Milan vs Venezia 2024-25 Italian Serie A

AC Milan

2': Theo Hernández
16': Youssouf Fofana
25': Christian Pulisic (P)
29': Tammy Abraham (P)

FT
4 - 0

Venezia

73': Hans Nicolussi Caviglia

Christian Pulisic scores as AC Milan thrash Venezia

Pulisic celebration vs Venezia [1296x729]

New AC Milan coach Paulo Fonseca got his first Serie A win in style, and it couldn't have come at a better time for the Rossoneri as they kickstarted their season against Venezia.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
2': Goal! AC Milan 1, Venezia 0. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
16': Goal! AC Milan 2, Venezia 0. Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) header from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a cross following a corner.
25': Goal! AC Milan 3, Venezia 0. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
29': Joël Schingtienne (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
29': Goal! AC Milan 4, Venezia 0. Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
38': Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
63': Substitution, AC Milan. Noah Okafor replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
64': Substitution, AC Milan. Álvaro Morata replaces Rafael Leão.
64': Substitution, Venezia. Issa Doumbia replaces Alfred Duncan.
64': Substitution, Venezia. John Yeboah replaces Gaetano Oristanio.
67': Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
73': Second yellow card to Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia) for a bad foul.
74': Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Tammy Abraham.
78': Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Christian Pulisic.
79': Substitution, AC Milan. Kevin Zeroli replaces Youssouf Fofana.
79': Substitution, Venezia. Magnus Kofod Andersen replaces Gianluca Busio.
79': Substitution, Venezia. Antonio Raimondo replaces Joel Pohjanpalo.
89': Substitution, Venezia. Franco Carboni replaces Francesco Zampano.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 71,273

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+20	Napoli	20	47	3
+31	Internazionale	18	43	1
+23	Atalanta	20	43	3
+6	Lazio	20	36	6

Full Table

Statistics

VEN		MIL
12	Fouls	12
1	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	0
1	Corner Kicks	6
4	Saves	1
38	Possession	62
6	SHOTS	12
1	ON GOAL	8
0.2	On Target %	0.7
0	Penalty Goals	2
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	2
285	Accurate Passes	523
338	Passes	571
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	3
10	Crosses	15
0.2	Cross %	0.2
39	Long Balls	38
15	Accurate Long Balls	28
0.4	Long Balls %	0.7
1	Blocked Shots	2
12	Effective Tackles	7
16	Tackles	16
0.8	Tackle %	0.4
5	Interceptions	6
18	Effective Clearances	18
18	Clearances	18

Line-Ups

AC Milan (4-3-3)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
31	Strahinja Pavlovic
46	Matteo Gabbia
19	Theo Hernández
22	Emerson Royal
29	Youssouf Fofana
8	Ruben Loftus-Cheek
14	Tijjani Reijnders
90	Tammy Abraham
10	Rafael Leão
11	Christian Pulisic

Substitutes:

Kevin Zeroli, Luka Jovic, Álvaro Morata, Lorenzo Torriani, Filippo Terracciano, Fikayo Tomori, Noah Raveyre, Samuel Chukwueze, Noah Okafor, Davide Bartesaghi, Yunus Musah.

Venezia (5-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Jesse Joronen (GK)
30	Michael Svoboda
4	Jay Idzes
25	Joel Schingtienne
7	Francesco Zampano
27	Antonio Candela
14	Hans Nicolussi Caviglia
32	Alfred Duncan
6	Gianluca Busio
11	Gaetano Oristanio
20	Joel Pohjanpalo

Substitutes:

Saad El Haddad, Richie Sagrado, John Yeboah, Bruno, Domen Crnigoj, Franco Carboni, Magnus Andersen, Antonio Raimondo, Issa Doumbia, Mikael Egill Ellertsson, Filip Stankovic, Christian Gytkjaer, Matteo Grandi.