AC Milan vs Spezia

4 October 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Marco Serra

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Rafael Leão 57’, 78’
  • Theo Hernández 76’

Match summary

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

Rafael Leão put AC Milan ahead in the 57th minute, set up by Hakan Calhanoglu, Theo Hernández made it 2-0 in the 76th minute, and Leão made it 3-0 in the 78th minute, set up by Franck Kessié.

The chances backed that up: AC Milan created 2.65 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Spezia's 0.15 from 4.

Match stats

AC Milan Spezia
10 Shots 3
5 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.65 xG 0.15
2.65 Non-penalty xG 0.15
11 Deep Completions 1

Key events

AC Milan Spezia
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Rafael Leão
Assist: Hakan Calhanoglu1-0 (AC Milan)
57’
Theo Hernández2-0 (AC Milan)
76’
Rafael Leão
Assist: Franck Kessié3-0 (AC Milan)
78’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

AC Milan
  • Hakan Calhanoglu
Spezia
  • Matteo Ricci
  • Emmanuel Gyasi

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 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.65 0.15 57’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), 1-0 57’ 76’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), 2-0 76’ 78’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), 3-0 78’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.65 0.15 57’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), 1-0 Leão 57’ 76’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), 2-0 Hernández 76’ 78’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), 3-0 Leão 78’
AC Milan 2.65 xGSpezia 0.15 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Spezia attacking AC Milan attacking 
78’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.89 xG, goal 57’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), set piece, 0.60 xG, goal 43’ Brahim Diaz (AC Milan), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 82’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 34’ Lorenzo Colombo (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 44’ Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 45’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 4’ Lorenzo Colombo (AC Milan), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 4’ Simon Kjaer (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 51’ Brahim Diaz (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 72’ Hakan Calhanoglu (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 76’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 18’ Simon Kjaer (AC Milan), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 19’ Brahim Diaz (AC Milan), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 10’ Brahim Diaz (AC Milan), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 12’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 41’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 66’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 38’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Matteo Ricci (Spezia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 78’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.89 xG, goal 57’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), set piece, 0.60 xG, goal 43’ Brahim Diaz (AC Milan), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 82’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 34’ Lorenzo Colombo (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 44’ Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 45’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 4’ Lorenzo Colombo (AC Milan), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 4’ Simon Kjaer (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 51’ Brahim Diaz (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 72’ Hakan Calhanoglu (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 76’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 18’ Simon Kjaer (AC Milan), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 19’ Brahim Diaz (AC Milan), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 10’ Brahim Diaz (AC Milan), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 41’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 12’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 66’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 38’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Matteo Ricci (Spezia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gianluigi Donnarumma GK900 0.000.000
Davide Calabria DEF900 0.000.182
Simon Kjaer DEF902 0.120.000
Matteo Gabbia DEF901 0.050.000
Theo Hernández DEF9013 0.220.143
Rade Krunic MID610 0.000.092
Sandro Tonali MID610 0.000.000
Alexis Saelemaekers MID901 0.080.372
Brahim Diaz MID744 0.440.092
Rafael Leão MID8623 1.510.000
Lorenzo Colombo FWD492 0.170.000
Hakan Calhanoglu Sub4111 0.060.783
Ismael Bennacer Sub290 0.000.000
Franck Kessié Sub2910 0.000.891
Jens Petter Hauge Sub160 0.000.000
Daniel Maldini Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

AC Milan win 69% Avg odds 1.38
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.86
Spezia win 11% Avg odds 8.34

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.