"Mike Maignan has spent the few days after his derby heroics in the headlines, but his opposite number has been very impressive for Lazio. There will be a number of very interesting battles across the pitch during Saturday night's game at San Siro, and we picked out five of them earlier today. There will be a long-distance contest between Maignan and Ivan Provedel, who will be between the posts at both ends."
"As MilanPress write, it is a contest between two goalkeepers who have enjoyed an excellent start to 2025-26, given they have the same number of goals conceded so far in the first 12 games (nine). It is the joint-best record, together with Roma's Mile Svilar."
"According to Expected Goals On Target (xGOT - a post-shot metric that measures the quality of shots that are on target) against, Provedel should have conceded 15.2 goals, and is therefore has a positive difference of 6.2. Mike Maignan - again according to xGOT - should have conceded 13.2 goals, which meansa positive difference of 4.2."
Maignan and Ivan Provedel have each conceded nine goals in Serie A's first 12 matches, a joint-best record alongside Mile Svilar. Provedel's xGOT suggests he should have conceded 15.2 goals, yielding a positive difference of 6.2, while Maignan's xGOT implies 13.2 expected goals conceded, for a +4.2 difference. Provedel's clean sheet rate stands at 58.3% versus Maignan's 36.4%. Provedel records an 83.3% save percentage (second in the league) and Maignan records 81.1% (fourth), indicating stronger post-shot and shot-stopping metrics for Provedel.
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