AC Milan beats Sampodria a man down and sits on the Top of the Serie A

 

After Leao got sent off, AC Milan managed to grab the points against Sampdoria with Junior Messias scoring first and Olivier Giroud coming clutch (as usual)

In the sixth game week of Serie A, AC Milan, the current title holder, managed to beat Sampdoria 2-1 after Rafael Leao get sent off with a second yellow. 

With this win, Milan moves up the table to 1st spot with 14 points with a tie with both Napoli and Atalanta. 

AC Milan 2 Sampdoria 1 Post Match Data Analysis

Chance Creation

Sampdoria had a total of 16 shot-creating actions in the game with Caputo and Augello producing 4 shot-creating actions. AC Milan had 23 shot-creating actions with Theo Hernandez producing 6 SCA. 

AC Milan managed to complete 5 passes within 20 yards of Sampdoria's goal while Sampdoria completed 11. AC Milan allowed 11.6 passes per defensive action while Sampdoria allowed 10.96 passes per defensive action.

Passes and Possession

AC Milan had 42% possession while Sampdoria had 58% ball possession. For pass accuracy, Milan had 82% pass accuracy and Sampdoria had 85% pass accuracy.

Tommaso Augello was the main ball distributor for Sampdoria for the game while Kalulu and Hernandez were the main ball distributors for the ball for AC Milan.

Shot Analysis

AC Milan had a total xG of 1.66 versus Sampdoria which had an xG of 0.99. AC Milan's most dangerous shot was from Giroud's shot in the 41' minute which had a total of 0.14 xG making it. Sampdoria's most dangerous shot came from Augello's goal which had 0.46 xG.

xG Flow Chart

AC Milan had a total of 15 shots with 4 shots on target while Sampdoria had 10 shots and 4 of them were on target. The player who managed to get the highest xG in the team was Giroud having a total of 1.4 xG in the game. Sampdoria's player with the highest xG was Gabbiadini with 0.3 xG. 

AC Milan had an average of 0.111 xG per shot while Sampdoria had 0.094 xG per shot.

Shot Map Samp vs Milan

Conclusion

AC Milan managed to survive after Leao got sent off and grabs the three points to be at the top of the table in a three-way tie. Leao will be missed against Napoli but we need to focus on the Champions League match next against Dinamo Zagreb.