Napoli), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 77’ Andrea Petagna (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 73’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 42’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 43’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 49’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 53’ Junior Messias (AC Milan), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 66’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+5’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 18’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 43’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 42’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 50’ Junior Messias (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 68’ Junior Messias (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 24’ Franck Kessié (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 52’ Amir Rrahmani (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 34’ Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mike Maignan GK900 0.000.000
Alessandro Florenzi DEF861 0.010.000
Alessio Romagnoli DEF900 0.000.011
Fikayo Tomori DEF900 0.000.000
Fode Toure DEF900 0.000.031
Franck Kessié MID901 0.010.000
Sandro Tonali MID780 0.000.021
Junior Messias MID783 0.080.081
Brahim Diaz MID630 0.000.000
Rade Krunic MID630 0.000.072
Zlatan Ibrahimovic FWD903 0.120.062
Alexis Saelemaekers Sub272 0.030.000
Olivier Giroud Sub271 0.080.000
Ismael Bennacer Sub120 0.000.041
Samu Castillejo Sub121 0.040.000
Pierre Kalulu Kyatengwa Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

AC Milan win 46% Avg odds 2.09
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.49
Napoli win 27% Avg odds 3.61

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

Form going into the game

AC Milan LLWWD
Napoli LWDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: AC Milan 0-1 Napoli, 14 Mar 21 Next meeting: Napoli 0-1 AC Milan, 06 Mar 22  All AC Milan vs Napoli 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.