Evenly matched teams: Lazio vs Milan match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Mon 26.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

Lazio and Milan are both riding high in the Serie A with their 6th and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Milan have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Serie A

Lazio have less rest than Milan in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie A game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Napoli.

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Lazio form and stats

32 points is a decent return from 15 Serie A games here at Stadio Olimpico for Lazio. The data says 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. After failing to beat Hellas Verona here at Stadio Olimpico, Lazio has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with nine wins in a row.

Lazio lost their last game at Napoli (placed 5th) after a 2-5 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Lazio won a home game hosting Benevento (5-3).

A goal frenzy last time out for Lazio, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Napoli. Fun stuff to watch!

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lazio have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost two.

Lazio have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Olimpico with 28 goals in 15 league matches. On the other hand, Lazio have conceded 20 goals.

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Milan form and stats

Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Milan so far, with 13-1-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Serie A statistics. Milan has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Spezia.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie A home defeat versus Sassuolo with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Before that, Milan secured a home win against Genoa with the score 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Milan in our archives, and the results are: one win for Milan, zero draws and one defeat.

The Milan manager S. Pioli has got the team scoring on the road, with 31 away goals in 15 league matches. It's not easy to score on Milan as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Milan - Lazio 3-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Lazio wins - draws - Milan wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
17 goals
MilanZ. Ibrahimović
Z. Ibrahimović
15 goals
MilanF. Kessié
F. Kessié
10 goals

Lazio missing players

Milan missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lazio Milan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 2 15 32
18 10 1 Won W 2 13 20
4 2 2 Drew D 0 1 6
9 3 1 Lost L 0 1 6
53 28 5 Scored S 5 31 60
46 20 6 Conceded C 2 14 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 97%
58% 67% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 66%
32% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 31%
19% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 9%
65% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 59%
29% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 28%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 3.2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.5 2.3
3 3 1 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
13.7 12.7 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 12.7 14.9
4.9 5.1 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.8 5.3
35% 37% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 43% 36%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Milan's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lazio have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Lazio haven’t played a single 0-0 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 the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Serie A
  • Milan have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Serie A
  • Milan have the most points (40) 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 32 23 7 2 71 29 15 13 1 1 39 15 17 10 6 1 32 14 42 76
2 Milan 32 20 6 6 60 38 17 7 5 5 29 24 15 13 1 1 31 14 22 66
3 Juventus 32 19 8 5 64 29 17 13 2 2 37 13 15 6 6 3 27 16 35 65
4 Atalanta 32 19 8 5 73 39 16 10 3 3 42 22 16 9 5 2 31 17 34 65
5 Napoli 32 20 3 9 71 37 16 11 2 3 43 17 16 9 1 6 28 20 34 63
6 Lazio 31 18 4 9 53 46 15 10 2 3 28 20 16 8 2 6 25 26 7 58
7 Roma 32 16 7 9 56 48 17 11 4 2 35 18 15 5 3 7 21 30 8 55
8 Sassuolo 32 13 10 9 54 50 15 5 7 3 26 23 17 8 3 6 28 27 4 49
9 Sampdoria 32 12 6 14 43 46 16 7 2 7 25 24 16 5 4 7 18 22 -3 42
10 Hellas Verona 32 11 8 13 40 40 16 6 3 7 19 19 16 5 5 6 21 21 0 41
11 Bologna 32 10 8 14 44 48 16 7 4 5 29 24 16 3 4 9 15 24 -4 38
12 Udinese 32 9 9 14 34 42 16 5 3 8 12 15 16 4 6 6 22 27 -8 36
13 Fiorentina 32 8 9 15 41 53 16 5 5 6 22 22 16 3 4 9 19 31 -12 33
14 Genoa 32 7 12 13 35 48 16 4 7 5 23 24 16 3 5 8 12 24 -13 33
15 Spezia 32 8 9 15 42 60 16 4 6 6 21 26 16 4 3 9 21 34 -18 33
16 Torino 31 6 13 12 46 54 15 2 8 5 23 26 16 4 5 7 23 28 -8 31
17 Benevento 32 7 10 15 35 62 16 2 6 8 15 31 16 5 4 7 20 31 -27 31
18 Cagliari 32 7 7 18 36 54 16 4 3 9 19 29 16 3 4 9 17 25 -18 28
19 Parma 32 3 11 18 33 66 16 2 5 9 10 27 16 1 6 9 23 39 -33 20
20 Crotone 32 4 3 25 38 80 16 4 1 11 21 32 16 0 2 14 17 48 -42 15

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Table
  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 32 23 7 2 71 29 15 13 1 1 39 15 17 10 6 1 32 14 42 76
2 Milan 32 20 6 6 60 38 17 7 5 5 29 24 15 13 1 1 31 14 22 66
3 Juventus 32 19 8 5 64 29 17 13 2 2 37 13 15 6 6 3 27 16 35 65
4 Atalanta 32 19 8 5 73 39 16 10 3 3 42 22 16 9 5 2 31 17 34 65
5 Napoli 32 20 3 9 71 37 16 11 2 3 43 17 16 9 1 6 28 20 34 63
6 Lazio 31 18 4 9 53 46 15 10 2 3 28 20 16 8 2 6 25 26 7 58
7 Roma 32 16 7 9 56 48 17 11 4 2 35 18 15 5 3 7 21 30 8 55
8 Sassuolo 32 13 10 9 54 50 15 5 7 3 26 23 17 8 3 6 28 27 4 49
9 Sampdoria 32 12 6 14 43 46 16 7 2 7 25 24 16 5 4 7 18 22 -3 42
10 Hellas Verona 32 11 8 13 40 40 16 6 3 7 19 19 16 5 5 6 21 21 0 41
11 Bologna 32 10 8 14 44 48 16 7 4 5 29 24 16 3 4 9 15 24 -4 38
12 Udinese 32 9 9 14 34 42 16 5 3 8 12 15 16 4 6 6 22 27 -8 36
13 Fiorentina 32 8 9 15 41 53 16 5 5 6 22 22 16 3 4 9 19 31 -12 33
14 Genoa 32 7 12 13 35 48 16 4 7 5 23 24 16 3 5 8 12 24 -13 33
15 Spezia 32 8 9 15 42 60 16 4 6 6 21 26 16 4 3 9 21 34 -18 33
16 Torino 31 6 13 12 46 54 15 2 8 5 23 26 16 4 5 7 23 28 -8 31
17 Benevento 32 7 10 15 35 62 16 2 6 8 15 31 16 5 4 7 20 31 -27 31
18 Cagliari 32 7 7 18 36 54 16 4 3 9 19 29 16 3 4 9 17 25 -18 28
19 Parma 32 3 11 18 33 66 16 2 5 9 10 27 16 1 6 9 23 39 -33 20
20 Crotone 32 4 3 25 38 80 16 4 1 11 21 32 16 0 2 14 17 48 -42 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.