Roma vs Milan betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Fri 01.Sep
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

Roma contest Milan for praise and football prosperity.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Roma form and stats

A Serie A draw at home so far for Roma. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 19 matches.

Roma faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hellas Verona (1-2). Midfield player Pellegrini got a match rating of 8.03 in that game, the max score being 10. Pellegrini hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

In the match before that, Roma hosted Salernitana and drew the game 2-2.

Early season league goal statistics from Roma's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 2 conceded.

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Milan form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Serie A, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 7 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 19 matches.

Milan go into this game after a win, the home game against Torino that ended 4-1. Giroud, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.4. Giroud scored two goals and hit three key passes.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Bologna.

It's early days yet, but Milan has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Milan have pulled off a sequence of 7 consecutive games without losing (4-3-0) when playing Roma.

Top Goalscorers

MilanO. Giroud
O. Giroud
3 goals
RomaA. Belotti
A. Belotti
2 goals
MilanC. Pulisic
C. Pulisic
2 goals

Roma missing players

Milan missing players

Roma Milan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 2 0 Scored S 0 2 6
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
10.5 9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 4
1 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 2
1.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 13
5 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 6.5
30% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 46%
 
4 3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17 12.5
2.5 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 3
Roma Last season Milan
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
18 11   Won W   7 20
9 3   Drew D   6 10
11 5   Lost L   6 8
50 28   Scored S   23 64
38 15   Conceded C   23 43
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
68% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 82%
42% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
16% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 32%
3% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 13%
47% 32%   BTTS BTTS   58% 61%
37% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 32%
18% 21%   Failed to Score F T   26% 16%
 
4.9 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.9
3.9 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 4.3
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.3
4 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13.3 15.2   Shots (avg) S (   13.4 14.8
4.4 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.1
30% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 33%
 
10.6 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   12.5 10.8
3.2 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 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 Milan 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
2 Hellas Verona 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
4 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
5 Napoli 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
6 Inter 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Atalanta 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3
8 Lecce 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Monza 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
10 Frosinone 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3
11 Salernitana 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 Cagliari 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Roma 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
14 Torino 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 1
15 Lazio 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Sassuolo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Bologna 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Genoa 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
19 Udinese 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Empoli 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 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 Napoli 38 28 6 4 77 28 19 14 3 2 40 15 19 14 3 2 37 13 49 90
2 Lazio 38 22 8 8 60 30 19 11 4 4 32 18 19 11 4 4 28 12 30 74
3 Inter 38 23 3 12 71 42 19 14 0 5 37 14 19 9 3 7 34 28 29 72
4 Milan 38 20 10 8 64 43 19 13 4 2 41 20 19 7 6 6 23 23 21 70
5 Atalanta 38 19 7 12 66 48 19 10 3 6 38 26 19 9 4 6 28 22 18 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 50 38 19 11 3 5 28 15 19 7 6 6 22 23 12 63
7 Juventus 38 22 6 10 56 33 19 13 3 3 38 15 19 9 3 7 18 18 23 62
8 Fiorentina 38 15 11 12 53 43 19 9 6 4 30 22 19 6 5 8 23 21 10 56
9 Bologna 38 14 12 12 53 49 19 7 9 3 24 14 19 7 3 9 29 35 4 54
10 Torino 38 14 11 13 42 41 19 5 7 7 15 19 19 9 4 6 27 22 1 53
11 Monza 38 14 10 14 48 52 19 7 5 7 25 22 19 7 5 7 23 30 -4 52
12 Udinese 38 11 13 14 47 48 19 6 9 4 30 20 19 5 4 10 17 28 -1 46
13 Sassuolo 38 12 9 17 47 61 19 8 4 7 24 23 19 4 5 10 23 38 -14 45
14 Empoli 38 10 13 15 37 49 19 8 4 7 22 23 19 2 9 8 15 26 -12 43
15 Salernitana 38 9 15 14 48 62 19 7 6 6 30 26 19 2 9 8 18 36 -14 42
16 Lecce 38 8 12 18 33 46 19 3 8 8 18 24 19 5 4 10 15 22 -13 36
17 Spezia 38 6 13 19 31 62 19 4 8 7 18 30 19 2 5 12 13 32 -31 31
18 Hellas Verona 38 7 10 21 31 59 19 6 3 10 20 32 19 1 7 11 11 27 -28 31
19 Cremonese 38 5 12 21 36 69 19 4 4 11 15 31 19 1 8 10 21 38 -33 27
20 Sampdoria 38 3 10 25 24 71 19 1 7 11 12 28 19 2 3 14 12 43 -47 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.