Rome-Milan is the Sunday postponement that closes the 24th matchday of Serie A, the 5th of the second round. A fundamental challenge for both the team coached by Stefano Pioli called to defend their second place in the standings and to put an end to the bad moment that has seen them from 4 games between the championship and the Europa League without winning assets. On the other hand, the Giallorossi team that had an easy life in Europe against Braga is better off, but which, after the 0-0 draw with Benevento, cannot and does not want to miss the opportunity to move to -2 from the Rossoneri.
STATISTICS – A double draw in a Serie A season has not happened between the two teams since 1999/2000 (this year 3-3 in the first leg). Roma are the team that has earned the most points at home (30) in this Serie A, while Milan are the team that have won the most away (28). Milan lost four games in 2021 in Serie A: two more than in the whole of 2020; only in 1936 did he come to five defeats considering the first two months of the year.
PENALTIES – No team has scored more penalty goals than Milan (10) and Roma (6) in this Serie A: four of the 10 penalties scored by the Rossoneri have come on a 0-0 score, at least double that of any other formation in the current tournament .
INDIVIDUALS – Jordan Veretout Roma has scored nine goals in Serie A this season and could become the first French midfielder in double-digit goals in a single season in the top European leagues since 2018/19, in which three have succeeded: Pogba, Thauvin and Oudin. Zlatan Ibrahimovic AC Milan has been dry on goals in his last two Serie A appearances: since his return to AC Milan in January 2020, only once have he had a streak of three goalless league games (against Napoli, Parma and Bologna in July 2020) .
THE OFFICIAL FORMATIONS
Roma (3-4-2-1): Pau Lopez; Fazio, Cristante, Mancini; Karsdorp, Villar, Veretout, Spinazzola; Pellegrini, Mkhitaryan; Borja Mayoral.
Milan (4-2-3-1): Donnarumma; Calabria, Kjaer, Tomori, Hernandez; Tonali, Kessie; Saelemaekers, Calhanoglu, Rebic; Ibrhaimovic.
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