Match preview Serie A: Benevento - Milan at Stadio Ciro Vigorito

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 03.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ciro Vigorito (12847 seats)

Benevento will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 16 points behind Milan.

Insights:
  • Benevento has the most matches under the total-line (9) in Serie A
  • Milan has the most points (19) away in Serie A

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Benevento form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Benevento at their home stadium (Stadio Ciro Vigorito) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Benevento are confident in defense, having played 245 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A good away victory last time out for Benevento, who won 2-0 against Udinese (placed 12th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Genoa in a game that was won 2-0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Benevento as they are travelling to their away game against Cagliari in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.

Benevento are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Benevento have conceded 12 from these games.

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Milan form and stats

Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Milan so far, with 6-1-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Serie A statistics.

The supporters enjoyed Milan's previous game versus Lazio (placed 8th), a Serie A 3-2 win played at home. Prior to that result Milan won their away game at Sassuolo. The scoreline was 2-1.

The end of the last match, against Lazio, was very satisfying as Theo Hernández scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Juventus in just three days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Milan are regular goalscorers on their travels. Milan have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Benevento wins - draws - Milan wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MilanZ. Ibrahimović
Z. Ibrahimović
10 goals
BeneventoG. Caprari
G. Caprari
4 goals
MilanT. Hernández
T. Hernández
4 goals

Benevento missing players

Milan missing players

Benevento Milan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 2 7 14
5 2 0 Won W 2 6 10
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 4
6 3 2 Lost L 0 0 0
17 8 4 Scored S 4 15 32
23 12 8 Conceded C 2 7 16
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
43% 43% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 86% 79%
29% 14% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 43%
21% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
50% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 71%
36% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 29%
21% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.6 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.7 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.3 9.7 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 13.3 16.1
3.7 3.4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.7 5.2
33% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 45% 44%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Milan's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Benevento has the most matches under the total-line (9) in Serie A
  • Benevento haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Milan has the most points (19) away in Serie A
  • Milan have not yet lost a game.
  • Milan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Milan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Milan have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Milan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 14 10 4 0 32 16 7 4 3 0 17 9 7 6 1 0 15 7 16 34
2 Inter 14 10 3 1 34 17 7 5 1 1 17 11 7 5 2 0 17 6 17 33
3 Roma 14 8 3 3 31 23 7 5 2 0 18 7 7 3 1 3 13 16 8 27
4 Sassuolo 14 7 5 2 26 17 7 2 3 2 10 10 7 5 2 0 16 7 9 26
5 Napoli 13 8 1 4 27 12 7 4 1 2 18 8 6 4 0 2 9 4 15 25
6 Juventus 13 6 6 1 25 13 6 3 2 1 9 6 7 3 4 0 16 7 12 24
7 Atalanta 13 6 4 3 28 20 6 3 1 2 14 9 7 3 3 1 14 11 8 22
8 Lazio 14 6 3 5 22 23 7 2 2 3 9 12 7 4 1 2 13 11 -1 21
9 Hellas Verona 14 5 5 4 18 14 8 3 2 3 10 8 6 2 3 1 8 6 4 20
10 Benevento 14 5 3 6 17 23 7 2 2 3 8 12 7 3 1 3 9 11 -6 18
11 Sampdoria 14 5 2 7 23 24 7 2 1 4 13 12 7 3 1 3 10 12 -1 17
12 Udinese 13 4 3 6 14 17 7 2 1 4 5 9 6 2 2 2 9 8 -3 15
13 Bologna 14 4 3 7 21 27 7 3 1 3 14 15 7 1 2 4 7 12 -6 15
14 Fiorentina 14 3 5 6 16 21 7 2 3 2 8 8 7 1 2 4 8 13 -5 14
15 Cagliari 14 3 5 6 21 27 6 2 2 2 10 10 8 1 3 4 11 17 -6 14
16 Parma 14 2 6 6 13 25 7 1 4 2 3 8 7 1 2 4 10 17 -12 12
17 Spezia 14 2 5 7 19 29 7 0 3 4 8 16 7 2 2 3 11 13 -10 11
18 Genoa 14 2 4 8 14 27 7 1 1 5 10 15 7 1 3 3 4 12 -13 10
19 Crotone 14 2 3 9 13 29 7 2 1 4 8 13 7 0 2 5 5 16 -16 9
20 Torino 14 1 5 8 22 32 7 0 3 4 12 17 7 1 2 4 10 15 -10 8

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.