10 FACTS ON SAMPDORIA V ACMILAN

Samp are now safe, though they will still be up for a fight in their own ground. It won't be easy for the Rossoneri, who will need to get back to winning ways and stay in the hunt for fifth spot in the league. Ahead of kick-off (19:30 CEST) at Genoa's Stadio Luigi Ferraris, let's take a look at ten fun facts pertaining to Sampdoria v AC Milan.

CURRENT FORM
1- AC Milan are unbeaten in their last ten outings in the league, their best run in Serie A since April 2013 (14).
2- AC Milan haven't lost away from home in Serie A since December 2019 (against Atalanta): five wins and three draws since that day.

GENERAL STATISTICS
3- AC Milan have scored 28 goals in ten Serie A games since lockdown, exactly the same as the Rossoneri managed in the league running up to the break (26 games).
4- No team has scored more goals from direct free kicks than AC Milan and Sampdoria (both on three) this season.

FOCUS ON THE PLAYERS
5- AC Milan's Hakan Çalhanoğlu hasn't scored eight goals in a single league campaign since 2014/15, when he played for Bayer Leverkusen.
6- Çalhanoğlu has been involved in a goal in each of his last four league games, the last AC Milan centre midfielder to do so was Kaká in May 2008.

7- He's out through injury, but Alessio Romagnoli played 30 games, scoring twice, for Sampdoria in Serie (2014/15).
8- Giacomo Bonaventura has scored four goals in eleven Serie A matches against Sampdoria. He's only scored more against Napoli (five).
9- AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimović has scored five goals in eight games against Sampdoria in Serie A (one with Juventus and four with Inter) - he's also assited two against the Blucerchiati, one of which was with the Rossoneri.

COACHES
10- Claudio Ranieri has never beaten Stefano Pioli as a coach: three draws and one win for the current AC Milan boss.

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