TOWARDS THE BENTEGODI

MILAN – Ahead of Verona-Milan on Sunday at the Bentegodi stadium, here are some interesting stats from Football Data.Hellas Verona tend to improve on their results in the second-half compared to the first: the gialloblu went from 1-1 at half-time against Palermo (at home) to 2-1 in the second-half, 0-0 to 1-0 versus Torino (away), 0-1 to 2-2 against Genoa (at home) and from 0-0 to 1-0 against Cagliari. However, the trend didn’t repeat itself versus Roma. The first-half finished goalless, but they went on to lose 2-0.Verona are also performing very well at the Bentegodi stadium: in the last 8 home matches, between last season and this season, Andrea Mandorlini’s side have scored 20 goals scoring at least one goal per match. Hellas Verona are one of the 3 teams in Serie A along with Chievo and Atalanta not to have sendings-off for or against this season. Milan meanwhile have had 2 sendings-off against and 2 in their favour, the same number as Parma.CURIOUS FACTS: Milan won away to Parma 5-4, drew 2-2 at Empoli and 1-1 at Cesena. Those results mean Milan have not lost away from home since the 11th of May. That last defeat was away to Atalanta last season in a match that ended 2-1 in favour of the orobici. For the calendar year 2014, Milan haven’t been able to string together 4 consecutive matches unbeaten away from home. The match against Verona will give the rossoneri the chance to do so. For the record, the last time Milan did so was in the period between November-December 2013 with the following results: Chievo-Milan 0-0 (Serie A), Celtic-Milan 0-3 (Champions League), Catania-Milan 1-3 (Serie A) and Livorno-Milan 2-2 (Serie A). COACHES HEAD TO HEAD: Andrea Mandorlini will be facing Milan for the fifth time in his coaching career. His record reads: 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Milan have scored in all 4 of the precedents and a total of 6 goals.Filippo Inzaghi takes on Hellas Verona for the first time as a coach. Inzaghi spent a season on loan at Hellas in 1993/1994 during his playing career and managed to score 13 goals from 36 appearances in Serie B. As a player, Inzaghi played against Hellas on 7 occasions with 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From those meetings, Inzaghi scored 3 goals.