Serie A match preview and statistics: Fiorentina fight Milan

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 21.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi (47300 seats)

Fiorentina will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 27 points behind Milan.

Insights:
  • Milan have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Serie A

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League.

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Fiorentina form and stats

5-5-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Fiorentina so far this season.

It's back home for Fiorentina, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Benevento away with the result 4-1. Dušan Vlahović (3) and Valentin Eysseric found the net in that victory. In the match before that, Fiorentina hosted Parma and drew the game 3-3.

What a game it was for Dušan Vlahović when beating Benevento, applying the finishing touch to three goals!

Fiorentina are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Milan form and stats

The away performances of Milan, who have the most points (34) away in Serie A, have been very solid so far with 11 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in the Serie A. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Milan, as they have won on their previous two travels.

A 0-1 loss hosting Napoli before that.

Milan are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 25 times in 13 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

Fiorentina and Milan have met before this season: Milan - Fiorentina 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Fiorentina victories, three draws and five Milan wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MilanZ. Ibrahimović
Z. Ibrahimović
14 goals
FiorentinaD. Vlahović
D. Vlahović
12 goals
MilanF. Kessié
F. Kessié
9 goals

Fiorentina missing players

Milan missing players

Fiorentina Milan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 2 Played P 5 13 27
7 5 0 Won W 5 11 17
8 5 0 Drew D 0 1 5
12 4 2 Lost L 0 1 5
33 18 1 Scored S 10 25 50
42 16 4 Conceded C 4 11 31
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 96%
52% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 62% 63%
22% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 30%
19% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
52% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 62% 52%
22% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 33%
33% 21% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2.3 2.4
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.9 12.2 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.4 12.8 15
3.6 3.6 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.9 5.5
34% 35% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 39% 34%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Milan's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Milan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Milan have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in Serie A
  • Milan have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Serie A
  • Milan have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie A
  • Milan have the most points (34) away in Serie A
  • 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 Inter 27 20 5 2 65 26 13 11 1 1 36 14 14 9 4 1 29 12 39 65
2 Milan 27 17 5 5 50 31 14 6 4 4 25 20 13 11 1 1 25 11 19 56
3 Juventus 26 16 7 3 54 22 13 10 2 1 29 9 13 6 5 2 25 13 32 55
4 Atalanta 27 15 7 5 63 34 14 8 3 3 38 20 13 7 4 2 25 14 29 52
5 Napoli 26 16 2 8 56 29 13 9 1 3 33 11 13 7 1 5 23 18 27 50
6 Roma 27 15 5 7 51 40 14 10 3 1 33 15 13 5 2 6 18 25 11 50
7 Lazio 26 14 4 8 42 37 13 8 2 3 21 16 13 6 2 5 21 21 5 46
8 Sassuolo 27 10 9 8 45 44 13 4 6 3 21 20 14 6 3 5 24 24 1 39
9 Hellas Verona 27 10 8 9 36 32 13 6 3 4 18 14 14 4 5 5 18 18 4 38
10 Udinese 27 8 9 10 30 35 13 5 3 5 12 12 14 3 6 5 18 23 -5 33
11 Sampdoria 27 9 5 13 37 42 13 5 2 6 21 21 14 4 3 7 16 21 -5 32
12 Bologna 27 8 7 12 36 42 13 6 3 4 24 21 14 2 4 8 12 21 -6 31
13 Fiorentina 27 7 8 12 33 42 14 5 5 4 18 16 13 2 3 8 15 26 -9 29
14 Genoa 27 6 10 11 28 39 14 4 5 5 20 21 13 2 5 6 8 18 -11 28
15 Spezia 27 6 8 13 34 50 13 2 5 6 15 22 14 4 3 7 19 28 -16 26
16 Benevento 27 6 8 13 27 52 14 2 5 7 13 28 13 4 3 6 14 24 -25 26
17 Torino 26 4 11 11 39 49 13 1 7 5 18 23 13 3 4 6 21 26 -10 23
18 Cagliari 27 5 7 15 30 46 14 3 3 8 15 24 13 2 4 7 15 22 -16 22
19 Parma 27 3 10 14 25 52 14 2 5 7 8 22 13 1 5 7 17 30 -27 19
20 Crotone 27 4 3 20 30 67 13 4 1 8 18 26 14 0 2 12 12 41 -37 15

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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.