AC Milan will be hoping to move towards the Champions League places when they face Verona, who need to bounce back following their heavy defeat to Atalanta

AC Milan are set to host Hellas Verona in a 20:45 CET kick-off at San Siro. The home side could go four unbeaten after beating Parma and Empoli either side of a derby draw with Inter, and they want three points to avoid losing sight of the Champions League places.

Verona, meanwhile, are determined to put their heavy defeat to Atalanta, which came after a vital victory over Monza, behind them and come away with something to stay above the relegation zone.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Milan have won each of their last eight Serie A matches against Hellas Verona; the Rossoneri have only managed to record a longest consecutive winning streak against four opponents in their history in the competition: 13 against Chievo, 10 against Novara, 10 against Pescara and nine against Siena.

Hellas Verona have never won away against Milan (D13 L19) nor against Inter; since their first Serie A season in 1957/58, they’ve played the most times at a single stadium (San Siro) without winning: 24 draws and 41 defeats in 65 previous such matches.

Although Hellas Verona have scored only one goal in the last three matches against Milan in Serie A, the Venetians have scored 66 goals overall against the Rossoneri in the competition, only against Fiorentina (71) have they scored more (also 66 against Lazio).

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Milan have won only two of their last eight home league games (D5 L1); however no team has kept more clean sheets than the Rossoneri at home in Serie A this term (6, alongside Napoli and Juventus).

Only Southampton (54) and Holstein Kiel (54) have conceded more goals than Hellas Verona (53, level with Leicester) in the big five European Leagues in 2024-25; indeed, before this season, the Venetians had never conceded more than 50 goals in their first 24 matches played in a Serie A season.

PLAYERS

Santiago Giménez, after his goal against Empoli, could become the third player to score in each of his first two Serie A appearances for Milan in the three points for a win era - among those in their debut season in the competition - after Andriy Shevchenko in September 1999 and Christian Pulisic in August 2023.

Diego Coppola, who is the player with the most interceptions in Serie A this term (48), has played 68 games for Hellas Verona in Serie A. Only Ivan Ilic (72) has played more games for the club in the era of three points for a win before turning 22.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: Tomori (Milan); Ghilardi (Hellas Verona)

Cautioned: Ghilardi, Bradaric, Pezzella e Zanetti (Hellas Verona)

REFEREE

FOURNEAU (BINDONI – TEGONI) IV: MASSIMI, VAR: MERAVIGLIA, AVAR: AURELIANO

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Torino-Milan (Saturday 22 February, 18:00 CET)

Hellas Verona-Fiorentina (Sunday 23 February, 15:00 CET)

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