Genoa vs. AC Milan to bring matchday 35 to an end

Matchday 35 in Serie A Enilive will come to an end with Genoa vs. AC Milan. The Rossoblù have lost their last two matches – against Lazio and Como – but are already mathematically safe. Now, they’re looking for a prestigious result to make an already positive season even better. After beating Venezia last week, the Rossoneri, meanwhile, are looking to build momentum ahead of their upcoming matches against Bologna – first in the league and then in the final of the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Milan and Genoa have drawn their last two Serie A meetings: they’ve not drawn three in a row in the top division since 1991-1992, with the 1991/92 season also the last in which the Rossoneri and the Rossoblu drew both matches. Milan are unbeaten in 13 of their last 14 league games against Genoa (W9 D4); the Rossoblu's only win in this period was 2-1 in March 2020, with goals from Goran Pandev and Francesco Cassata (Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the Rossoneri). Milan have won five of their last six games at the Ferraris against Genoa (D1), keeping four clean sheets. They are looking to keep three clean sheets in a row on Ligurian soil for the first time since 1962.

DID YOU KNOW?

Despite being the team that have attempted the most shots from outside the box (95) since the beginning of 2025 in Serie A (since the arrival of Sérgio Conceicao), Milan are one of three teams in the league that have yet to score from distance in this calendar year - together with Bologna and today's opponent, Genoa. Only Parma (28 shots) had fewer shots than Genoa (29, like Cagliari) in the month of April in Serie A; the Ligurians still produced an overall expected goals value of 3.39 in the month, despite scoring just one goal.

PLAYERS

Genoa’s Andrea Pinamonti has not found the net in his last nine Serie A games: it is his longest drought in a single top-flight championship since 15 consecutive games without a goal between October 2019 and June 2020. Youssouf Fofana has already provided six assists in this championship; considering the last 20 seasons (since 2005/06), only one central midfielder has managed at least seven assists in his debut season in Serie A with Milan: Hakan Çalhanoglu in 2017/18 (Alberto Aquilani stopped at six in 2011/12). Christian Pulisic scored the only goal in the only match played in his career at the Ferraris against Genoa (1-0 on 7 October 2023); excluding central attackers (first or second strikers), the American could become the first Milan player to score more than 10 goals in the first two Serie A championships played with the Rossoneri since Luciano Chiarugi (1972/73 and 1973/74).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: Pinamonti, Thorsby (Genoa); Bondo, Hernandez, Leao (Milan)

REFEREE

COLLU (COSTANZO – PASSERI) IV: SANTORO, VAR: GARIGLIO, AVAR: MAZZOLENI

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Napoli-Genoa (Sunday 11 May, 20.45 CEST) Milan-Bologna (Friday 9 May, 20.45 CEST) (Photo Getty Images)