International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Milan and Celtic are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Celtic have to travel 1900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Milan form and stats
Milan was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Europa League.When playing at home in the Serie A, Milan have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Milan has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. In general it's been a long time since Milan tasted defeat here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league. Milan has a nice streak going on as they have played 21 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Genoa defeat 270 days ago.
The Milan supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Fiorentina in Serie A and win 2-0. Before that, Milan played out a Europa League draw 1-1 when visiting Lille.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Milan home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
Milan are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Sampdoria awaits in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Milan are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 5 league matches. Milan's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 16th finals.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses both home and away. Celtic are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 18 in a row without losing.
A 1-4 defeat away at Sparta Praha before that.
After this away game Celtic return home for a Premiership game against St. Johnstone. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Celtic - Milan 1-3. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Milan, one draw and one win for Celtic. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Ibrahimović 10 goals |   O. Édouard 5 goals |  A. Ajeti 5 goals |
Milan missing players
Celtic missing players
| Milan | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 66 | 43 | Scored | S | 25 | 52 | ||
| 26 | 17 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 68% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.6 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.4 | 14.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.1 | ||
| 54% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lille | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Milan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Celtic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Napoli | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 18 |
| 3 | Inter | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Sassuolo | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Roma | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Juventus | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | Hellas Verona | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Atalanta | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Lazio | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Bologna | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Sampdoria | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Cagliari | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | Udinese | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Spezia | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Benevento | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 16 | Parma | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Fiorentina | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Torino | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 19 | Genoa | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 5 |
| 20 | Crotone | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 2 |