Genoa did not play in Serie A last season, but they are a team that Milan has historically performed well against away from home, and the Rossoneri are clear favorites to capture all three points.
You can read our pre-match preview here, and the best numbers ahead of the game are included below…
AC Milan has won seven of their previous nine Serie A encounters against Genoa (D1 L1), including all three of their most recent, scoring at least two goals in seven of them.
The Rossoneri have won four of the last five Serie A matches at Ferraris between Genoa and Milan (D1). Grifone’s last home victory over Diavolo in the competition occurred in October 2016 under Juric (due to Ninkovic and Pavoletti goals, as well as Kucka’s own goal).
Each of the last nine seasons in which Genoa has collected at least eight points from their first seven Serie A matches (the most recent in 2018/19), they have avoided relegation; the last time they were relegated with as many points at this stage was in 1994/95.
AC Milan has 18 points in Serie A this season, the third-best start in a top-flight campaign after seven games.
Genoa is tied with Inter for the most goals scored in Serie A this season following a high turnover (both three), with the three Grifone goals coming in their past two meetings against Roma (two) and Udinese (one).
In the current Serie A season, only Napoli has a greater pass success percentage (87.7%) than AC Milan (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: Genoa last had two strikers score three goals in the first seven Serie A games in 1977/78 (Roberto Pruzzo and Giuseppe Oscar Damiani).
In 2023/24, AC Milan is the only team in the big five European leagues to have two players with three or more goals and three or more assists (Olivier Giroud four goals and three assists, Rafael Leo three goals and three assists).
Yacine Adli has the highest average of successful passes per 90 minutes (77 on average in 128 minutes played) among midfielders who have played at least 100 minutes in Serie A this season.
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