Serie A: Can Milan’s home strength survive key attacking absences?
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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AC Milan’s unbeaten league start and 3-0 home record provide the strongest pre-match evidence, but Bologna arrive with a chance to test that advantage amid notable Milan absences.
Before kickoff
The question before kickoff
Can AC Milan’s strongest supplied home evidence carry them through the absence of two prominent scorer-chart threats? Milan have won all 3 of their home games this Serie A season, scoring 8 goals and conceding 2. Bologna’s away record is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses, with 4 goals scored and 3 conceded in 4 away games.
Pre-match table pressure
The pre-match Serie A standings put AC Milan in #4 on 18 points from 8 games, while Bologna are #13 on 8 points from 8 games. Milan are 10 points ahead of Bologna (18 v 8). Inter lead with 22 points, leaving AC Milan 4 points behind and Bologna 14 points behind.
Milan’s recent form is Win, Win, Draw, Draw, Win, Draw, Win, Win across 8 matches, while Bologna’s is Loss, Loss, Draw, Loss, Draw, Win, Loss, Win across 8. That supports a clear difference in results, though it does not establish how the match will unfold.
Threats and absences
A. Rabiot has 4 goals and 3 assists in 7 appearances, and Diego Moreira has 3 goals and 1 assist in 5 appearances. Both are listed as Missing Fixture, with calf and thigh injuries respectively. S. Chukwueze, M. Gabbia, M. Gila and A. Saelemaekers are also listed as Missing Fixture for Milan; R. Loftus-Cheek is Questionable — Injury.
For Bologna, E. Holm, R. Orsolini and R. Piccoli are listed as Missing Fixture. Can Milan turn their 8-goal home return into sufficient threat without Rabiot and Moreira available?
Explore match and season data
AC Milan
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
| Logo | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inter | WWWDW | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 22 | |
| 2 | Lazio | WWWWD | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 22 | |
| 3 | AS Roma | DWDDW | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 18 | |
| 4 | AC Milan | WWDWD | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 18 | |
| 5 | Como | WWDLW | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 17 | |
| 6 | Frosinone | DWLWD | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 14 | |
| 7 | Juventus | WLDWL | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 14 | |
| 8 | Torino | WWWDL | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | |
| 9 | Cagliari | LLDWW | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | |
| 10 | Napoli | DLWDW | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | |
| 11 | Atalanta | DLWLL | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | |
| 12 | Lecce | LWLLW | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | |
| 13 | Bologna | WLWDL | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | |
| 14 | Sassuolo | LLDLW | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | |
| 15 | Monza | LWLWL | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | |
| 16 | Genoa | WLWLD | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | |
| 17 | Udinese | LLLLL | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 4 | |
| 18 | Fiorentina | LLLDW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 4 | |
| 19 | Parma | LLLWL | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 4 | |
| 20 | Venezia | LWLLL | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 3 |