10 STATISTICS AHEAD OF FIORENTINA V AC MILAN

Last year, a header from Çalhanoğlu decided the match at the Franchi. The season before that, Hakan was also on the scoresheet in a 1-1 draw. Now, another game in Florence is in store for the Rossoneri, who will be aiming to continue a good spell which has seen them pick up 14 points in 2020 so far. Before tonight's 20:45 CET kick-off, here are ten facts that you need to know to get you fired up for Fiorentina v AC Milan.

DIRECT ENCOUNTERS

1- AC Milan and Fiorentina have faced each other 159 times in Serie A. The Rossoneri's record against the Viola reads as follows: 72 wins, 43 draws, 44 defeats. The Diavolo have only recorded more wins against Roma (74) in the Italian top flight. Furthermore, Fiorentina are the side AC Milan have scored most against in Serie A (247).

2- AC Milan have won four of their last eight league matches against Fiorentina (two draws, two defeats), with these victories coming on the last four occasions the sides have met during the second half of the season.

GENERAL STATISTICS

3- 1-1 has been the most frequent scoreline between AC Milan and Fiorentina in Serie A (on 19 occasions). The last time it ended this way was in December 2017. The Rossoneri are the only side not to have drawn away from home this Serie A campaign. So far, the Diavolo have won six and lost six on the road.

4- AC Milan (110) and Fiorentina (130) are the two teams who have allowed the fewest number of shots to be taken by the opposition during the first half of games this Serie A season. Furthermore, only nine of the 31 goals the Rossoneri have conceded this campaign have come in the opening period, the lowest in the league in percentage terms (29%). 

PLAYER FOCUS

5- Ante Rebić has scored five goals in six matches in the league in 2020, the same amount that Piątek bagged for the Rossoneri during his first six appearances for the Club in the Italian top flight last season. The Croatian player has bagged 50% of the goals AC Milan have scored in 2020 (five out of ten) and has been involved in all of the last seven goals that the Diavolo have netted in all competitions.

6- No goalkeeper has kept more clean sheets than Gigio Donnarumma this season (nine, level with Marco Silvestri).

7- Hakan Çalhanoğlu has scored three goals against Fiorentina in Serie A, making the Viola his favourite victim. The Turk has also provided three assists against the Tuscan side. Çalhanoğlu's next match will be his 200th in one of the Top Five European leagues. He's played 88 of these games in Serie A with the Rossoneri.

8- With Matteo Gabbia now having played, the Rossoneri have fielded five players under the age of 21 this Serie A season. No team can boast at having done better in this regard.

COACH FOCUS

9- Fiorentina are one of the seven sides that Stefano Pioli has coached in Serie A, with Viola being the last team he was involved with before he joined the Rossoneri. He won 24, drew 24 and lost 21 during his 69-game spell in charge of the Tuscan side.

10- Out of the coaches who Stefano Pioli has faced more than five times in Serie A, he's only picked up more points against Colantuono (1.89) than Iachini (1.86) on average. The Rossoneri Coach's record against the latter reads as follows: four wins, one draw, two defeats.

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