AC Milan are aiming to continue their positive form at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Saturday night as they take on Genoa in the final Serie A game before the international break.
Genoa were not in Serie A last season but they are a team that Milan have traditionally managed to perform well against away from home, and the Rossoneri are certainly the favourites to take all three points.
You can read our pre-match preview here, while below are the best stats ahead of the game…
➤ AC Milan have won seven of their last nine Serie A matches against Genoa (D1 L1) – including each of their last three – scoring at least two goals in seven of those
➤ In the last five matches at Ferraris between Genoa and Milan in Serie A, the Rossoneri have won four times (D1). Grifone’s last success at home against Diavolo in the competition came back in October 2016 under Juric (thanks to Ninkovic’s and Pavoletti’s goals, and Kucka’s own goal).
➤ Each of the last nine occasions in which Genoa have picked up at least eight points from their first seven Serie A matches in a season (last one in 2018/19) they have always gone on to avoid relegation; the last time they were relegated with as many points at this stage was back in 1994/95.
➤ AC Milan have picked up 18 points in Serie A this season, their third-best start after seven games in a top-flight campaign in the three points for a win era, only doing better in 2021/22 and 2003/04 (both 19 points).
➤ Since February, each AC Milan’s five Serie A defeats have come away from home, with the last of those away from Milan (therefore excluding the derby) coming against a Ligurian team: 0-2 against Spezia on May 13, 2023.
➤ Genoa are – level with Inter – one of the two teams to have scored the most goals in Serie A this season after a high turnover (both three) – the three such Grifone goals have come in their last two matches against Roma (two) and Udinese (one).
➤ Only Napoli have a higher pass success rate (87.7%) than AC Milan in the current Serie A season (87.4%); the Rossoneri also have the highest passing accuracy in their own half (94%).
➤ Albert Gudmundsson and Mateo Retegui have both scored three goals in Serie A this season: the last time Genoa had two strikers with at least three goals in the first seven Serie A matches was back in 1977/78 (Roberto Pruzzo and Giuseppe Oscar Damiani).
➤ AC Milan are the only team in the big five European leagues in 2023/24 to have two players with 3+ goals and 3+ assists (Olivier Giroud four goals and three assists, Rafael Leão three goals and three assists).
➤ Among the midfielders with at least 100 minutes played in Serie A this season, Yacine Adli is the one with the highest average of successful passes per 90 minutes (77 on average in 128 minutes played).
