Balanced ball game between Milan and Juventus expected

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 23.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

We love the setup of this game, with Milan positioned 2nd and Juventus in 5th. Here's a full preview!

Insights:
  • Milan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Juventus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Milan form and stats

22 points is a decent return from 11 Serie A games here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza for Milan. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.

The Milan fans got no joy from their last match, a Serie A game also here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza: A 1-2 defeat against Spezia (placed 14th). Midfield player Leão got a match rating of 8.52 in that game, the max score being 10. Leão scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 7 of 7 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).

Ahead of that match, Milan won a home game hosting Genoa (after extra-time) (3-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Milan perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Milan as a small favourite), we find four games. Milan has won two of these, drawn zero and lost two.

The Milan fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 11 league matches. Milan have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Juventus form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Juventus have produced an overall stat of 6-3-2 so far.

Juventus are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the Coppa Italia against Sampdoria (placed 16th). Midfielder Cuadrado was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.23. Cuadrado scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 62 successful passes (of 68 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Udinese.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Juventus in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Juventus, zero draws and three defeats.

Juventus has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 11 games. 13 goals have been conceded by Juventus in these games.

Head 2 Head

Juventus - Milan 1-1 was the scoreline in these squads' latest head to head game, played this season. Statistics for the prior ten meetings featuring these two squads are: two wins for Milan, three draws and five wins for Juventus. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

MilanZ. Ibrahimović
Z. Ibrahimović
8 goals
JuventusP. Exequiel Dybala
P. Exequiel Dybala
7 goals
MilanR. Conceição Leão
R. Conceição Leão
6 goals

Milan missing players

Juventus missing players

Milan Juventus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 2 11 22
15 7 0 Won W 0 6 12
3 1 1 Drew D 1 3 5
4 3 1 Lost L 1 2 5
47 20 1 Scored S 2 20 34
25 11 2 Conceded C 3 13 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 82% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 77%
59% 45% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 45% 32%
36% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 18%
27% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
64% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 50%
32% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 41%
5% 9% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 9%
 
4.9 5.6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 4.5 4.7
4.6 4.6 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.5 4.8
2 1.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
16.3 17.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 12 14.2 14.6
5.1 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.7 4.5
42% 41% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 38% 35%
 
11.7 10.3 12 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 11.8 10.5
4 3.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Juventus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Juventus have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Juventus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 Inter 21 15 5 1 51 16 10 8 2 0 27 7 11 7 3 1 24 9 35 50
2 Milan 22 15 3 4 47 25 11 7 1 3 20 11 11 8 2 1 27 14 22 48
3 Napoli 22 14 4 4 39 15 11 7 1 3 18 7 11 7 3 1 21 8 24 46
4 Atalanta 21 12 6 3 44 26 10 3 4 3 18 15 11 9 2 0 26 11 18 42
5 Juventus 22 12 5 5 34 21 11 6 2 3 14 8 11 6 3 2 20 13 13 41
6 Fiorentina 21 11 2 8 40 29 10 7 1 2 29 12 11 4 1 6 11 17 11 35
7 Roma 22 11 2 9 36 28 12 7 2 3 17 12 10 4 0 6 19 16 8 35
8 Lazio 22 10 5 7 46 39 10 6 3 1 28 16 12 4 2 6 18 23 7 35
9 Torino 21 9 4 8 29 20 11 7 2 2 23 10 10 2 2 6 6 10 9 31
10 Hellas Verona 22 8 6 8 41 37 11 5 2 4 21 16 11 3 4 4 20 21 4 30
11 Empoli 22 8 5 9 35 43 11 3 1 7 17 29 11 5 4 2 18 14 -8 29
12 Sassuolo 22 7 7 8 38 37 12 3 4 5 15 19 10 4 3 3 23 18 1 28
13 Bologna 21 8 3 10 28 35 11 5 1 5 16 16 10 3 2 5 12 19 -7 27
14 Spezia 22 6 4 12 23 42 10 2 3 5 11 14 12 4 1 7 12 28 -19 22
15 Udinese 20 4 8 8 28 36 10 2 5 3 13 18 10 2 3 5 15 18 -8 20
16 Sampdoria 22 5 5 12 29 40 12 2 3 7 16 25 10 3 2 5 13 15 -11 20
17 Venezia 21 4 6 11 19 38 11 2 3 6 13 21 10 2 3 5 6 17 -19 18
18 Cagliari 22 3 7 12 21 43 11 2 4 5 14 20 11 1 3 7 7 23 -22 16
19 Genoa 22 1 9 12 20 45 10 0 4 6 8 18 12 1 5 6 12 27 -25 12
20 Salernitana 20 3 2 15 13 46 10 1 1 8 5 24 10 2 1 7 8 22 -33 11

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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.