10 FACTS ON AC MILAN V LAZIO

A big showdown awaits on matchday three of the 2021/22 Serie A season for AC Milan. The match at San Siro against Maurizio Sarri's Lazio marks the start of a thrilling week that will also include the first fixture in the Champions League at Anfield and a clash with Juventus in Turin. Kick-off for the upcoming game against Biancocelesti is scheduled for 18:00 CEST. As it draws nearer, check out some of the main bits of trivia and statistics on the encounter.

DIRECT ENCOUNTERS

1- Lazio and AC Milan have met 156 times in Serie A. There have been 30 wins for the Biancocelesti, 59 draws and 67 victories for AC Milan.

2- The Rossoneri have scored 247 goals against the Biancocelesti: only against Fiorentina (253) have they netted more in the top flight.

PREVIOUS FIXTURES IN MILAN

3- AC Milan and Lazio will meet for the 79th time in Serie A with the Rossoneri as the home side. So far, there have been 45 wins for the Diavolo, ten for the Biancocelesti and 23 draws.

4- AC Milan have lost only one (1-2 in November 2019) of their last 31 home games against Lazio in Serie A (W19, D11). Since 1990, Torino are the only side who the Rossoneri haven’t suffered a league defeat against (minimum 20 home matches).

CURRENT FORM

5- AC Milan could win their first three league games in two consecutive seasons for the first time in Serie A: the Rossoneri started last season with three wins, scoring seven goals and conceding zero in the process.

6- Including their final fixture last season, AC Milan have won their last three league matches. The Rossoneri haven’t recorded four successive Serie A victories since October 2020 (six in that case).

GENERAL STATISTICS

7- No team has allowed fewer shots at goal than AC Milan so far this season: five, the same as Inter. Lazio are following just behind in this regard (six).

8- So far this Serie A campaign, AC Milan are the only team to have found the net from inside the box, from long range, from a direct free kick and from the penalty spot.

PLAYER FOCUS

9- Mike Maignan and Pepe Reina are the only two goalkeepers to have created a goalscoring opportunity at the start of the current Serie A season: the former picked out Rafael Leão for a shot against Sampdoria, while the latter provided an assist for Felipe Anderson against Spezia.

10- All three of Pietro Pellegri’s Serie A goals have come against teams from Rome: he previously bagged a brace against Lazio (at the age of 16 years and 184 days, making him the youngest player to score two goals in a single match in the Italian top flight) and found the net against Roma (16 years and 72 days, meaning he’s the third youngest goalscorer in Serie A history).

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