Lazio
AC Milan
Match summary
Lazio and AC Milan shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Lazio led 2-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Matteo Cancellieri put Lazio ahead in the 10th minute, set up by Mattia Zaccagni and Tijjani Noslin made it 2-0 with a header in the 39th minute. In the second half, Diego Moreira pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 65th minute, set up by Christian Pulisic and Moreira equalised in the 67th minute, set up by Adrien Rabiot.
There was little between the sides on chances: Lazio created 2.36 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, AC Milan 2.20 from 16.
Lazio hosted AC Milan in Serie A on Matchday 4, with the encounter ending in a two-all draw after the hosts had established a comfortable lead by the interval. AC Milan dominated territory and possession throughout the contest, registering sixty-six percent possession and ninety-one percent pass accuracy compared to Lazio's thirty-four percent and eighty-two percent. The visitors also generated superior attacking volume with sixteen total shots, ninety-nine attacks, and fifty-two dangerous attacks against eight shots, sixty-three attacks, and twenty-two dangerous attacks for Lazio. Both sides produced comparable expected goals figures, with Lazio recording 2.36 xG and AC Milan posting 2.20 xG, while the disciplinary count featured five yellow cards in total, split two for Lazio and three for the visitors.
The scoring opened in the tenth minute when Matteo Cancellieri struck with a left-footed shot for Lazio, following an earlier notable chance that had an expected goals value of 0.51. Tijjani Noslin then doubled the home advantage in the thirty-ninth minute with a header from a chance rated at 0.78 xG, sending Lazio into the half-time break leading two-nil. AC Milan made a triple substitution at the start of the second half, introducing Pervis Estupiñán, Luka Modrić, and Ruben Loftus-Cheek. Yellow cards were issued to Christian Pulisic, Reda Belahyane, and Strahinja Pavlović before Diego Moreira sparked the visitors' comeback with left-footed goals in the sixty-fifth and sixty-seventh minutes. Further substitutions occurred before Mattia Zaccagni and Mario Gila received yellow cards, and the match concluded with no further scoring.
