National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Milan U19 or Genoa U19 that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Milan U19 form and stats
Milan U19 have reached this Primavera Cup stage through battling and winning against Spezia U19. Milan was eliminated in the round of 16 last season in the Primavera Cup.Milan U19 have collected 9 points from their PrimaVera 1 home games so far after 3-0-3.
Milan U19's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Atalanta U19. The home side are looking to build on that result. As mentioned above, Milan U19 "killed" Atalanta U19 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that, Milan had a UEFA Youth League home game versus Salzburg U19 which ended with a victory 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Milan U19 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for Milan U19 after this match as they are travelling to Lecce U19 for a PrimaVera 1 game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Milan U19 are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 6 league matches. Milan have conceded 11 from these games.
Genoa U19 form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Virtus Entella U19 in order to reach 2nd round of Primavera Cup. Last season their Primavera Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Genoa U19 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-0 victory visiting Spal U19. As mentioned above, Genoa U19 was the only team on the pitch versus Spal U19 in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Reggiana U19.We have checked recent matches where Genoa have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 5 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Genoa U19, the Primavera 2 home match versus Como U19. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Previous eight meetings with these sides: Milan won four, Genoa U19 triumphed in two and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. El Hilali 5 goals |  C. Traorè 4 goals |  M. Lazetić 3 goals |
Milan U19 missing players
Genoa U19 missing players
| Milan U19 | Genoa U19 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 52 | 33 | Scored | S | 24 | 40 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 11.5 | ||
| 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 38% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 26% | ||
| 11.3 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Roma U19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 17 | 26 |
| 2 | Juventus U19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 24 |
| 3 | Sassuolo U19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Frosinone U19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Fiorentina U19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Torino U19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Bologna U19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Verona U19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Cagliari U19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 16 |
| 10 | Milan U19 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | Lecce U19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | Empoli U19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Napoli U19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Atalanta U19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Sampdoria U19 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Inter U19 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 17 | Udinese U19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -14 | 4 |
| 18 | Cesena U19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -17 | 4 |
