Milan and Parma go head-to-head at the Stadio Ennio Tardini in an exciting Serie A match-up on Saturday evening. Having endured a torrid start to 2021, the Rossoneri can ill-afford more slip-ups if they are to compete in the Champions League next season.
The visitors have picked up just two victories in their last five Serie A fixtures (D2, L1), a sequence that allowed fifth-placed Napoli to whittle down the gap to four points. After enjoying a stellar first half of the season, Stefano Pioli’s men now face the prospect of missing out on Champions League football for the seventh season running.
Milan will hardly have a better chance to pick up much-needed three points than against an out-of-sorts Parma side that won only 10.34% of their Serie A matches this season. The Crociati have claimed just a single victory in 16 league games since the calendar flipped to 2021 and currently sit four points adrift of safety.
Meanwhile, the Lombardian heavyweights boast a league-highest 85.71% win-ratio across away Serie A fixtures this term, having registered 12 successes in 14 top-flight trips thus far. Another noteworthy takeaway from Milan’s league trips this season is that they have found the back of the net in both halves in 71.43% of such contests (10/14).
Furthermore, the Rossoneri have come out victorious in four of their last seven Serie A visits to Ennio Tardini, netting an average of 1.81 goals per game in the process.
Remarkably, Pioli’s players have won all 16 Serie A fixtures in which they were leading at half-time this season, including 11 away from home. On the other hand, the hosts have ended up on the losing side in 75% of the league matches in which they surrendered a half-time lead.
Therefore, Milan’s early advantage may well wrap up this encounter for the traveling side.