Serie A: Genoa - Milan game guide and numbers

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (36599 seats)

Genoa will pray that their home comfort is enough to get a result from this strenuous duel, against spirited Milan.

Insights:
  • All of Genoa's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Milan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Milan could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Borussia Dortmund, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Milan.

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Genoa form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Genoa have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.

Genoa travelled for their previous game, a trip to Udinese that ended 2-2. The striker Guðmundsson was announced as "man of the match" for Genoa with a rating of 8.15/10. Guðmundsson scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Roma.

The Genoa manager Gilardino has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. Genoa have conceded 7 goals in these home games, a significant number. When Genoa hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Hellas Verona, Cagliari, Lazio, Empoli, Udinese and Salernitana), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Milan form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Borussia Dortmund in their previous outing. The Champions League battle ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Maignan got the top player rating of the team with 8.04/10. Maignan topped it up with a clean sheet.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Lazio.

As for defending, Milan rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 7 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent games involving these teams have all finished as Milan victories. Are we destined for another one?

The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

MilanO. Giroud
O. Giroud
4 goals
GenoaA. Gudmundsson
A. Gudmundsson
3 goals
GenoaM. Retegui
M. Retegui
3 goals

Genoa missing players

Milan missing players

Genoa Milan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 1 4 7
2 1 0 Won W 1 3 6
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
10 7 3 Scored S 3 8 15
11 7 6 Conceded C 1 7 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
57% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
57% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 57%
57% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 43%
29% 67% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 29%
57% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 57%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 43%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1.6 2.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4 3.9
5.7 4 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.5 2.7
3 3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6.9 6.7 6 Shots (avg) S ( 17 11 12
2.7 3 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.5 5.1
53% 78% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 44% 42%
 
12.7 11.3 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 15 13
3.1 4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5 3.9
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Genoa's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • All of Milan's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Genoa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Genoa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Genoa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Milan have created more than twice as many corners as Genoa.
  • Milan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Milan have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Milan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 7 6 0 1 19 3 4 3 0 1 12 3 3 3 0 0 7 0 16 18
2 Milan 7 6 0 1 15 8 3 3 0 0 7 1 4 3 0 1 8 7 7 18
3 Napoli 7 4 2 1 16 6 3 2 0 1 7 3 4 2 2 0 9 3 10 14
4 Juventus 7 4 2 1 12 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 2 1 1 7 4 6 14
5 Fiorentina 7 4 2 1 15 10 3 2 1 0 8 4 4 2 1 1 7 6 5 14
6 Atalanta 7 4 1 2 11 5 3 2 1 0 5 0 4 2 0 2 6 5 6 13
7 Lecce 7 3 2 2 8 9 4 3 0 1 5 5 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 11
8 Bologna 7 2 4 1 6 4 4 2 1 1 5 3 3 0 3 0 1 1 2 10
9 Frosinone 7 2 3 2 9 10 4 2 1 1 8 7 3 0 2 1 1 3 -1 9
10 Torino 7 2 3 2 6 7 4 1 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 4 6 -1 9
11 Sassuolo 7 3 0 4 11 13 4 2 0 2 7 6 3 1 0 2 4 7 -2 9
12 Monza 7 2 3 2 5 7 3 1 2 0 3 1 4 1 1 2 2 6 -2 9
13 Roma 7 2 2 3 15 11 4 2 1 1 12 4 3 0 1 2 3 7 4 8
14 Genoa 7 2 2 3 10 11 3 1 1 1 7 7 4 1 1 2 3 4 -1 8
15 Hellas Verona 7 2 2 3 4 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 4 -2 8
16 Lazio 7 2 1 4 7 10 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 1 0 3 4 8 -3 7
17 Udinese 7 0 4 3 4 12 4 0 2 2 2 7 3 0 2 1 2 5 -8 4
18 Salernitana 7 0 3 4 4 14 4 0 2 2 2 9 3 0 1 2 2 5 -10 3
19 Empoli 7 1 0 6 1 16 4 1 0 3 1 4 3 0 0 3 0 12 -15 3
20 Cagliari 7 0 2 5 2 12 3 0 1 2 1 5 4 0 1 3 1 7 -10 2

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.