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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 04.June
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

Milan should be expected winners of this home match against Hellas Verona, if the league standings are thought to provide some clues. Or could we be looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Milan have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in Serie A

Milan are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Hellas Verona are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Milan form and stats

40 points is a decent return from 18 Serie A games here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza for Milan. The data says 12 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. Two home wins in a row for Milan bring valid hopes of a third.

A good away victory last time out for Milan, who won 1-0 against Juventus (placed 7th). Defender Tomori got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Tomori won 5 of 7 duels.

Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Sampdoria.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 8 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

The Milan manager Pioli has got the team scoring with 38 from 18 home games in the league. Milan's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

There's been little loot from Hellas Verona's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 18 away games in the Serie A. Hellas Verona only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 7 draws.

Hellas Verona's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Empoli that finished 1-1. As mentioned above, Hellas drew the match against Empoli. Manager Zaffaroni brought on Gaich to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Ngonge, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Ngonge hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, the Hellas Verona manager Zaffaroni faced defeat when travelling to Atalanta and losing 1-3.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hellas Verona as they have only managed to score 10 times from 18 away games in the league. Hellas have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent meetings featuring these opponents have all finished as Milan wins. Surely both teams are aware of this.

This was the scoreline when the participants met previously this season; Hellas Verona - Milan 1-2.

Top Goalscorers

MilanR. Conceição Leão
R. Conceição Leão
13 goals
MilanO. Giroud
O. Giroud
12 goals
MilanB. Abdelkader Diaz
B. Abdelkader Diaz
6 goals

Milan missing players

Hellas Verona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Milan Hellas Verona
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
19 12 3 Won W 0 1 7
10 4 3 Drew D 1 7 10
8 2 0 Lost L 4 10 20
61 38 11 Scored S 1 10 30
42 19 4 Conceded C 7 24 56
92% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 89% 95%
81% 89% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 67% 73%
51% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 22% 38%
30% 33% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 11% 14%
14% 28% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
59% 61% 67% BTTS BTTS 20% 50% 54%
32% 39% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 16%
16% 6% 17% Failed to Score F T 80% 44% 35%
 
4.9 5.2 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 4.6 4.6
4.4 3.3 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.4 5.1
2.4 2.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 2.7 2.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
14.8 16.4 19.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 10.4 11.3
5.1 5.4 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.4 3 3.4
32% 39% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 19% 24%
 
10.9 9.2 7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 13.8 14.4
3.3 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.4 5.1
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Hellas Verona have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Hellas Verona have the fewest scored goals (10) away in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in Serie A
  • Milan have scored more than double the goals of Hellas Verona.
  • Milan have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Serie A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 37 27 6 4 75 28 18 13 3 2 38 15 19 14 3 2 37 13 47 87
2 Lazio 37 21 8 8 58 30 19 11 4 4 32 18 18 10 4 4 26 12 28 71
3 Inter 37 22 3 12 70 42 19 14 0 5 37 14 18 8 3 7 33 28 28 69
4 Milan 37 19 10 8 61 42 18 12 4 2 38 19 19 7 6 6 23 23 19 67
5 Atalanta 37 18 7 12 61 46 18 9 3 6 33 24 19 9 4 6 28 22 15 61
6 Roma 37 17 9 11 48 37 18 10 3 5 26 14 19 7 6 6 22 23 11 60
7 Juventus 37 21 6 10 55 33 19 13 3 3 38 15 18 8 3 7 17 18 22 59
8 Fiorentina 37 14 11 12 50 42 19 9 6 4 30 22 18 5 5 8 20 20 8 53
9 Torino 37 14 11 12 42 40 18 5 7 6 15 18 19 9 4 6 27 22 2 53
10 Monza 37 14 10 13 46 47 19 7 5 7 25 22 18 7 5 6 21 25 -1 52
11 Bologna 37 13 12 12 50 47 19 7 9 3 24 14 18 6 3 9 26 33 3 51
12 Udinese 37 11 13 13 47 47 18 6 9 3 30 19 19 5 4 10 17 28 0 46
13 Sassuolo 37 12 9 16 46 58 18 8 4 6 23 20 19 4 5 10 23 38 -12 45
14 Empoli 37 10 13 14 37 47 18 8 4 6 22 21 19 2 9 8 15 26 -10 43
15 Salernitana 37 9 15 13 48 60 19 7 6 6 30 26 18 2 9 7 18 34 -12 42
16 Lecce 37 8 12 17 31 43 18 3 8 7 16 21 19 5 4 10 15 22 -12 36
17 Hellas Verona 37 7 10 20 30 56 19 6 3 10 20 32 18 1 7 10 10 24 -26 31
18 Spezia 37 6 13 18 30 60 19 4 8 7 18 30 18 2 5 11 12 30 -30 31
19 Cremonese 37 4 12 21 34 69 18 3 4 11 13 31 19 1 8 10 21 38 -35 24
20 Sampdoria 37 3 10 24 24 69 19 1 7 11 12 28 18 2 3 13 12 41 -45 19

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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 Napoli 37 27 6 4 75 28 18 13 3 2 38 15 19 14 3 2 37 13 47 87
2 Lazio 37 21 8 8 58 30 19 11 4 4 32 18 18 10 4 4 26 12 28 71
3 Inter 37 22 3 12 70 42 19 14 0 5 37 14 18 8 3 7 33 28 28 69
4 Milan 37 19 10 8 61 42 18 12 4 2 38 19 19 7 6 6 23 23 19 67
5 Atalanta 37 18 7 12 61 46 18 9 3 6 33 24 19 9 4 6 28 22 15 61
6 Roma 37 17 9 11 48 37 18 10 3 5 26 14 19 7 6 6 22 23 11 60
7 Juventus 37 21 6 10 55 33 19 13 3 3 38 15 18 8 3 7 17 18 22 59
8 Fiorentina 37 14 11 12 50 42 19 9 6 4 30 22 18 5 5 8 20 20 8 53
9 Torino 37 14 11 12 42 40 18 5 7 6 15 18 19 9 4 6 27 22 2 53
10 Monza 37 14 10 13 46 47 19 7 5 7 25 22 18 7 5 6 21 25 -1 52
11 Bologna 37 13 12 12 50 47 19 7 9 3 24 14 18 6 3 9 26 33 3 51
12 Udinese 37 11 13 13 47 47 18 6 9 3 30 19 19 5 4 10 17 28 0 46
13 Sassuolo 37 12 9 16 46 58 18 8 4 6 23 20 19 4 5 10 23 38 -12 45
14 Empoli 37 10 13 14 37 47 18 8 4 6 22 21 19 2 9 8 15 26 -10 43
15 Salernitana 37 9 15 13 48 60 19 7 6 6 30 26 18 2 9 7 18 34 -12 42
16 Lecce 37 8 12 17 31 43 18 3 8 7 16 21 19 5 4 10 15 22 -12 36
17 Hellas Verona 37 7 10 20 30 56 19 6 3 10 20 32 18 1 7 10 10 24 -26 31
18 Spezia 37 6 13 18 30 60 19 4 8 7 18 30 18 2 5 11 12 30 -30 31
19 Cremonese 37 4 12 21 34 69 18 3 4 11 13 31 19 1 8 10 21 38 -35 24
20 Sampdoria 37 3 10 24 24 69 19 1 7 11 12 28 18 2 3 13 12 41 -45 19

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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.