Empoli 1-3 AC Milan: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 1 October 2022

Result

Empoli 1-3 AC Milan

Serie A · Saturday 1 October 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Empoli 1-3 AC Milan: match report

Empoli lost to AC Milan 1-3 in Serie A on Saturday 1 October 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.

Ante Rebic opened the scoring in the 79th minute. Empoli's goal came from Nedim Bajrami (90+2'). AC Milan scored through Ante Rebic (79'), Fodé Ballo-Touré (90+3') and Rafael Leão (90+6').

Discipline: Empoli received 4 yellow cards; AC Milan received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 14th on 7 points from 7 and AC Milan 6th on 14 points from 7. Empoli went on to finish that season 14th with 43 points, and AC Milan 5th with 70.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and AC Milan in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rafael Leão of AC Milan (8.9), ahead of Ante Rebić (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 4 draws and 5 for AC Milan.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

24'Yellow card · Simon KjaerAC Milan
25'Yellow card · Nicolas HaasEmpoli
56'Yellow card · K. De WinterEmpoli
61'Yellow card · Sebastiano LupertoEmpoli
79'Goal · Ante RebicAC Milan · 0-1
81'Yellow card · Paolo ZanettiEmpoli
90+1'Yellow card · Ismaël BennacerAC Milan
90+2'Goal · Nedim BajramiEmpoli · 1-1
90+3'Goal · Fodé Ballo-TouréAC Milan · 1-2
90+6'Goal · Rafael LeãoAC Milan · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Empoli 1, draws 4, AC Milan 5.

AC Milan 1-0 EmpoliSerie A · 12 Mar 2022
Empoli 2-4 AC MilanSerie A · 22 Dec 2021
AC Milan 3-0 EmpoliSerie A · 22 Feb 2019
Empoli 1-1 AC MilanSerie A · 27 Sep 2018
AC Milan 1-2 EmpoliSerie A · 23 Apr 2017
Empoli 1-4 AC MilanSerie A · 26 Nov 2016

Team news

Unavailable

Lorenzo TonelliEmpoli · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
Zlatan IbrahimovićAC Milan · injury (Knee Surgery)
Alessandro FlorenziAC Milan · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Mike MaignanAC Milan · injury (Calf Injury)
Ardian IsmajliEmpoli · injury (Muscle Injury)
Jean-Daniel Akpa AkproEmpoli · injury (Unknown Injury)
Junior MessiasAC Milan · injury (Muscular problems)
Divock OrigiAC Milan · injury (Inflammation)
Theo HernándezAC Milan · injury (Tear in the abductor muscle)

Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)

Guglielmo Vicario, Petar Stojanović, Koni De Winter, Sebastiano Luperto, Fabiano Parisi, Nicolas Haas, Alberto Grassi, Liam Henderson, Marko Pjaca, Martín Satriano, Sam Lammers

AC Milan line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ciprian Tătărușanu, Davide Calabria, Simon Kjær, Fikayo Tomori, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Sandro Tonali, Ismaël Bennacer, Alexis Saelemaekers, Charles De Ketelaere, Rafael Leão, Olivier Giroud