AC Milan vs Verona

23 September 2023 · Serie A · 2023/24 · Referee Fabio Maresca

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Rafael Leão 8’

Match summary

AC Milan won 1-0 at home to Verona. AC Milan led 1-0 at half-time.

Rafael Leão put AC Milan ahead in the 8th minute, set up by Olivier Giroud.

There was little between the sides on chances: AC Milan created 0.92 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, Verona 0.85 from 10.

Match stats

AC Milan Verona
9 Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 2
2 Corners 3
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.92 xG 0.85
0.92 Non-penalty xG 0.85
3 Deep Completions 4

Key events

AC Milan Verona
Kick-off
Rafael Leão
Assist: Olivier Giroud1-0 (AC Milan)
8’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

AC Milan
  • Malick Thiaw
  • Alessandro Florenzi
  • Yunus Musah
  • Christian Pulisic
Verona
  • Marco Faraoni
  • Federico Bonazzoli

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 0.92 0.85 8’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), 1-0 8’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.92 0.85 8’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), 1-0 Leão 8’
AC Milan 0.92 xGVerona 0.85 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Verona attacking AC Milan attacking 
21’ Michael Folorunsho (Verona), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 7’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), from a corner, 0.28 xG, off target 8’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 62’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 62’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 72’ Christian Pulisic (AC Milan), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 86’ Yunus Musah (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 32’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 44’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 56’ Federico Bonazzoli (Verona), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 13’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 74’ Michael Folorunsho (Verona), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 60’ Cyril Ngonge (Verona), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 61’ Federico Bonazzoli (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 7’ Cyril Ngonge (Verona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 52’ Cyril Ngonge (Verona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 7’ Michael Folorunsho (Verona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Michael Folorunsho (Verona), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 7’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), from a corner, 0.28 xG, off target 8’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 62’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 62’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 72’ Christian Pulisic (AC Milan), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 86’ Yunus Musah (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 32’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 44’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 56’ Federico Bonazzoli (Verona), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 13’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 74’ Michael Folorunsho (Verona), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 60’ Cyril Ngonge (Verona), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 61’ Federico Bonazzoli (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 7’ Cyril Ngonge (Verona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 52’ Cyril Ngonge (Verona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 7’ Michael Folorunsho (Verona), 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
Marco Sportiello GK900 0.000.000
Malick Thiaw DEF900 0.000.000
Simon Kjaer DEF900 0.000.071
Fikayo Tomori DEF900 0.000.000
Alessandro Florenzi DEF770 0.000.151
Tijjani Reijnders MID901 0.070.000
Rade Krunic MID670 0.000.000
Yunus Musah MID901 0.080.131
Christian Pulisic MID821 0.090.000
Rafael Leão MID8212 0.410.041
Olivier Giroud FWD6714 0.260.261
Luka Jovic Sub230 0.000.081
Ruben Loftus-Cheek Sub230 0.000.091
Davide Bartesaghi Sub130 0.000.000
Tommaso Pobega Sub80 0.000.000
Noah Okafor Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

AC Milan win 69% Avg odds 1.39
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.81
Verona win 11% Avg odds 8.69

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

Form going into the game

AC Milan WWWWL
Verona LWWLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: AC Milan 3-1 Verona, 04 Jun 23 Next meeting: Verona 1-3 AC Milan, 17 Mar 24  All AC Milan vs Verona 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.