There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa League 16th Finals meeting between Milan and Crvena Zvezda. Game on!
It's no vacation for neither Milan nor Crvena Zvezda as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Crvena Zvezda when visiting Milan as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Milan form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for Milan at their home stadium (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
A. Rebic was the last player to score a league goal for Milan and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Milan haven't scored in 200 minutes.
The Milan crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Inter here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in a Serie A match. Before that, Milan played out a Europa League draw 2-2 when visiting Crvena Zvezda.
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 six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
Milan are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Roma awaits in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Milan are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 12 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Milan defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Crvena Zvezda form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.The away performances of Crvena Zvezda have been very solid so far with 11 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats in the Super Liga. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 4W-3D-1L. This is both home and away. Things are running smoothly for Crvena Zvezda who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 23 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Backa Topola. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Backa Topola game have they lost an away game, meaning Crvena has taken points from twelve away matches in a row.
Crvena play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Spartak Subotica. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Milan in the Europa League.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager D. Stankovic when Sékou Sanogo scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute.
You'll want to know how Crvena managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
A new game in only one day for Crvena, the Super Liga home match versus Proleter Novi Sad. Busy days.
The Crvena Zvezda manager D. Stankovic has got the team scoring on the road, with 26 away goals in 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Crvena defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (5 goals in 12 games).
Head 2 Head
Crvena Zvezda - Milan 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - one - zero (Milan wins - draws - Crvena Zvezda wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Ibrahimović 14 goals |   M. Ivanić 10 goals |  F. Kessié 7 goals |
Milan missing players
Crvena Zvezda missing players
| Milan | Crvena Zvezda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 11 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Scored | S | 24 | 50 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.3 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 15.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 32% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 57 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 33 | 53 |
| 2 | Milan | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 49 |
| 3 | Roma | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 44 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 22 | 43 |
| 5 | Lazio | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 43 |
| 6 | Juventus | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 22 | 42 |
| 7 | Napoli | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 40 |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 35 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 34 |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 11 | Genoa | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 26 |
| 12 | Bologna | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 25 |
| 13 | Udinese | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -8 | 25 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -10 | 25 |
| 15 | Benevento | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 21 | -17 | 25 |
| 16 | Spezia | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -11 | 24 |
| 17 | Torino | 23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -8 | 20 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -17 | 15 |
| 19 | Parma | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -28 | 14 |
| 20 | Crotone | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 30 | -29 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crvena Zvezda | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 48 | 62 |
| 2 | Partizan | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 40 | 56 |
| 3 | Vojvodina | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 47 |
| 4 | Cukaricki | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 26 | 45 |
| 5 | Spartak Subotica | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 37 |
| 6 | Proleter Novi Sad | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 36 |
| 7 | Backa Topola | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 34 |
| 8 | Radnik Surdulica | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 32 |
| 9 | Metalac GM | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -3 | 32 |
| 10 | Radnicki Nis | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 31 |
| 11 | Vozdovac | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Mladost Lucani | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -15 | 28 |
| 13 | Javor Ivanjica | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -6 | 25 |
| 14 | Novi Pazar | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 27 | -16 | 24 |
| 15 | Napredak | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 16 | Inija | 23 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -19 | 22 |
| 17 | Rad Beograd | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -21 | 20 |
| 18 | Macva Sabac | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 17 | -22 | 17 |
| 19 | Zlatibor Cajetina | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -23 | 17 |
| 20 | Backa Palanka | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 14 |