Serie A · 2024Sun, 27 Apr 2025, 10:30 UTCFull timeFull-time recap

Venezia

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Milan

WLDWL

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Venezia	Milan
Shots	15 shots/match▲	11 shots/match
Shots on target	2 shots/match	2 shots/match
Expected goals	1.22 xG/match	1.61 xG/match▲
Possession	50%	50%
Corners	7 corners/match●	2 corners/match
Fouls	14 fouls/match	13 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

off target
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Venezia: 15 shots, 2 on target, 1.22 xG. Milan: 11 shots, 2 on target, 1.64 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Venezia 1.22 xG · Milan 1.64 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Milan's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines. A second useful context is: Milan's last-five goals scored average is above their season average. Limitation: The fixture is outside the configured active season.

Milan show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

Milan's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

10.2 shots/match▲ShotsVenezia · Milan15 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Venezia	Milan	Baseline
Shots	10.2 shots/match	15 shots/match	11.9 shots/match
Shots against	14.6 shots/match	11.5 shots/match	12 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

Milan's recent record differs from the season

weak

Milan's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

1.8 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.56 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1.8 goals/match	1.56 goals/match	1.22 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

The teams have contrasting possession records

moderate

Milan have recorded the higher season possession share.

44.9%PossessionVenezia · Milan●54.3%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 9.5 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Venezia	Milan	Baseline
Possession	44.9%	54.3%	48.7%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

0Venezia

0Draws

3Milan

14 Sept 2024Milan — Venezia · Serie A4–0

9 Jan 2022Venezia — Milan · Serie A0–3

22 Sept 2021Milan — Venezia · Serie A2–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Venezia favored in 0 of 13 directional metrics · Milan in 11 · 2 too close

0.79 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 34/34▲1.56 goals/match

1.41 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 34/34▲1.12 goals/match

0.98 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 34/34▲1.71 xG/match

1.51 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 34/34▲1.14 xG/match

10.2 shots/matchShotsseason · 34/34▲15 shots/match

14.6 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 34/34▲11.5 shots/match

3.38 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 34/34▲5.21 shots/match

5.06 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 34/34▲3.76 shots/match

44.9%Possessionseason · 34/34●54.3%

3.74 corners/matchCornersseason · 34/34●5.91 corners/match

5.85 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 34/34▲4.03 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

13.1 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 34/3411 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

18%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 34/34▲35%

53%Scoring frequencyseason · 34/34▲85%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Venezia22.5

Milan67.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Venezia23.3

Milan85

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Venezia16.7

Milan64.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Venezia17.5

Milan92.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Venezia62.5

Milan12.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Venezia7.5

Milan87.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Venezia31.2

Milan71.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Venezia34 matchesMilan34 matches

0.79 goals/matchGoals scored34/34▲1.56 goals/match

1.41 goals/matchGoals allowed34/34▲1.12 goals/match

0.98 xG/matchExpected goals34/34▲1.71 xG/match

10.2 shots/matchShots34/34▲15 shots/match

3.38 shots/matchShots on target34/34▲5.21 shots/match

44.9%Possession34/34●54.3%

3.74 corners/matchCorners34/34●5.91 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

13.1 fouls/matchFouls34/3411 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Venezia17 matchesMilan17 matches

0.76 goals/matchGoals scored17/17▲1.65 goals/match

1.06 goals/match▲Goals allowed17/171.35 goals/match

1.12 xG/matchExpected goals17/17▲1.81 xG/match

11.1 shots/matchShots17/17▲14.4 shots/match

3.82 shots/matchShots on target17/17▲5.53 shots/match

47.1%Possession17/17●54.2%

4.06 corners/matchCorners17/17●5.53 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

12.9 fouls/matchFouls17/1711 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

6.9 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/16.66 days

1 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidencelimited

Season samples34 / 34home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 27 Apr 2025, 14:30 UTC · analysis-v4