Soccer match preview: Milan confident before travelling to Genoa

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 16.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (36599 seats)

The visiting Milan side should be favourites in this visit to Genoa, as the away team holds a 21 point advantage from their eleven league games this season.

Insights:
  • Genoa is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Milan has the most points (15) away in Serie A

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.

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Genoa form and stats

Genoa's results here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in the Serie A have been very modest with 1 victory, 0 draws and 5 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for Genoa who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Crotone, 87 days ago. It's been an uphill battle for Genoa in their home games for quite some time now, as five matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Crotone game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

The Genoa fans got no joy from their last match, a Serie A game also here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris: A 1-3 defeat against Juventus (placed 4th). 1-1 away at Fiorentina before that.

Mattia Perin had a busy but productive day in the Juventus match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.

Genoa are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Benevento awaits in four days.

The Genoa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Genoa have conceded 13 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Milan form and stats

5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Milan, who have the most points (15) away in Serie A, playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.

Milan played 2-2 against Parma in their previous match. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Sparta Praha.

Milan's last match (vs Parma) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Theo Hernández. Milan were so close to winning the game against Parma, hitting the post four times.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Sassuolo.

Milan have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 11 goals from 5 away matches. Milan are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Genoa wins - draws - Milan wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MilanZ. Ibrahimović
Z. Ibrahimović
10 goals
MilanF. Kessié
F. Kessié
4 goals
GenoaM. Pjaca
M. Pjaca
3 goals

Genoa missing players

Milan missing players

Genoa Milan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 3 Played P 1 5 11
1 1 0 Won W 1 5 8
3 0 0 Drew D 0 0 3
7 5 3 Lost L 0 0 0
10 8 2 Scored S 2 11 25
22 13 8 Conceded C 0 4 11
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
55% 83% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 73%
36% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 36%
18% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
64% 83% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 64%
9% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 20% 36%
36% 17% 33% 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
2.3 2.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.9 9.3 4 Shots (avg) S ( 17 13.8 17.1
2.8 3.3 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.8 5.4
32% 40% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 46% 42%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Genoa's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Milan's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Genoa has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
  • Genoa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Genoa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Genoa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Genoa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Genoa is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Milan has the most points (15) away in Serie A
  • 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.
  • Milan have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Milan have scored more than double the goals of Genoa.
  • Milan have won all their away games 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 11 8 3 0 25 11 6 3 3 0 14 7 5 5 0 0 11 4 14 27
2 Inter 11 7 3 1 29 15 5 3 1 1 14 10 6 4 2 0 15 5 14 24
3 Napoli 11 8 0 3 26 11 6 4 0 2 17 7 5 4 0 1 9 4 15 23
4 Juventus 11 6 5 0 23 9 5 4 1 0 11 2 6 2 4 0 12 7 14 23
5 Sassuolo 11 6 4 1 21 12 6 2 3 1 9 8 5 4 1 0 12 4 9 22
6 Roma 11 6 3 2 24 16 5 3 2 0 12 4 6 3 1 2 12 12 8 21
7 Hellas Verona 11 5 4 2 15 9 6 3 2 1 8 4 5 2 2 1 7 5 6 19
8 Atalanta 10 5 2 3 21 16 5 2 1 2 10 8 5 3 1 1 11 8 5 17
9 Lazio 11 5 2 4 17 19 6 1 2 3 7 12 5 4 0 1 10 7 -2 17
10 Udinese 10 4 1 5 13 14 5 2 0 3 5 7 5 2 1 2 8 7 -1 13
11 Cagliari 11 3 3 5 18 23 5 2 1 2 9 9 6 1 2 3 9 14 -5 12
12 Bologna 11 4 0 7 16 22 6 3 0 3 12 13 5 1 0 4 4 9 -6 12
13 Sampdoria 11 3 2 6 16 19 5 1 1 3 8 8 6 2 1 3 8 11 -3 11
14 Parma 11 2 5 4 12 19 5 1 3 1 3 4 6 1 2 3 9 15 -7 11
15 Benevento 11 3 2 6 12 22 5 1 1 3 5 11 6 2 1 3 7 11 -10 11
16 Spezia 11 2 4 5 15 23 5 0 2 3 5 12 6 2 2 2 10 11 -8 10
17 Fiorentina 11 2 3 6 11 19 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 0 2 4 5 13 -8 9
18 Torino 11 1 3 7 19 27 6 0 2 4 11 16 5 1 1 3 8 11 -8 6
19 Genoa 11 1 3 7 10 22 6 1 0 5 8 13 5 0 3 2 2 9 -12 6
20 Crotone 11 1 2 8 10 25 6 1 1 4 6 12 5 0 1 4 4 13 -15 5

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Read more about Serie A

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.