10 STATISTICS AHEAD OF BOLOGNA V AC MILAN

The Rossoneri head back to Emilia to face Bologna at the Dall’Ara on matchday 15 of the league. Two teams full of motivation, with the Rossoblù fresh off the back of their win over Napoli and the Rossoneri looking for two wins in a row after a vital victory against Parma. As we wait for kick-off at 20:45 CET tonight, let’s look at ten statistics ahead of the game.

PREVIOUS TRIPS TO BOLOGNA

1- AC Milan are unbeaten in their last 13 Serie A games at the Dall’Ara, with nine wins and four draws. The hosts have not won there against the Rossoneri since March 2002.

2- Although, the all-time record between the two sides for games in Emilia Romagna reads 25 wins apiece, with 21 draws to complete the picture of top-flight games.

DIRECT ENCOUNTERS

3- This will be the 143rd match between the two teams in Serie A, with Milan out in front in terms of overall wins. The Rossoneri boast 66 to Bologna’s 38, with the same number of draws to round things off.

4- The Rossoneri have scored 221 goals against the side from Emilia, the most out of anyone in the top division and an average of 1.6 goals per game.

GENERAL STATISTICS

5- Milan have faced the least shots of any side in the league so far, with only 162 efforts from their opponents this season. 

PLAYER FOCUS

6- All three of Theo Hernández’s Serie A goals have come in the second half of away games. The last Milan defender to score more in a single league campaign was Kakha Kaladze in 2001/02 with four.

7- Giacomo Bonaventura has scored more than one goal in a game for Milan in Serie A on two occasions, with one of these taking place against Bologna in December 2017. From his time in a Rossoneri shirt, Jack has only scored more league goals against Napoli (four) than against the side from Emilia (three).

8- Hakan Çalhanoğlu has scored and assisted in a game on four occasions in Serie A, the first came against Bologna at the Dall’Ara back in April 2018.

COACHES

9- As a coach, Stefano Pioli was unbeaten in seven of his eight Serie A encounters with Bologna (5W, 2D).

10- The record between Mihajlovic and Pioli in Serie A is completely even, three wins apiece and two draws.

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