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&lt;p&gt;AC Milan will host Genoa in a 20:45 CET kick-off at San Siro as they look to move towards the Champions League places. While the Rossoblù are enjoying their best run of the season after picking up nine points from a possible 15 in their last five matches, the Rossoneri have won just one of their last four matches, leaving them adrift of the top positions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HEAD TO HEAD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Milan have lost just one of their last 13 league matches against Genoa (W9 D3); the Rossoblù`s only success in this period was in March 2020 (2-1), with goals scored by Goran Pandev and Francesco Cassata (Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the Rossoneri).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Genoa drew their last away match at San Siro against Milan in Serie A (3-3), after having lost five of their previous seven (W1 D1); the last time the Rossoblù drew two or more consecutive away games against the Rossoneri in the Italian top-fligh dates back to 1981 (three draws in a row on that occasion).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Milan have scored at least two goals in eight of their last 10 league games against Genoa, as many times as in the previous 36.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DID YOU KNOW?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All of Milan`s last 12 Serie A goals have been scored from open play; the last time the Rossoneri recorded a longer run of goals in the competition without scoring one from a set piece was between October 2022 and January 2023 (14).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since Patrick Vieira started managing Genoa, they record an average of 447 passes, 13 shots taken and 10.3 shots conceded per game – all better averages than in the first 12 games of the current tournament under the management of Alberto Gilardino (326, 10.9 and 14.3 respectively).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAYERS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Genoa are, alongside Udinese, one of the two teams that Milan’s Rafael Leão&amp;nbsp;has faced at least five times in Serie A without being involved in more than one goal (only one goal for him against this opponent); the Portuguese player has been involved in three goals in his last four league appearances (all played as starter), just one less than he did in his first nine games played in the current tournament.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mario Balotelli&amp;nbsp;could return to play at San Siro in Serie A more than eight years after the last time (14 May 2016, Milan-Roma); the Genoa player did not score in the three matches against Milan in the Italian top-flight (all as a substitute) and in this tournament he is one of the six forwards with at least five appearances without having a shot on target (along with Gabrielloni, Vignato, Maric, Arnautovic and Felici).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCIPLINE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Suspended: none&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cautioned: Fofana (Milan), Martin e De Winter (Genoa)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;REFEREE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;GUIDA (ROSSI M. – MORO) IV:&amp;nbsp;ZUFFERLI, VAR:&amp;nbsp;DI BELLO, AVAR:&amp;nbsp;CAMPLONE&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hellas Verona-Milan (Friday 20 December, 20:45 CET)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Genoa-Napoli (Saturday 21 December, 18:00 CET)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(Photo Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;

The Rossoneri will be hoping to put their defeat to Atalanta behind them when they face a Rossoblù side looking to go six unbeaten

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The pace is slowing down for teams fighting for fourth place, who are seeing their gap to the top increase: on the top side of the table, only Inter and Napoli won, Fiorentina fell, and the rest all drew. 

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AC Milan will host Genoa in a 20:45 CET kick-off at San Siro as they look to move towards the Champions League places. While the Rossoblù are enjoying their best run of the season after picking up nine points from a possible 15 in their last five matches, the Rossoneri have won just one of their last four matches, leaving them adrift of the top positions. HEAD TO HEADMilan have lost just one of their last 13 league matches against Genoa (W9 D3); the Rossoblù`s only success in this period was in March 2020 (2-1), with goals scored by Goran Pandev and Francesco Cassata (Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the Rossoneri).Genoa drew their last away match at San Siro against Milan in Serie A (3-3), after having lost five of their previous seven (W1 D1); the last time the Rossoblù drew two or more consecutive away games against the Rossoneri in the Italian top-fligh dates back to 1981 (three draws in a row on that occasion).Milan have scored at least two goals in eight of their last 10 league games against Genoa, as many times as in the previous 36.&nbsp;DID YOU KNOW?All of Milan`s last 12 Serie A goals have been scored from open play; the last time the Rossoneri recorded a longer run of goals in the competition without scoring one from a set piece was between October 2022 and January 2023 (14).Since Patrick Vieira started managing Genoa, they record an average of 447 passes, 13 shots taken and 10.3 shots conceded per game – all better averages than in the first 12 games of the current tournament under the management of Alberto Gilardino (326, 10.9 and 14.3 respectively). PLAYERSGenoa are, alongside Udinese, one of the two teams that Milan’s Rafael Leão&nbsp;has faced at least five times in Serie A without being involved in more than one goal (only one goal for him against this opponent); the Portuguese player has been involved in three goals in his last four league appearances (all played as starter), just one less than he did in his first nine games played in the current tournament.Mario Balotelli&nbsp;could return to play at San Siro in Serie A more than eight years after the last time (14 May 2016, Milan-Roma); the Genoa player did not score in the three matches against Milan in the Italian top-flight (all as a substitute) and in this tournament he is one of the six forwards with at least five appearances without having a shot on target (along with Gabrielloni, Vignato, Maric, Arnautovic and Felici). DISCIPLINESuspended: noneCautioned: Fofana (Milan), Martin e De Winter (Genoa) REFEREEGUIDA (ROSSI M. – MORO) IV:&nbsp;ZUFFERLI, VAR:&nbsp;DI BELLO, AVAR:&nbsp;CAMPLONE UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE AHellas Verona-Milan (Friday 20 December, 20:45 CET)Genoa-Napoli (Saturday 21 December, 18:00 CET) (Photo Getty Images)

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The Rossoneri will be hoping to put their defeat to Atalanta behind them when they face a Rossoblù side looking to go six unbeaten

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