10 STATS AHEAD OF AC MILAN V SPAL

The tenth round of Serie A fixtures will come to an end when AC Milan face SPAL at San Siro tomorrow. It's an important match against a motivated opponent who managed to pick up a point in their last outing against Napoli. In the last 36 meetings between the sides, the team from Ferrara have only won once. The Rossoneri not only have a good head-to-head record against SPAL, but have generally also achieved positive results in their most recent matches played on Thursday, winning two, drawing two and losing just once on the last five occasions when this has happened. Now, as we wait for the 21:00 CET kick-off, let's discover 10 interesting facts relating to AC Milan v SPAL.

PREVIOUS MEETINGS AT SAN SIRO 

1- The Rossoneri have scored in each of their last ten Serie A matches against SPAL at San Siro, winning eight and drawing two of those games. 

GENERAL STATISTICS

2- The most frequent scoreline between AC Milan and SPAL in Serie A is 1-1, with matches between the sides having ended this way on seven occasions. This last happened in December 1966, the last time the Biancazzurri managed to take any points off the Rossoneri.

3- AC Milan have only lost one of their past five Serie A games played on a Thursday (two wins, two draws).

4- AC Milan are the side who have fielded the players with the lowest average age this season (24 years and 250 days). The Rossoneri (58.6%) have demonstrated that they're capable of keeping the ball: only Juve and Napoli have had more possession than AC Milan on average so far this campaign.

PLAYER FOCUS

5- Kessie has scored three goals in four Serie A matches against SPAL, including a brace in May. This makes the Biancazzurri the team he has netted the most against while wearing the Rossoneri shirt. The only Serie A match where Franck has been involved in three goals was in May's fixture: he bagged two and provided an assist back then.

6- Theo Hernández has been involved in 50% of AC Milan's last six Serie A goals (three out of six, two goals and one assist). Furthermore, the Frenchman is one of three Rossoneri defenders to have scored at least two goals in his first six Serie A appearances in the three-points-for-a-win era, with Martin Laursen and Adil Rami being the other two. Finally, the former Real Madrid man is the third youngest defender to score at least two goals so far this season in the top five European leagues. He's only behind Borussia Dortmund's Hakimi and Fiorentina's Milenkovic in this respect.

7- Hakan Çalhanoğlu is the only AC Milan player to have scored more than one goal at home up to this point in Serie A.

8- No other defender has attempted more passes than Rossoneri defender Alessio Romagnoli (607) so far this campaign. 

9- Only Pulgar, Gomez and Callejon have set up more shooting opportunities for their teammates than Suso (22) so far this season. 

COACH FOCUS

10- Stefano Pioli is unbeaten in four Serie A meetings with Leonardo Semplici and SPAL: the AC Milan Coach won two and drew two while in charge of Fiorentina.

Remember that tickets are on sale for the home games against SPAL, Lazio and Napoli. Buy yours now! See you at San Siro!