This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Milan at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Porto with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Porto when visiting Milan as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
Milan form and stats
Last season, Milan's Europa League journey ended in the 8th finals against Manchester United.The story so far in the Serie A for Milan at their home stadium (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. 0W-0D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Milan. Milan has a nice streak going on as they have played 16 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Lazio defeat 190 days ago.
Happy days for Milan in their previous game, a Serie A match away at Roma that ended with a 2-1 victory. Simon Kjær, defender, was given a rating of 7.62/10 in that game, top of the team. Kjær won 4 of 5 duels.
Before that, Milan had a Serie A home game versus Torino which ended with a victory 1-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Milan handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and two defeats.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Milan, as the Serie A home game vs Inter is only four days away.
Milan can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 12 times. From these home matches, Milan have conceded only 3 goals.
Porto form and stats
Porto was sent out of Champions League in the quarter-finals last season, when Chelsea turned out to be too strong.3-2-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Porto in their Primeira Liga matches away. Total Champions League statistics for Porto: 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. In general it has been a productive period now for Porto as they haven't lost any of their last 38 games.
Porto go into this game after a win, the home game against Boavista that ended 4-1. Midfielder Luis Díaz was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.85. Díaz scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 9 times and had 37 successful passes (of 45 total).
It was a League Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Santa Clara wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Porto are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of three matches.
The schedule is very tough for Porto now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primeira Liga game at Santa Clara is waiting in only four days.
Porto has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. 5 goals have been conceded by Porto in these games.
Head 2 Head
Porto - Milan 1-0 was the product when these two sides formerly did battle, also in this season.Top Goalscorers
  L. Díaz Marulanda 7 goals |  M. Taremi 7 goals |   R. Conceição Leão 4 goals |
Milan missing players
Porto missing players
| Milan | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 56 | 28 | Scored | S | 20 | 61 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 10 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 4% | ||
| 3.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6 | ||
| 5.1 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.8 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.9 | 15.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 45% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 47% | ||
| 12.1 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.9 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Porto | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 |
| 4 | Milan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | Milan | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 | Inter | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Roma | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Lazio | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Juventus | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Empoli | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Torino | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Bologna | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Udinese | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 9 |
| 16 | Venezia | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Genoa | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 8 |
| 18 | Spezia | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -14 | 8 |
| 19 | Salernitana | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 7 |
| 20 | Cagliari | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Porto | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 26 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Benfica | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| 4 | Estoril | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Boavista | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 11 | Tondela | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | Arouca | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Vizela | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 14 | Belenenses | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 6 |