Serie A Gameweek 1 Sat, Aug 23 · 19:45 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milano
AC Milan
1–2Full time
Cremonese
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Our take

AC Milan were clear favourites.

AC Milan were the stronger side on L90 Strength (63 vs 16). AC Milan had ? days of rest, Cremonese ? and had to travel 75 km.

Away travel75 kmMatches / 14d0 · 0
AC Milan75%
Draw17%
Cremonese8%
Expected goals 2.34 – 0.66
AC Milan76%
Draw16%
Cremonese8%
Expected goals 2.49 – 0.72
AC Milan74%
Draw17%
Cremonese8%
Expected goals 2.32 – 0.66
AC Milan68%
Draw20%
Cremonese12%
Expected goals 2.09 – 0.74
AC Milan76%
Draw16%
Cremonese8%
Expected goals 2.52 – 0.72
Over 2.5 58% Both score 44% Likeliest score 2–0
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Milano)

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RefereeGiuseppe Collu
  • Cards per match 3.8
  • Penalties per match 0.00
  • Matches 9

Team strength

AC MilanCremonese
63 L90 StrengthIn forecast 16
66 Current StrengthIn forecast 20
72 AttackIn forecast 16
69 DefenceIn forecast 30
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

AC Milan

Attack—
Defense risk—

Cremonese

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

AC MilanCremonese
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
1.90 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.30
1.10 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.70
1.50 xGVia Att/Def —
1.00 xG allowedVia Att/Def —
+0.40 Goals minus xGContext —
90% Scored inContext 80%
30% Clean sheetsContext 30%
13.50 ShotsContext 10.90
4.10 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.50
30% On target shareContext 32%
8.30 Shots in the boxContext 7.78
63% Box shareContext 64%
14% ConversionContext 12%
1.57 OffsidesContext 2.13
11.60 Shots allowedContext 16.10
4.20 On target allowedVia Att/Def 6.30
2.90 BlocksContext 4.00
3.30 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.20
79% Save rateContext 67%
50% PossessionIn forecast 39%
448 PassesContext 348
391 Accurate passesContext 271
87% Pass accuracyContext 78%
7.00 Team ratingContext 6.86
10.80 FoulsContext 10.20
10.80 Fouls sufferedContext 12.50
1.80 Yellow cardsContext 1.40
0.20 Red cardsContext 0.20
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

AC Milan
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Cremonese
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel75 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
AC Milan Cremonese
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match——
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km75 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one65.9

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

AC Milan Confirmed XI
3-5-2
16M. Maignan(G)
31S. Pavlović 46M. Gabbia 23O. Tomori
2P. Estupiñán 19Y. Fofana 14L. Modrić 8R. Loftus-Cheek 56A. Saelemaekers
11C. Pulišić 7S. Giménez
+1 more reported missing outside this XI
Cremonese Confirmed XI
3-5-2
1E. Audero(G)
15M. Bianchetti 6F. Baschirotto 24F. Terracciano
3G. Pezzella 27J. Vandeputte 33A. Grassi 18M. Collocolo 7A. Zerbin
90F. Bonazzoli 77D. Okereke
+5 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
AC Milan Scores -0.01 · concedes 0.00 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Cremonese Scores 0.00 · concedes +0.03 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • AC Milan+0.3 pp
  • Draw-0.2 pp
  • Cremonese-0.1 pp

Home / Away this season

AC Milan · Home No home games yet this season.
Cremonese · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 2 of 2 meetings

0 AC Milan wins2 draws0 Cremonese wins
Goals per game0.50 – 0.50 Over 2.50% Both scored50% Clean sheets50% · 50%
  • 3 May 2023AC Milan1–1Cremonese
  • 8 Nov 2022Cremonese0–0AC Milan

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Giuseppe Collu 9 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.78league 4.00
Red cards0.00league 0.50
Cards 5+11%league 50%
Fouls26.6league 30.5
Penalties0.00league 0.00
Home wins44%league 0%
AC Milan1 with this referee
Record1-0-0 Cards · opp.5.0 · 1.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • W5 May 25A · Genoa2–15
Cremonese

No previous matches with this referee.

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

AC Milan
No complete event data.
Cremonese
No complete event data.
AC Milan10 games · scored 19 · conceded 11
1 4 0-15
1 1 16-30
3 1 31-45
1 2 46-60
6 2 61-75
7 1 76-90
Cremonese10 games · scored 13 · conceded 17
2 4 0-15
1 2 16-30
2 3 31-45
2 1 46-60
3 61-75
6 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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