AC Milan Serie A Analysis: 4th Place, 18 Points After 8 Games

AC Milan are 4th in the Serie A with 18 points from 8 games (5W 3D 0L) and a goal difference of +9.

Attack

AC Milan have scored 16 goals (2.0 per game), the 5th-best attack in the Serie A. The league average is 1.54 per team per game, so they sit 30% above it. They failed to score in 0 of 8 games.

Defence

They have conceded 7 (0.88 per game), the 3rd-best defence, with 3 clean sheets in 8 games.

Home and away

AC Milan have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats at home (9 points from 3 games, 3.0 per game), scoring 2.67 and conceding 0.67 per game. They kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score in 0 of those 3.

AC Milan have 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats away from home (9 points from 5 games, 1.8 per game), scoring 1.6 and conceding 1.0 per game. They kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score in 0 of those 5.

Form and streaks

AC Milan's last 5 results in the Serie A, newest first: 2-0 at Udinese (W); 3-2 vs Atalanta (W); 1-1 at Sassuolo (D); 3-0 vs Lecce (W); 2-2 at Lazio (D). That is 11 points from a possible 15.

Current streaks for AC Milan: 2 straight wins, a goal in each of their last 8.

Key players

AC Milan's standout numbers: A. Rabiot (4 goals, number 7 in the scoring chart); Diego Moreira (3 goals, number 16 in the scoring chart); A. Rabiot (3 assists, number 3 in the assist chart).

The schedule ahead

Next up: vs Bologna (13th), vs Inter Milan (2nd), at Genoa (16th). The average league position of those opponents is 10.3, a mixed run.

Outlook

At 2.25 points per game, a full 38-game season would end near 86 points. That is a projection from the current rate, not a prediction.