Rio Ave and Milan get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Play-offs fixture.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Rio Ave form and stats
Rio Ave have not come this way in the Europa League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Borac Banja Luka and Besiktas. Last season, Rio's Europa League journey ended in the 2nd qualifying round against Jagiellonia Biaystok.Rio manager M. Magalhães da Silva and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Besiktas (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) in the Europa League. Before that, Rio Ave played out a Primeira Liga draw 1-1 when visiting Tondela.
Milan form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Shamrock Rovers and Bodø / Glimt in order to reach Play-offs of Europa League. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.In general it has been a productive period now for Milan as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games. Milan are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
183 minutes! That's how long the Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The supporters enjoyed Milan's previous game versus Bodø / Glimt, a Europa League 3-2 win played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Bologna in the Serie A.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Ibrahimović 2 goals |
Rio Ave missing players
Milan missing players
| Rio Ave | Milan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 40 | 16 | Scored | S | 22 | 64 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 36% | ||
| 64% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 265 | 103 | Total Shots | T S | 159 | 372 | ||
| 89 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 129 | ||
| 42% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 46% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Benfica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Santa Clara | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Belenenses | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Moreirense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Maritimo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Nacional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Pacos de Ferreira | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Portimonense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Tondela | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Boavista | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 15 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Farense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Sporting Braga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Famalicao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 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 | Genoa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Hellas Verona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Juventus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Lazio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Milan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Napoli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Inter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Benevento | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Cagliari | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Bologna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Parma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Torino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Crotone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 19 | Roma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |