We prepare for kick-off with some interesting stats about the clash
It is a very crucial match. Just take a look at the standings: beating Genoa at the San Siro, in the rescheduled matchday 1 tie of the championship, the Rossoneri would climb to fourth place after ten matchdays, reaching 18 points (along with Lazio) and in the Champions League qualification spot. We prepare for the game by analysing 9 pre-match stats:
PREVIOUS HOME ENCOUNTERS
1- AC Milan have lost only one of the last 27 home games in Serie A against Genoa: 19 Rossoneri wins and seven draws.
STATE OF FORM
2- The Rossoneri are unbeaten in six Serie A home games (5W, 1D) and have scored at least two goals in each of them.
3- 18 goals for AC Milan in this championship start and in the last 16 years has scored more goals after the first nine games only in 2011/12 (19).
GENERAL STATISTICS
4- No team scored more goals than AC Milan during the first halves of this Serie A (nine), while no team has conceded more goals than Genoa in the same fraction of play (11).
5- AC Milan and Genoa are two of the three teams, together with Sassuolo, to have scored the most (four goals) in the final 15 minutes of the first half in this Serie A.
FOCUS PLAYERS
6- In 10 official matches in all competitions played by Gonzalo Higuain with the AC Milan jersey, the Argentine has played an active part in eight goals: seven goals and one assist. The five goals of the Argentinian striker against Genoa in Serie A have all come in home games, including two braces, the last one in March 2016 with the Napoli jersey.
7- Patrick Cutrone has scored at least one goal in all of the last three Serie A games in which he was fielded from the beginning (four goals).
8- Suso is the player who provided the highest number of assists in the five major European Championships 2018/19 (seven). The Spaniard played 19 Serie A games with Genoa in the second half of the 2015/16 season. He scored his first goal in the competition (January 2016) while playing for Genoa.
COACHES
9- First encounter as coaches in the Serie A between Gennaro Gattuso and Ivan Juric. A single precedent between Rino and Genoa in Serie A, in March 2018, 1-0 win for AC Milan away at the Ferraris stadium.