10 FACTS AHEAD OF AC MILAN V SPAL

With two finals and one semi-final reached in the last four years, AC Milan resume their path in the Coppa Italia round of 16. Their opponents will be SPAL, the side faced at San Siro in the league earlier this season on 31 October. Coach Pioli’s Rossoneri will be looking for some consistency after last weekend’s win against Cagliari, doing everything to secure the win and a place in the next round. While we await kick-off at San Siro tonight at 18:00 CET, let’s prepare for the match with some statistics and facts about this fixture.

DIRECT ENCOUNTERS

1- AC Milan have won four of their last five games against SPAL in the Coppa Italia (1L), but all of these encounters came in the group stage of the competition (the most recent taking place back in 1981).

2- AC Milan have won all of their last eight encounters with SPAL in all competitions, scoring 17 goals in the process.

PREVIOUS HOME GAMES

3- AC Milan have won all three of their home games against SPAL in the Coppa Italia, each game ending with a Rossoneri clean sheet.

4- SPAL have not come away victorious from any of their last 17 trips to face AC Milan at San Siro, the Rossoneri winning 14 and drawing three in all competitions.

CURRENT FORM

5- AC Milan have not been eliminated from the Coppa Italia in the round of 16 since 2008 against Lazio: they have subsequently progressed through this round ten times in a row.

6- AC Milan have managed to progress in the last three of their Coppa Italia games which have gone to extra time (including on penalty shootouts).

PLAYER FOCUS

7- Franck Kessié has scored three goals in five games against SPAL in Serie A, two of which came in the same game last May: against no other opponent has he scored more league goals in a Rossoneri shirt.

8- Samu Castillejo’s next appearance will be his 50th for Milan in all competitions.

9- Zlatan Ibrahimović has scored seven goals in his last ten Coppa Italia appearances, six of these coming in his last seven games at San Siro in the competition.

10- Krzysztof Piątek was the Coppa Italia 2018/19 top scorer with eight goals (two for AC Milan) from just five games in the competition.

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