AC Milan vs Sampdoria

20 May 2023 · Serie A · 2022/23 · Referee Francesco Fourneau

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 3–1

  • Rafael Leão 9’
  • Olivier Giroud 23’, 29’ (pen), 68’
  • Brahim Diaz 63’
  • Fabio Quagliarella 20’

Match summary

AC Milan won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Sampdoria. AC Milan led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Rafael Leão put AC Milan ahead in the 9th minute, set up by Brahim Diaz, Fabio Quagliarella equalised in the 20th minute, set up by Alessandro Zanoli, Olivier Giroud put AC Milan back in front with a header in the 23rd minute, set up by Brahim Diaz, and Giroud made it 3-1 from the penalty spot in the 29th minute. In the second half, Brahim Diaz made it 4-1 in the 63rd minute, set up by Sandro Tonali and Giroud made it 5-1 in the 68th minute, set up by Rafael Leão.

The chances backed that up: AC Milan created 4.81 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Sampdoria's 0.35 from 6.

Match stats

AC Milan Sampdoria
19 Shots 6
9 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
4.81 xG 0.35
4.05 Non-penalty xG 0.35
14 Deep Completions 6

Key events

AC Milan Sampdoria
Kick-off
Rafael Leão
Assist: Brahim Diaz1-0 (AC Milan)
9’
20’
Fabio Quagliarella
Assist: Alessandro Zanoli1-1 (Sampdoria)
Olivier Giroud
Assist: Brahim Diaz2-1 (AC Milan)
23’
Olivier Giroud
Penalty3-1 (AC Milan)
29’
Half-time3-1
Brahim Diaz
Assist: Sandro Tonali4-1 (AC Milan)
63’
Olivier Giroud
Assist: Rafael Leão5-1 (AC Milan)
68’
Full-time5-1

Bookings

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

AC Milan
  • Theo Hernández
Sampdoria
  • Alessandro Zanoli
  • Koray Günter
  • Marios Oikonomou

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 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.81 0.35 9’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), 1-0 9’ 20’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), 1-1 20’ 23’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), 2-1 23’ 29’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), 3-1 29’ 63’ Brahim Diaz (AC Milan), 4-1 63’ 68’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), 5-1 68’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.81 0.35 9’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), 1-0 Leão 9’ 20’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), 1-1 Quagliarella 20’ 23’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), 2-1 Giroud 23’ 29’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), 3-1 Giroud 29’ 63’ Brahim Diaz (AC Milan), 4-1 Diaz 63’ 68’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), 5-1 Giroud 68’
AC Milan 4.81 xGSampdoria 0.35 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sampdoria attacking AC Milan attacking 
68’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.91 xG, goal 29’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 63’ Brahim Diaz (AC Milan), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 23’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.49 xG, goal 9’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 47’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.40 xG, blocked 61’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 33’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.23 xG, saved 33’ Rade Krunic (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 51’ Mehdi Leris (Sampdoria), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 90’ Charles De Ketelaere (AC Milan), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 20’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 47’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 79’ Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 79’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 39’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 5’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Malick Thiaw (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 41’ Filip Djuricic (Sampdoria), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 50’ Sandro Tonali (AC Milan), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 61’ Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 14’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 5’ Junior Messias (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Tomás Rincón (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 79’ Davide Calabria (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 68’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.91 xG, goal 29’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 63’ Brahim Diaz (AC Milan), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 23’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.49 xG, goal 47’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.40 xG, blocked 9’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 61’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 33’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.23 xG, saved 33’ Rade Krunic (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 51’ Mehdi Leris (Sampdoria), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 47’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90’ Charles De Ketelaere (AC Milan), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 20’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 79’ Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 79’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 39’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Filip Djuricic (Sampdoria), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 5’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Malick Thiaw (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 50’ Sandro Tonali (AC Milan), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 61’ Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 5’ Junior Messias (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 59’ Tomás Rincón (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 79’ Davide Calabria (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mike Maignan GK900 0.000.000
Davide Calabria DEF901 0.010.473
Malick Thiaw DEF901 0.040.000
Fikayo Tomori DEF810 0.000.000
Theo Hernández DEF811 0.040.000
Rade Krunic MID901 0.130.000
Sandro Tonali MID8111 0.041.274
Junior Messias MID601 0.020.000
Brahim Diaz MID70121 0.601.064
Rafael Leão MID90113 0.820.932
Olivier Giroud FWD9037 2.930.000
Alexis Saelemaekers Sub301 0.070.101
Charles De Ketelaere Sub201 0.100.071
Simon Kjaer Sub90 0.000.000
Tommaso Pobega Sub90 0.000.000
Fode Toure Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

AC Milan win 84% Avg odds 1.13
Draw 11% Avg odds 8.90
Sampdoria win 5% Avg odds 20.33

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

Form going into the game

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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.