10 FACTS AHEAD OF CAGLIARI V AC MILAN

The final day of the first round of fixtures sees AC Milan head to the Sardegna Arena to face Cagliari. Following the home draw with Sampdoria, Coach Pioli’s side will be looking for their first win of the year in a stadium that has almost always brought the Rossoneri success, AC Milan winning 15 of their 37 league games away to Cagliari compared to the hosts’ five. As we await kick-off at 15:00 CET, let’s look at ten facts ahead of matchday 19 in Serie A:

DIRECT ENCOUNTERS

1- AC Milan have won five times as many encounters from the 74 Serie A games between the two clubs (40 v 8); with 26 draws to complete the record.

2- AC Milan have scored in all of their last 19 games against Cagliari in Serie A (40 goals in total).

PREVIOUS RESULTS AWAY TO CAGLIARI

3- AC Milan have lost just one of their last 15 Serie A away games against Cagliari (8W, 6D).

CURRENT FORM

4- AC Milan have not lost the final game of the first round of fixtures for four seasons (2W, 2D).

PLAYER FOCUS

5- Franck Kessie scored the second of his three Serie A braces in this fixture, away to Cagliari at the Sardegna Arena, transforming the result from 0-1 to 2-1.

6- Zlatan Ibrahimović has scored eleven goals from direct free kicks in the Top 5 European leagues (three in Serie A, one in La Liga and seven in Ligue 1): his only free-kick goal for AC Milan came in January 2012 against Cagliari.

7- Lucas Paquetá scored his only goal in Serie A against Cagliari in February 2019.

8- Theo Hernández, a scorer in his last two league away games against Parma and Bologna, is the defender with the most attempted dribbles this season (61), with a success rate of 48% (29).

9- Alessio Romagnoli is the only AC Milan player to have started all 18 league games this season.

COACH FOCUS

10- Stefano Pioli has beaten Cagliari seven times in Serie A (4D, 4L): against no other side has he won more games as a coach in this competition.

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