10 PRE‑MATCH STATS FOR ATALANTA v AC MILAN

After winning in Bergamo last year for the first time since the 2014-15 season, the Rossoneri return to the Gewiss Stadium looking to keep the momentum up after taking eight points from four games. Atalanta will be the last opponents of 2019 for Stefano Pioli’s side and they’re currently sixth with 28 points, seven more than AC Milan. It’s a chance therefore to reduce the gap in the race for European football. Here are some statistics ahead of the 17th match of the season.

MATCH-UPS

1- Atalanta v AC Milan saw the most goals in a single Serie A match with twelve. In October 1972, the Rossoneri won 9-3.

PREVIOUS MATCHES AT ATALANTA

2- Milan have scored in 26 of the last 27 away matches against Atalanta in Serie A, losing only four (16 wins, 7 draws).

3- Only Juventus (27) have won more away games against Atalanta in Serie A than Milan (23).

FORM

4- Milan have kept clean sheets in two of the last three matches in Serie A, as many as in the previous 11.

PLAYER FOCUS

5- Alejandro Gómez (148) and Suso (133) are the two players with the most shot assists since the start of the last Serie A season.

6- Out of the sides who he’s faced more than once in Serie A, Atalanta are the side who Krzysztof Piątek has the best minutes per goal ratio against in the competition with a goal every 53 minutes thanks to a total of three goals in 158 minutes.

7- Andrea Conti (47 appearances, 10 goals), Mattia Caldara (55 appearances , 10 goals), Franck Kessie (30 appearances, six goals) and Giacomo Bonaventura (99 appearances, 14 goals) all made their Serie A debuts for Atalanta.

8- Giacomo Bonaventura scored his first brace for Milan in Serie A at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia against Atalanta in May 2015. The midfielder also scored in his last league match against the Bergamo side in September 2018.

COACH FOCUS

9- Only Allegri (seven) has won more in Serie A against Gian Piero Gasperini than Stefano Pioli (six).

10- Stefano Pioli has won seven of his 15 Serie A matches against Atalanta (drawn four, lost four) he’s not won more against any other side in the competition.

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