The title of Winter Champions is purely a media one, but the team top of Serie A at the midway stage has gone on to win the Scudetto 19 times in the last 26 campaigns.
Milan need only a point today against Atalanta to be sure of taking the Campione d’Inverno crown, as if Inter win and the Rossoneri lose, then the Nerazzurri have a superior goal difference.
Come the end of the season, head-to-head will be the deciding factor, but at the midway stage it’s still goal difference.
The title of Winter Champions is purely a media one, but the team top of Serie A at the midway stage has gone on to win the Scudetto 19 times in the last 26 campaigns.
Milan need only a point today against Atalanta to be sure of taking the Campione d’Inverno crown, as if Inter win and the Rossoneri lose, then the Nerazzurri have a superior goal difference.
Come the end of the season, head-to-head will be the deciding factor, but at the midway stage it’s still goal difference.
Milan could be the Winter Champions for the 18th time in their history, surpassing Inter’s 17, but still a long way off Juventus on 31.
Since Serie A moved to three points for a win in 1995-96, the Winter Champions have gone on to win the Scudetto in 19 out of 26 campaigns.
In the most recent post-Calciopoli era, only Napoli have twice been top at the halfway point, losing eventually to Juventus.
This occurred in 2015-16 and again in 2017-18.
The period of the biggest turnaround was from 1998 to 2003, when on five occasions the Winter title did not translate to silverware.
Fiorentina famously collapsed in 1998-99 after Gabriel Batistuta’s injury, with Milan snatching the Scudetto at the last hurdle and Lazio in second.
Juventus were top midway and going into the final weekend of 1999-2000 until their defeat on a rainy day in Perugia, allowing Lazio to leapfrog.
In 2001-02, Juve were the ones to turn it around and beat Inter on the final day, but it was Roma who were top of the table at the halfway point.
Carlo Ancelotti’s Milan had the Winter crown in 2002-03 only to lose eventually to Juventus.
Fabio Capello’s Roma crumbled after their lead was eradicated by Milan in 2003-04.