AC Milan Serie A Analysis: 5th Place, 18 Points After 9 Games

AC Milan are 5th in the Serie A with 18 points from 9 games (5W 3D 1L) and a goal difference of +7.

Season at a glance

They trail the leaders Inter Milan by 7 points, and are 2 points behind fourth place.

They are 15 points above bottom-placed Venezia.

AC Milan's season marks: biggest wins 3-0 at home and 0-2 away; heaviest defeats 2-4 at home and - away; a best winning run of 2.

Against top-half opponents AC Milan have 1W 2D 0L (1.67 points per game from 3 games); against the bottom half it is 4W 1D 1L (2.17 per game from 6).

Attack

AC Milan have scored 18 goals (2.0 per game), the 5th-best attack in the Serie A. The league average is 1.58 per team per game, so they sit 27% above it. They failed to score in 0 of 9 games. They average 2.5 goals per home game and 1.6 per away game.

Defence

They have conceded 11 (1.22 per game), the 6th-best defence, with 3 clean sheets in 9 games. Clean sheets: 2 at home and 1 away. They concede 1.5 per home game and 1.0 per away game.

When the goals come

AC Milan's 18 league goals are spread by minute band, with the most productive spell 61-75 (10 goals); 12 (67%) came after half-time and 0 after the 75th minute. they have conceded most between minutes 76-90 (5 of 11 goals), including 5 after the 75th minute.

Tactics and discipline

AC Milan's most used formations: 3-4-2-1 (6 games), 4-4-2 (1 game), 3-4-3 (1 game).

AC Milan have collected 15 yellow and 0 red cards and converted 1 of 2 penalties.

Home and away

AC Milan have 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat at home (9 points from 4 games, 2.25 per game), scoring 2.5 and conceding 1.5 per game. They kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score in 0 of those 4.

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 (opponent position in brackets): 2-4 vs Bologna (11th, L); 2-0 at Udinese (17th, W); 3-2 vs Atalanta (12th, W); 1-1 at Sassuolo (15th, D); 3-0 vs Lecce (14th, W). That is 10 points from a possible 15, with 11 goals scored and 7 conceded.

Current streaks for AC Milan: a goal in each of their last 9.

Squad leaders

AC Milan's league contributors: goals - A. Rabiot 4, A. Cissè 4, Diego Moreira 3; assists - A. Rabiot 3, L. Modrić 2, S. Chukwueze 2.

Highest average ratings among regulars (270+ minutes): Diego Moreira 7.68, A. Rabiot 7.43, C. Pulišić 7.27.

Workload and impact: most minutes - M. Maignan (810), S. Pavlović (810); most key passes - S. Chukwueze (12); most tackles and interceptions - S. Pavlović (28); goalkeeper M. Maignan has made 25 saves; most yellow cards - S. Pavlović (3).

The schedule ahead

Next up: vs Inter Milan (1st), at Genoa (13th), vs Frosinone (6th). The average league position of those opponents is 6.7, a demanding run.

Outlook

At 2.0 points per game, a full 38-game season would end near 76 points, and at 2.0 goals per game near 76 goals. That is a projection from the current rate, not a prediction.