Serie A match preview and statistics: Milan fight Atalanta

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 23.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

A key match in Serie A as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Milan in 1st position and Atalanta placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Milan is in the best form (5-0-1)

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Serie A. That game, against Udinese, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Atalanta.

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Milan form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 9 Serie A games here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza for Milan. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

Milan are confident in defense, having played 194 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A good away victory last time out for Milan, who won 2-0 against Cagliari (placed 17th). Before that, Milan drew at home versus Torino (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties).

Milan are traveling soon after this match as the Coppa Italia match at Inter awaits in three days.

Milan can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 20 times. On the other hand, Milan have conceded 12 goals.

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Atalanta form and stats

Playing away, Atalanta have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the Serie A this season.

Atalanta are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Udinese (placed 15th). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Genoa.

Atalanta have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 19 goals from 9 away matches. Atalanta have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Milan won one, Atalanta won three and six draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MilanZ. Ibrahimović
Z. Ibrahimović
12 goals
AtalantaL. Muriel Fruto
L. Muriel Fruto
11 goals
AtalantaD. Zapata Banguera
D. Zapata Banguera
7 goals

Milan missing players

Atalanta missing players

Milan Atalanta
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
13 5 0 Won W 0 4 9
4 3 1 Drew D 1 4 6
1 1 1 Lost L 1 1 3
39 20 4 Scored S 2 19 41
19 12 6 Conceded C 5 13 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 89%
67% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 67%
39% 56% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 56% 50%
11% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 44% 39%
61% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 89% 72%
39% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 22%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.3 17.9 17 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 15.9 17
5.2 5.9 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 6 6.1
41% 38% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 35% 38%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Milan's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Milan has the most clean sheets (7) in Serie A
  • Milan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Milan have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Milan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Milan is in the best form (5-0-1)

  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 18 13 4 1 39 19 9 5 3 1 20 12 9 8 1 0 19 7 20 43
2 Inter 18 12 4 2 45 23 9 7 1 1 25 13 9 5 3 1 20 10 22 40
3 Napoli 17 11 1 5 40 16 9 5 1 3 25 10 8 6 0 2 15 6 24 34
4 Roma 18 10 4 4 37 29 9 6 3 0 21 9 9 4 1 4 16 20 8 34
5 Atalanta 18 9 6 3 41 23 9 5 2 2 22 10 9 4 4 1 19 13 18 33
6 Juventus 17 9 6 2 35 18 8 5 2 1 16 8 9 4 4 1 19 10 17 33
7 Lazio 18 9 4 5 30 25 9 4 2 3 14 13 9 5 2 2 16 12 5 31
8 Sassuolo 18 8 6 4 31 27 9 3 4 2 13 12 9 5 2 2 18 15 4 30
9 Hellas Verona 18 7 6 5 22 17 9 4 2 3 12 9 9 3 4 2 10 8 5 27
10 Sampdoria 18 7 2 9 28 29 9 4 1 4 17 14 9 3 1 5 11 15 -1 23
11 Benevento 18 6 3 9 21 34 9 2 2 5 9 18 9 4 1 4 12 16 -13 21
12 Bologna 18 5 5 8 24 31 9 4 2 3 17 17 9 1 3 5 7 14 -7 20
13 Spezia 18 4 6 8 23 32 9 1 3 5 10 18 9 3 3 3 13 14 -9 18
14 Fiorentina 18 4 6 8 18 29 9 3 4 2 9 8 9 1 2 6 9 21 -11 18
15 Udinese 18 4 5 9 20 28 9 2 2 5 7 12 9 2 3 4 13 16 -8 17
16 Genoa 18 3 6 9 18 30 9 2 2 5 13 16 9 1 4 4 5 14 -12 15
17 Cagliari 18 3 5 10 23 36 9 2 2 5 12 18 9 1 3 5 11 18 -13 14
18 Torino 18 2 7 9 26 35 9 0 5 4 13 18 9 2 2 5 13 17 -9 13
19 Parma 18 2 7 9 14 34 9 1 4 4 3 13 9 1 3 5 11 21 -20 13
20 Crotone 18 3 3 12 21 41 9 3 1 5 13 17 9 0 2 7 8 24 -20 12

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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.