The Serie A league standings tell a story about these contenders to this date, with Milan in front of Genoa by 46 points. Here's our preview:
- Genoa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Serie A
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.
Milan form and stats
9-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Milan so far this season. Milan has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Spezia defeat 88 days ago.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 211 minutes without scoring a league goal. Bennacer was the last player to find the net. Nothing to worry about in defence for Milan, as their goalkeeper Mike Maignan has completely shut out the opponents for 474 minutes in the Serie A.
Milan shared the glory with Torino in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Maignan, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.74 out of 10 in that game. Maignan topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the match before that, Milan hosted Bologna and drew the game 0-0.Milan are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 13 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won eight, drew four and lost one.
There will be little rest for Milan after this match as they are travelling to Inter for a Coppa Italia game in only four days.
Milan has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 16 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 have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Genoa form and stats
There's been little loot from Genoa's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 16 away games in the Serie A. Genoa only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 8 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Genoa have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 14 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Cagliari game.
Home advantage was not enough for Genoa in their previous game as they lost hosting Lazio, 1-4. Genoa goalkeeper Sirigu had a wonderful day at work against Lazio, but even with achieving seven saves the defeat could not be evaded. Galdames got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Galdames hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Hellas Verona wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.You'll want to know how Genoa managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found eight similar matches resulting in zero away wins, two draws and six home wins.
The attacking power of Genoa when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Genoa struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the history books show this recent game: Genoa - Milan 0-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Milan victories, two draws and one Genoa win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Destro 9 goals |   Z. Ibrahimović 8 goals |  R. Conceição Leão 8 goals |
Milan missing players
Genoa missing players
| Milan | Genoa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 20 | 9 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 56 | 23 | 11 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 24 |
| 29 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 29 | 52 |
| 91% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 81% | 75% |
| 69% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 69% | 62% |
| 47% | 31% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 44% |
| 28% | 25% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | 34% |
| 19% | 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | 16% |
| 53% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 47% |
| 44% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 19% | 28% |
| 12% | 19% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | 50% |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16.1 | 17.6 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 9.4 | 10.5 |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 34% | 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 32% | 25% |
| 11 | 9.4 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 15.8 | 14.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5 | 4.9 |
- Genoa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Genoa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Serie A
- Milan have scored more than double the goals of Genoa.
| 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 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 56 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 27 | 68 |
| 2 | Inter | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 65 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 41 | 66 |
| 3 | Napoli | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 58 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 32 | 66 |
| 4 | Juventus | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 21 | 62 |
| 5 | Roma | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 57 |
| 6 | Lazio | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 47 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 17 | 55 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 53 |
| 8 | Atalanta | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 51 |
| 9 | Sassuolo | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 58 | 52 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 6 | 46 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 56 | 49 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 7 | 45 |
| 11 | Torino | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 39 |
| 12 | Udinese | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 43 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -5 | 36 |
| 13 | Bologna | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -12 | 34 |
| 14 | Empoli | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 56 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | -15 | 34 |
| 15 | Spezia | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 37 | -22 | 33 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 39 | 52 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | -13 | 29 |
| 17 | Cagliari | 32 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 61 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 33 | -31 | 25 |
| 18 | Genoa | 32 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 24 | 52 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 29 | -28 | 22 |
| 19 | Venezia | 31 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 57 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -31 | 22 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 68 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 36 | -45 | 16 |
