10 STATS ON JUVENTUS V AC MILAN

After their victory over Benevento last time out, the final sprint in this Serie A season represents a very important cross-roads for AC Milan in the race for Champions League qualification. In fact, Juventus-Milan is a real 6-pointer in that race for the Top 4. As we approach this massive clash at Juventus Stadium (Kick-Off is at 20:45), let's take a look at some interesting stats and anecdotes from past games between the Bianconeri and the Rossoneri.

PAST MATCHES 
1 - This will be the 172nd Serie A game between the two sides: the Bianconeri have won 67 of them, the Rossoneri have won 50 and there have been 54 draws. The last draw in the fixture in Serie A came in February 2012 (it finished 1-1 that day, with goals from Nocerino and Matri), whilst this is only the 4th time in the history of Serie A that this fixture has fallen on the 35th gameweek.

2 - In the history of Serie A, AC Milan are the team to have won away at Juventus the most times, with 21 victories - 5 more than the next best side.

FORM 
3 - AC Milan have won away 13 times this season: with victory this evening, they would go joint-second (with Napoli and Juventus) in the all-time Serie A record for most away wins in a single season. AC Milan also hold the best average away points record in Europe's Top 5 Leagues this season; they have secured 40 points from 16 games, for an average of 2.5 points per game.

GENERAL STATS 
4 - On the one hand, no team has won more points after going behind than Juventus this season (17); on the other, no team has lost less points from winning positions than AC Milan (5).

5 - AC Milan have been the most prolific team from set-pieces this season (scoring 25 goals from such situations), whilst Juventus have conceded the least goals from open-play (20).

PLAYER STATS
6 - Zlatan Ibrahimović is the oldest player in Europe's Top 5 Leagues to have scored at least 15 goals this year; Cristiano Ronaldo is behind him in this list. The Swedish forward has had 4 goal involvements against Juventus in Serie A (two goals, two assists). In his last league game against the Bianconeri, in July 2020, he both scored and assisted. 

7- Ante Rebić also served up an assist in his last league game against Juventus, in the same July 2020 game: that game was the only time in Serie A that the Croatian winger has both assisted and scored in the same match.

8 - Theo Hernández is the first Rossoneri defender since 04/05 to register at least 5 goals and 5 assists in a single Serie A season. With a total of 19 goal involvements in an AC Milan shirt (11 goals, 8 assists) he has also overtaken Ignazio Abate as the Rossoneri defender with the most goal involvements in the space of 2 seasons. Abate previously held the record with a total of 18.

9 - 17 of Hakan Çalhanoğlu's 22 goals in Serie A have been scored at home. The talented Turk has bagged two goals in his last three games in Serie A, equalling his total for the previous 27 league games.

COACH STATS 
10 - Both of these coaches used to play for the opposing side; 284 of Andrea Pirlo's 493 Serie A appearances were for the Rossoneri, whilst Stefano Pioli spent three seasons at Juve between 1984 and 1987.

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