Serie A: Two participants who have played splendidly thus far. Prepare for Milan - Roma with this complete preview!
- Milan have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Serie A
- Roma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This should be an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Milan form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza as Milan have scored 16 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Milan, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Empoli away with the result 4-2. Florenzi, Hernández and Kessié (2) found the net in that victory. A goal frenzy last time out for Milan, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Empoli. Fun stuff to watch! Midfield player Kessié got a match rating of 8.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Kessié scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 43 successful passes (of 49 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against Napoli that was lost 0-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Milan handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and three defeats.
There will be little rest for Milan after this match as they are travelling to Venezia for a Serie A game in only three days.
The Milan fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Milan have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Roma form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats.
Roma's last game was the home draw against Sampdoria (1-1). As mentioned above, Roma drew the match against Sampdoria. Manager dos Santos Mourinho brought on Shomurodov to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Mkhitaryan got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Mkhitaryan hit one key pass and had 46 successful passes (of 56 total).
Prior to that result Roma won their away game at Atalanta. The scoreline was 4-1.We have checked recent matches where Roma have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, zero draws and four defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Juventus in just three days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Roma are regular goalscorers on their travels. Roma have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest archived scoreline between these teams is the Roma - Milan 1-2 played not long ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Milan victories, two draws and three Roma wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Ibrahimović 7 goals |   K. Bakumo-Abraham 6 goals |  F. Kessié 5 goals |
Milan missing players
Roma missing players
| Milan | Roma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 40 | 16 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 18 | 31 |
| 22 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 84% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 74% |
| 53% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 53% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | 32% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 44% | 21% |
| 63% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 47% |
| 32% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 37% |
| 5% | 11% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 21% |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 7.1 | 6.3 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 15.5 | 16.4 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 19.1 | 16.5 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| 44% | 44% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 32% | 31% |
| 11.9 | 10.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 8.9 | 10.6 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
- Milan have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Serie A
- Milan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Roma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Roma have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Roma haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 34 | 46 |
| 2 | Milan | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Napoli | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 39 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 38 |
| 5 | Juventus | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Roma | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 8 | Lazio | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Empoli | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Bologna | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -4 | 27 |
| 11 | Torino | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 12 | Hellas Verona | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 24 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | -1 | 24 |
| 14 | Udinese | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Venezia | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 17 |
| 17 | Spezia | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -20 | 16 |
| 18 | Genoa | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -18 | 11 |
| 19 | Cagliari | 19 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -23 | 10 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -31 | 8 |
