Inter have come here for an engaging game versus the hosts Milan. Get smart on the fixture with this thorough Serie A preview!
- Milan have the most points from losing position (4) in Serie A
The Derby della Madonnina, also known as the Derby di Milano, is a football match between the two Milanese clubs Internazionale and Milan. Previously, Inter was seen as the club of the upperclass, while Milan was the choice of the workers. Today these differences are erased, but the cross-town rivalry in football remains intense. These two teams share their stadium San Siro, removing home advantage.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Milan nor Inter as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Milan form and stats
As mentioned below, Milan are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Serie A games. Milan has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 241 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie A.
The home team returns to Stadio Giuseppe Meazza after drawing with Sassuolo (placed 10th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Maignan got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.1 out of ten. Maignan saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Milan won a home game hosting Bologna (2-0).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Milan have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 0 and lost 2.
The manager Pioli will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Salzburg in only three days.
Milan has scored 6 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Inter form and stats
Inter are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Impressive finishing from Barella, Correa and Martínez secured the home win 3-1 against Cremonese in their previous game. Martínez has scored at least one goal for the away team three games in a row. The skill! Barella got a match rating of 8.7 in that game, top player of the team. Barella scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 49 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Lazio's place.A new game in only four days for Inter, the Champions League home match versus Bayern München. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Inter has scored 3 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two participants are: two wins for Milan, two draws and six wins for Inter. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Martínez 3 goals |   A. Rebić 2 goals |  C. Correa 2 goals |
Milan missing players
Inter missing players
| Milan | Inter | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 2.2 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 17.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 17.5 | 18 |
| 5.5 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 8.5 | 7.8 |
| 32% | 46% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 18% | 29% |
| 8.8 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10 | 9.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 4 |
- Milan have the most points from losing position (4) in Serie A
| Milan | Last season | Inter | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Won | W | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 69 | 28 | Scored | S | 36 | 84 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 95% | ||
| 71% | 63% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 89% | ||
| 47% | 26% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 61% | ||
| 26% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 39% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 13% | ||
| 50% | 37% | BTTS | BTTS | 63% | 58% | ||
| 47% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 37% | 39% | ||
| 11% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 8% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16.3 | 16.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.3 | 18.1 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 7.1 | ||
| 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 31% | ||
| 10.9 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Roma | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Inter | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Milan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Napoli | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 5 | Lazio | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Torino | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Juventus | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Fiorentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Sassuolo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | Salernitana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Udinese | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Spezia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Empoli | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 15 | Lecce | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Bologna | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Hellas Verona | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Sampdoria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 0 |
| 20 | Monza | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -9 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 69 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 19 | 38 | 86 |
| 2 | Inter | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 84 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 52 | 84 |
| 3 | Napoli | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 43 | 79 |
| 4 | Juventus | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 57 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 20 | 70 |
| 5 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 77 | 58 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 33 | 19 | 64 |
| 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 43 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 16 | 63 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 51 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 62 |
| 8 | Atalanta | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 48 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 17 | 59 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 65 | 59 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 34 | 6 | 53 |
| 10 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 50 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 66 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 36 | -2 | 50 |
| 12 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 61 | 58 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 47 |
| 13 | Bologna | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 55 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 31 | -11 | 46 |
| 14 | Empoli | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 70 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 44 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 26 | -20 | 41 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 46 | 63 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 31 | -17 | 36 |
| 16 | Spezia | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 41 | 71 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 41 | -30 | 36 |
| 17 | Salernitana | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 78 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 39 | -45 | 31 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 68 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 35 | -34 | 30 |
| 19 | Genoa | 38 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 60 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 35 | -33 | 28 |
| 20 | Venezia | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 69 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 38 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 31 | -35 | 27 |
