Empoli vs AC Milan

7 January 2024 · Serie A · 2023/24 · Referee Federico La Penna

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

  • Ruben Loftus-Cheek 11’
  • Olivier Giroud 31’ (pen)
  • Chaka Traorè 88’

Match summary

AC Milan won comfortably, 3-0 away at Empoli. AC Milan led 2-0 at half-time.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek put AC Milan ahead in the 11th minute, set up by Rafael Leão, Olivier Giroud made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 31st minute, and Chaka Traorè made it 0-3 in the 88th minute, set up by Christian Pulisic.

The chances backed that up: AC Milan created 1.51 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Empoli's 0.96 from 17.

Match stats

Empoli AC Milan
17 Shots 13
2 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.95 xG 1.51
0.95 Non-penalty xG 0.75
4 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Empoli AC Milan
Kick-off
11’
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Assist: Rafael Leão0-1 (AC Milan)
31’
Olivier Giroud
Penalty0-2 (AC Milan)
Half-time0-2
88’
Chaka Traorè
Assist: Christian Pulisic0-3 (AC Milan)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

Empoli
  • Razvan Marin
AC Milan
  • Davide Calabria
  • Alejandro Jiménez

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.96 1.51 11’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan), 0-1 11’ 31’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), 0-2 31’ 88’ Chaka Traorè (AC Milan), 0-3 88’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.96 1.51 11’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan), 0-1 Loftus-Cheek 11’ 31’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), 0-2 Giroud 31’ 88’ Chaka Traorè (AC Milan), 0-3 Traorè 88’
Empoli 0.96 xGAC Milan 1.51 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 AC Milan attacking Empoli attacking 
31’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 88’ Chaka Traorè (AC Milan), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 67’ Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 11’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 62’ Christian Pulisic (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 71’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 74’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 51’ Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 13’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 79’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 62’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 33’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 57’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 64’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 71’ Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 48’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 67’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 22’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 42’ Filippo Ranocchia (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 45’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 69’ Alberto Grassi (Empoli), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 7’ Youssef Maleh (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 88’ Youssef Maleh (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 3’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 2’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 88’ Chaka Traorè (AC Milan), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 67’ Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 11’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 71’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 62’ Christian Pulisic (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 74’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 51’ Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 13’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 62’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 79’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 33’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 64’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 57’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 71’ Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 42’ Filippo Ranocchia (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 48’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 67’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 22’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 45’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 69’ Alberto Grassi (Empoli), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 88’ Youssef Maleh (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 7’ Youssef Maleh (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 3’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 2’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 54’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Elia Caprile GK900 0.000.000
Tyronne Ebuehi DEF270 0.000.000
Ardian Ismajli DEF900 0.000.000
Sebastian Walukiewicz DEF900 0.000.000
Sebastiano Luperto DEF900 0.000.142
Emmanuel Gyasi MID900 0.000.000
Youssef Maleh MID902 0.090.071
Alberto Grassi MID771 0.050.000
Tommaso Baldanzi MID602 0.100.052
Nicolò Cambiaghi FWD907 0.350.051
Francesco Caputo FWD771 0.100.061
Filippo Ranocchia Sub631 0.050.152
Matteo Cancellieri Sub303 0.210.071
Daniel Maldini Sub130 0.000.000
Razvan Marin Sub130 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Empoli win 18% Avg odds 5.26
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.06
AC Milan win 58% Avg odds 1.64

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

Form going into the game

Empoli DDLLD
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Previous and next meeting

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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.