Betting preview: Milan the front runner when Hellas Verona visit

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 16.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

Most experts are most impressed by Milan so far this season, with their 2nd position in the Serie A table and looking forward to facing Hellas Verona (who are placed 12th).

Insights:
  • Milan have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Hellas Verona have yet to win a game away.

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their last match. Let's trust this will be an animated game!

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Milan form and stats

Perfect Serie A season at home so far for Milan 3 wins from 3 appearances. Milan are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Milan enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Atalanta's place. The match ended 3-2 with Rafael Leão, Sandro Tonali and Davide Calabria scoring. Midfield player Sandro Tonali got a match rating of 8.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Tonali scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 36 total).

Preceding that match was the home Champions League game against Atletico Madrid that was lost 1-2.

There will be little rest for Milan after this match as they are travelling to Porto for a Champions League game in only three days.

Goals are plentiful at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in the league this season as Milan has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. As for guarding their own goal, Milan have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

The Serie A season is young and Hellas Verona have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far. Visiting Hellas Verona has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Hellas Verona had fun at their own home (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza) last time out, beating Spezia 4-0. Davide Faraoni, Daniel Bessa, Giovanni Simeone and Gianluca Caprari scored. As mentioned above, Hellas Verona was the only team on the pitch versus Spezia in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Lorenzo Montipò (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.01. Montipò stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Genoa.

The travelling fans enjoy Hellas Verona's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. The Hellas Verona manager I. Tudor has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Milan victories, four draws and two Hellas Verona wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MilanR. Conceição Leão
R. Conceição Leão
3 goals
MilanB. Abdelkader Diaz
B. Abdelkader Diaz
3 goals
Hellas VeronaN. Kalinić
N. Kalinić
3 goals

Milan missing players

Hellas Verona missing players

Milan Hellas Verona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 0 3 7
6 3 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
15 8 0 Scored S 0 5 15
5 1 0 Conceded C 0 6 14
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
86% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 86%
43% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 86%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 86%
29% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 43%
57% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 71%
43% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 14%
 
4.7 5.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3.7
4.4 2.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.3 4.9
1.4 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.7 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
16.1 18.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.3 9.6
4.9 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.7 3.9
44% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 45% 56%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Milan's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hellas Verona have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hellas Verona have yet to win a game away.
  • Hellas Verona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Milan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Milan have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Milan have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Milan have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Milan have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 Napoli 7 7 0 0 18 3 3 3 0 0 6 1 4 4 0 0 12 2 15 21
2 Milan 7 6 1 0 15 5 3 3 0 0 8 1 4 3 1 0 7 4 10 19
3 Inter 7 5 2 0 22 8 3 2 1 0 12 3 4 3 1 0 10 5 14 17
4 Roma 7 5 0 2 16 8 4 4 0 0 8 2 3 1 0 2 8 6 8 15
5 Fiorentina 7 4 0 3 10 11 3 1 0 2 4 6 4 3 0 1 6 5 -1 12
6 Lazio 7 3 2 2 15 12 3 2 1 0 11 5 4 1 1 2 4 7 3 11
7 Juventus 7 3 2 2 11 10 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 7 6 1 11
8 Atalanta 7 3 2 2 10 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 11
9 Bologna 7 3 2 2 12 14 4 3 1 0 9 4 3 0 1 2 3 10 -2 11
10 Empoli 7 3 0 4 9 12 4 1 0 3 6 10 3 2 0 1 3 2 -3 9
11 Torino 7 2 2 3 9 7 4 1 1 2 6 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 8
12 Hellas Verona 7 2 2 3 15 14 4 2 0 2 10 8 3 0 2 1 5 6 1 8
13 Udinese 7 2 2 3 9 11 4 1 1 2 5 7 3 1 1 1 4 4 -2 8
14 Sassuolo 7 2 1 4 7 9 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 0 2 5 6 -2 7
15 Sampdoria 7 1 3 3 10 13 4 0 2 2 5 10 3 1 1 1 5 3 -3 6
16 Genoa 7 1 2 4 10 16 3 0 1 2 5 7 4 1 1 2 5 9 -6 5
17 Venezia 7 1 2 4 5 12 2 0 1 1 2 3 5 1 1 3 3 9 -7 5
18 Salernitana 7 1 1 5 5 15 4 1 1 2 3 7 3 0 0 3 2 8 -10 4
19 Spezia 7 1 1 5 8 19 3 0 0 3 3 6 4 1 1 2 5 13 -11 4
20 Cagliari 7 0 3 4 8 16 4 0 2 2 5 8 3 0 1 2 3 8 -8 3

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Read more about Serie A

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.