Milan vs Empoli pre-match info: Guests will have a grim job at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

Milan are located at 1st, while Empoli are hanging back 28 points behind in the league standings. Will they trim the gap?

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Milan form and stats

Milan have collected 27 points from their Serie A home games so far after 8-3-3.

Happy days for Milan in their previous game, a fixture away at Napoli (placed 3rd) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Hernández, defender, was given a rating of 7.8/10 in that game, top of the team. Hernández hit three key passes and won 7 of 9 duels.

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 nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, three draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.

The Milan fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Milan are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Empoli form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 5 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Empoli, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Napoli game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

Empoli has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Genoa for a 0-0 draw. Vicario (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.32. Vicario topped it up with a clean sheet.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Juventus.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Empoli have scored 18 goals in 14 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Empoli have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Empoli - Milan 2-4 was the score in these teams' last head to head fixture, earlier this season. Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: five wins for Milan, four draws and one win for Empoli. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

EmpoliA. Pinamonti
A. Pinamonti
9 goals
MilanZ. Ibrahimović
Z. Ibrahimović
8 goals
MilanR. Conceição Leão
R. Conceição Leão
8 goals

Milan missing players

Empoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Milan Empoli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 14 28
18 8 3 Won W 2 5 8
6 3 0 Drew D 0 6 8
4 3 1 Lost L 1 3 12
54 22 7 Scored S 2 18 40
29 12 5 Conceded C 2 16 53
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
79% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 71% 86%
54% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 61%
32% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 43%
21% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 29%
61% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 68%
36% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 36% 18%
7% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 21%
 
5 5.4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.8 5.2
4.4 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 5.3 5
2.2 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.8 2.3
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
15.5 16.7 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 13.6 14.4
5.1 4.5 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.1 4.2
38% 35% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 32% 34%
 
11.1 9.8 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 21.7 15.9 16.1
3.8 3.2 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.6 5.8

  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 28 18 6 4 54 29 14 8 3 3 22 12 14 10 3 1 32 17 25 60
2 Inter 27 17 7 3 60 22 14 10 2 2 35 12 13 7 5 1 25 10 38 58
3 Napoli 28 17 6 5 49 20 14 8 2 4 23 10 14 9 4 1 26 10 29 57
4 Juventus 28 15 8 5 42 25 14 8 3 3 18 9 14 7 5 2 24 16 17 53
5 Atalanta 27 13 8 6 50 31 13 4 5 4 24 18 14 9 3 2 26 13 19 47
6 Roma 28 14 5 9 46 34 15 8 4 3 20 14 13 6 1 6 26 20 12 47
7 Lazio 28 13 7 8 57 42 13 7 4 2 32 18 15 6 3 6 25 24 15 46
8 Fiorentina 27 13 4 10 46 37 13 8 2 3 31 16 14 5 2 7 15 21 9 43
9 Hellas Verona 28 11 8 9 53 44 14 8 2 4 30 18 14 3 6 5 23 26 9 41
10 Sassuolo 28 10 9 9 49 46 14 4 5 5 19 22 14 6 4 4 30 24 3 39
11 Torino 27 9 7 11 33 28 14 7 3 4 26 15 13 2 4 7 7 13 5 34
12 Bologna 27 9 6 12 32 42 14 6 3 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 14 25 -10 33
13 Empoli 28 8 8 12 40 53 14 3 2 9 22 37 14 5 6 3 18 16 -13 32
14 Udinese 26 6 11 9 34 43 13 4 6 3 18 20 13 2 5 6 16 23 -9 29
15 Sampdoria 28 7 5 16 36 48 14 4 3 7 22 25 14 3 2 9 14 23 -12 26
16 Spezia 28 7 5 16 28 50 13 3 3 7 13 17 15 4 2 9 15 33 -22 26
17 Cagliari 28 5 10 13 28 51 14 2 6 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 12 26 -23 25
18 Venezia 27 5 7 15 25 51 14 2 4 8 15 28 13 3 3 7 10 23 -26 22
19 Genoa 28 1 15 12 22 47 14 0 8 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 18
20 Salernitana 26 3 6 17 20 61 13 1 4 8 10 29 13 2 2 9 10 32 -41 15

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 Milan 28 18 6 4 54 29 14 8 3 3 22 12 14 10 3 1 32 17 25 60
2 Inter 27 17 7 3 60 22 14 10 2 2 35 12 13 7 5 1 25 10 38 58
3 Napoli 28 17 6 5 49 20 14 8 2 4 23 10 14 9 4 1 26 10 29 57
4 Juventus 28 15 8 5 42 25 14 8 3 3 18 9 14 7 5 2 24 16 17 53
5 Atalanta 27 13 8 6 50 31 13 4 5 4 24 18 14 9 3 2 26 13 19 47
6 Roma 28 14 5 9 46 34 15 8 4 3 20 14 13 6 1 6 26 20 12 47
7 Lazio 28 13 7 8 57 42 13 7 4 2 32 18 15 6 3 6 25 24 15 46
8 Fiorentina 27 13 4 10 46 37 13 8 2 3 31 16 14 5 2 7 15 21 9 43
9 Hellas Verona 28 11 8 9 53 44 14 8 2 4 30 18 14 3 6 5 23 26 9 41
10 Sassuolo 28 10 9 9 49 46 14 4 5 5 19 22 14 6 4 4 30 24 3 39
11 Torino 27 9 7 11 33 28 14 7 3 4 26 15 13 2 4 7 7 13 5 34
12 Bologna 27 9 6 12 32 42 14 6 3 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 14 25 -10 33
13 Empoli 28 8 8 12 40 53 14 3 2 9 22 37 14 5 6 3 18 16 -13 32
14 Udinese 26 6 11 9 34 43 13 4 6 3 18 20 13 2 5 6 16 23 -9 29
15 Sampdoria 28 7 5 16 36 48 14 4 3 7 22 25 14 3 2 9 14 23 -12 26
16 Spezia 28 7 5 16 28 50 13 3 3 7 13 17 15 4 2 9 15 33 -22 26
17 Cagliari 28 5 10 13 28 51 14 2 6 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 12 26 -23 25
18 Venezia 27 5 7 15 25 51 14 2 4 8 15 28 13 3 3 7 10 23 -26 22
19 Genoa 28 1 15 12 22 47 14 0 8 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 18
20 Salernitana 26 3 6 17 20 61 13 1 4 8 10 29 13 2 2 9 10 32 -41 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.