AC Milan v Inter: Probable Line-Ups and Key Statistics

Published on: 21 September 2019

AC Milan and Inter clash in the first Derby della Madonnina of the Serie A season at the Stadio San Siro, with kick off set for 20:45 local time.

Probable Formations

AC Milan (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Conti, Musacchio, Romagnoli, Rodriguez; Kessié, Biglia, Calhanoglu; Suso, Piatek, Rebic.

Unavailable: Caldara

Suspended: Calabria

Inter (3-5-2): Handanovic; Godin, De Vrij, Skriniar; Candreva, Vecino, Brozovic, Sensi, Asamoah; Politano, Lukaku.

Key Statistics

– Inter are unbeaten in the last six derbies in Serie A (W3, D3). The last time the Nerazzurri went on a longer unbeaten run against the Rossoneri in the competition came back in September 1999 (run of 10).

– Inter won their last Serie A away derby against AC Milan. The last time the Nerazzurri won back-to-back trips to AC Milan in the competition came in October 2012 – two Rossoneri wins and three draws in the five previous matches.

– In 2019, no other Serie A team has kept more clean sheets than AC Milan (10). On the other hand, Inter haven’t conceded any goals in nine matches during this period.

– The last time AC Milan won five consecutive home Serie A games came back in August 2014 – currently on a streak of four straight wins (conceding only one goal).

– Prior to Antonio Conte’s appointment, in the era of three points for a win (since 1994/95), only Spalletti, Leonardo and Simoni had won their first three Serie A games in charge of Inter (all of these coaches won their first four games).

– Inter have won four of their last six Serie A away matches (D1, L1). As many as wins as in their previous 11 games on the road.

– AC Milan and Inter are the two teams to have conceded the fewest goals in the current Serie A campaign (1 each) – the two Milan sides have also conceded the fewest shots on target. AC Milan (eight), Inter (nine, level with Bologna and Verona).

– Marco Giampaolo and Antonio Conte will face each other as coaches for the first time in Serie A. Both are unbeaten in their citizen derbies in Serie A. Conte won all their four games in charge of Juventus against Torino, while Giampaolo won four and drew two of his six Genoa derbies with Sampdoria.

– Amongst current Serie A opposition, Milan’s Suso scored more goals than against Inter (3) than any other team, netting a brace against them back in November 2016.

– Romelu Lukaku appeared in four Manchester derbies with United in the Premier League, failing to score a single goal in the 231 minutes in which he was on the pitch.

Source: forzaitalianfootball.com

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