The San Siro giants won the Supercup last season but finished only eighth in Serie A, and then failed in the cup format. Allegri, upon returning to the helm, started with a defeat, but that was the only setback in the league—unsurprisingly, they managed to climb into the leading group.
However, they lost to Milan in the cup and were immediately knocked out of the Supercup, losing 0-2 to Napoli. After returning from Saudi Arabia, they thrashed Verona 3-0. Against Cagliari, they scored the only goal of the match.
The team from Genoa avoided relegation after replacing Gilardino with Vieira as head coach. When Patrick had a poor start to the new campaign, he was also replaced, this time by De Rossi. Initially, this helped, but December brought very strong opponents—Inter, Atalanta, and Roma—against whom they lost. Against modest Pisa, they finished 1-1.
Pulisic and his teammates score an average of 1.65 goals per game, conceding almost half as much—0.76. The visitors, with an average of one goal scored per game, concede 1.56 on average.
Milan have won three of their last six matches
47% of Milan’s matches end with goals from both teams and the average total goals per match is 2.41
Genoa have lost three of their last four matches
67% of Genoa’s matches end with goals from both teams and the average total goals per match is 2.56.
Milan (probable lineup): Maignan – Pavlovic, Gabbia, Tomori – Bartesaghi, Rabiot, Modric, Loftus-Cheek, Saelemaekers – Pulisic, Nkunku.
Genoa (probable lineup): Leali – Vasquez, Otoa, Marcandalli – Aaron Martin, Ellertsson, Frendrup, Malinovskyi, Norton-Cuffy – Ekuban, Vitinha.
Milan are unbeaten in nine straight matches: four draws and five wins, including a 2-1 away victory in May.
