Saturday, November 1, 2014

IMPORTANT MATCH





A preview of Milan-Palermo on Sunday evening.
MILAN – A preview of Milan-Palermo through the use of statistics supplied byFootball Data
After Juve and Sampdoria both fell to defeats earlier this week, Milan (along with Napoli) are currently the two sides in Serie A with the longest unbeaten run which stands at 6.

Should Daniele Bonera feature tomorrow it would be his 400th career appearance at club level.

Should Pablo Armero make an appearance, it would be his 100th in Serie A: the day of his birthday.

After 9 rounds played, Milan and Palermo are 2 of the 7 sides not to have had any goals scored by their substitutes. Only players named in the starting line-up have found the back of the net. The other sides to share this feature are Cagliari, Empoli, Sampdoria, Sassuolo and Torino.

Palermo are one of the 5 teams in Serie A this season not to have had a penalty awarded in their favour. The others are Chievo Verona, Fiorentina, Udinese and Sampdoria. Palermo are also one of the teams with the best disciplinary record and have had no players sent off so far, something they share with Udinese, Cagliari, Napoli and Fiorentina.

The coaches: This will be the first time Inzaghi takes on Giuseppe Iachini as a coach. As a player, Inzaghi faced Iachini twice coming out on the winning side once, Juventus-Venezia 1-0 Serie A 1999/00, and on the the losing side once, Palermo-Parma 3-0 Italian Cup 1995/96.

As a player, Inzaghi faced Palermo on 14 occasions. His record reads: 7 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. Inzaghi scored 4 goals during his career against the Sicilian side.

Giuseppe Iachini meanwhile has faced Milan 4 times during his coaching career. He’s lost on all of those occasions. Iachini received his second sacking as a coach after a defeat by Milan: 4th December 2010, Milan-Brescia 3-0 Serie A.