10 FACTS AHEAD OF BRESCIA V AC MILAN

An opponent well in the midst of a relegation battle, fresh off the back of a well-earned home draw and ready to defend their walls once again. Brescia will be sure to be up for the fight on matchday 21 in Serie A, but they’ll be visited by a Rossoneri side rising both in confidence and form, in hot pursuit of their third consecutive league victory. As we await kick-off at 20:45 CET tonight, let’s take a look at ten facts preceding our upcoming clash at the Stadio Rigamonti.

DIRECT ENCOUNTERS

1- The Rossoneri hold the better record with 22 wins compared to their opponents’ eight, with 13 draws completing the balance.

2- AC Milan have always been a tough side to face for Brescia, the home side winning only one of their last 19 league matches against “Il Diavolo” back in 2003.

CURRENT FORM

3- The Rossoneri haven’t drawn any of their last 13 Serie A away games (7W, 6L): the last time they went 14 away games without a draw was back in 1950.

4- “Il Diavolo” have had great success in recent years against sides in the bottom two spots of the table at the beginning of gameweeks, with five wins in their last six league games against such sides.

5- AC Milan have scored five goals in their last two Serie A matches, the same number they had scored in their previous seven in the competition.

PLAYER FOCUS

6- Theo Hernández (22 years old) is the youngest AC Milan player to score five goals in their first twenty games of the Serie A season since Stephan El Shaarawy (19 years, 358 days) in 2012/13.

7- Hernández is the defender to have earned the most points for his team with his goals this Serie A season, his five goals earning eight points for AC Milan.

8- With his next goal, Zlatan Ibrahimović will overtake David Trezeguet in 10th place for the best foreign scorer in Serie A history (currently level on 123 goals).

9- In their three Serie A fixtures since Ibra’s return, “Il Diavolo” have recorded an average of four more shots per game compared to the first half of their season (18.7 v 14.7). Average crosses have also risen, the figure increasing from 11 to 20 per match.

COACH FOCUS

10- Stefano Pioli has won both of his games as a coach against Eugenio Corini in Serie A, with an aggregate score of 5-0: Bologna 4-0 Chievo Verona and Inter 1-0 Palermo.

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