The manager S. Pioli looks to inspire Milan win against Benevento

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

The league table in Serie A tells a story about these teams so far, with Milan leading Benevento by 35 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Milan have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) 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!

Benevento are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Milan form and stats

7 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Milan have to build on here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in the Serie A.

Milan are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Lazio. Preceding that match was a defeat to Sassuolo (1-2).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Milan home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.

A decent goal production from Milan in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 17 league matches. Milan have conceded 24 in these home matches.

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Benevento form and stats

Playing away, Benevento have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 7 defeats in the Serie A this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Benevento in their previous game, as they lost their Serie A-match, hosting Udinese, 2-4. Before that, Benevento travelled to Genoa and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Udinese was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Benevento played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected three times.

Benevento have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 20 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Benevento have conceded 31 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Benevento - Milan 0-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Milan one win, one draw and Benevento one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MilanZ. Ibrahimović
Z. Ibrahimović
15 goals
MilanF. Kessié
F. Kessié
10 goals
MilanA. Rebić
A. Rebić
7 goals

Milan missing players

Benevento missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Milan Benevento
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 5 Played P 4 16 33
20 7 4 Won W 1 5 7
6 5 1 Drew D 0 4 10
7 5 0 Lost L 3 7 16
60 29 13 Scored S 4 20 37
40 24 2 Conceded C 11 31 66
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
97% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 79%
64% 65% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 52%
30% 35% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 39%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 25% 24%
58% 53% 20% BTTS BTTS 25% 56% 58%
27% 29% 80% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 21%
15% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.5
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
14.7 16.9 16.6 Shots (avg) S ( 6 11.1 11.3
5.2 5.7 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 3.5
35% 30% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 37% 32%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Milan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Milan have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) 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 33 24 7 2 72 29 16 14 1 1 40 15 17 10 6 1 32 14 43 79
2 Atalanta 33 20 8 5 78 39 17 11 3 3 47 22 16 9 5 2 31 17 39 68
3 Napoli 33 21 3 9 73 37 16 11 2 3 43 17 17 10 1 6 30 20 36 66
4 Juventus 33 19 9 5 65 30 17 13 2 2 37 13 16 6 7 3 28 17 35 66
5 Milan 32 20 6 6 60 38 17 7 5 5 29 24 15 13 1 1 31 14 22 66
6 Lazio 31 18 4 9 53 46 15 10 2 3 28 20 16 8 2 6 25 26 7 58
7 Roma 33 16 7 10 58 51 17 11 4 2 35 18 16 5 3 8 23 33 7 55
8 Sassuolo 33 14 10 9 55 50 16 6 7 3 27 23 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 52
9 Sampdoria 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 2 7 25 24 17 5 4 8 18 23 -4 42
10 Hellas Verona 33 11 8 14 40 41 16 6 3 7 19 19 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 41
11 Udinese 33 10 9 14 38 44 16 5 3 8 12 15 17 5 6 6 26 29 -6 39
12 Bologna 33 10 8 15 44 53 16 7 4 5 29 24 17 3 4 10 15 29 -9 38
13 Genoa 33 8 12 13 37 48 17 5 7 5 25 24 16 3 5 8 12 24 -11 36
14 Fiorentina 33 8 10 15 42 54 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 3 4 9 19 31 -12 34
15 Spezia 33 8 9 16 42 62 16 4 6 6 21 26 17 4 3 10 21 36 -20 33
16 Torino 32 6 13 13 46 56 16 2 8 6 23 28 16 4 5 7 23 28 -10 31
17 Cagliari 33 8 7 18 39 56 17 5 3 9 22 31 16 3 4 9 17 25 -17 31
18 Benevento 33 7 10 16 37 66 17 2 6 9 17 35 16 5 4 7 20 31 -29 31
19 Parma 33 3 11 19 36 70 17 2 5 10 13 31 16 1 6 9 23 39 -34 20
20 Crotone 33 5 3 25 42 83 16 4 1 11 21 32 17 1 2 14 21 51 -41 18

Milan:
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 33 24 7 2 72 29 16 14 1 1 40 15 17 10 6 1 32 14 43 79
2 Atalanta 33 20 8 5 78 39 17 11 3 3 47 22 16 9 5 2 31 17 39 68
3 Napoli 33 21 3 9 73 37 16 11 2 3 43 17 17 10 1 6 30 20 36 66
4 Juventus 33 19 9 5 65 30 17 13 2 2 37 13 16 6 7 3 28 17 35 66
5 Milan 32 20 6 6 60 38 17 7 5 5 29 24 15 13 1 1 31 14 22 66
6 Lazio 31 18 4 9 53 46 15 10 2 3 28 20 16 8 2 6 25 26 7 58
7 Roma 33 16 7 10 58 51 17 11 4 2 35 18 16 5 3 8 23 33 7 55
8 Sassuolo 33 14 10 9 55 50 16 6 7 3 27 23 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 52
9 Sampdoria 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 2 7 25 24 17 5 4 8 18 23 -4 42
10 Hellas Verona 33 11 8 14 40 41 16 6 3 7 19 19 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 41
11 Udinese 33 10 9 14 38 44 16 5 3 8 12 15 17 5 6 6 26 29 -6 39
12 Bologna 33 10 8 15 44 53 16 7 4 5 29 24 17 3 4 10 15 29 -9 38
13 Genoa 33 8 12 13 37 48 17 5 7 5 25 24 16 3 5 8 12 24 -11 36
14 Fiorentina 33 8 10 15 42 54 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 3 4 9 19 31 -12 34
15 Spezia 33 8 9 16 42 62 16 4 6 6 21 26 17 4 3 10 21 36 -20 33
16 Torino 32 6 13 13 46 56 16 2 8 6 23 28 16 4 5 7 23 28 -10 31
17 Cagliari 33 8 7 18 39 56 17 5 3 9 22 31 16 3 4 9 17 25 -17 31
18 Benevento 33 7 10 16 37 66 17 2 6 9 17 35 16 5 4 7 20 31 -29 31
19 Parma 33 3 11 19 36 70 17 2 5 10 13 31 16 1 6 9 23 39 -34 20
20 Crotone 33 5 3 25 42 83 16 4 1 11 21 32 17 1 2 14 21 51 -41 18

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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.