10 FACTS ON AC MILAN V ATALANTA

To close out the first round of fixtures in the best possible way, to confirm first place in the standings and seal their status as winter champions, a high-level challenge awaits as AC Milan returns to San Siro to host Atalanta for the 19th match day of Serie A. Ahead of kick-off, scheduled for this evening at 18.00 CET, we take a look at the main statistics and points of interest:

HEAD-TO-HEAD

1- This will be the 119th meeting in Serie A between AC Milan and Atalanta: The Rossoneri hold the advantage with 51 wins compared to 24 for Atalanta.

2- The most common scoreline has been 1-1, happening on 17 separate occasions, including in the return fixture last season (Çalhanoğlu and Zapata scoring the goals).

CURRENT FORM

3- In terms of wins, AC Milan (13W) are one win away from equalling their best opening half of a season in Serie A in the era of 20 teams: 14 wins in 1950/51.

4- AC Milan have kept a clean sheet in their last two league games and could reach three clean sheets in a row for the second time this season (after the first three games of the season).

GENERAL STATS

5- AC Milan is the team who have scored the most goals (15) in the first half hour of play this season (including seven in their last twelve matches); Atalanta third in this ranking with eleven, behind Roma on twelve.

6- Only Lyon (15) have hit the woodwork more times than AC Milan in the top five major European leagues in 2020/21.

PLAYER FOCUS

7- Zlatan Ibrahimović (498) is only two goals away from reaching a landmark 500 goals in his club career. The club with which he has scored the most goals is PSG (156), followed by AC Milan on 80.

8- Excluding the playoffs with Los Angeles Galaxy, the next match will be Zlatan Ibrahimović's 600th league appearance in his club career.

9- Franck Kessie has six goals in Serie A this season, just one less than his best output in a single season in the top flight (seven in 2018/19).

10- Mario Mandžukić's first and last Serie A goals came against Atalanta: in October 2015 and May 2019, in what was his last appearance in the Italian top flight.

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