The week of big matches for Stefano Pioli's AC Milan ends with another away match, this time at the home of Massimiliano Allegri's Juventus. Much has changed since the match at the Stadium last May that gave the Rossoneri new life and drive to seal their Champions League place, but every duel between the Old Lady and the Diavolo is still one of the most unmissable matches in football. Juventus v AC Milan is scheduled for tomorrow evening at 20:45 CEST for Matchday 4 of Serie A: as kick-off draws closer, we take a look at the trivia and statistics surrounding the match.
DIRECT ENCOUNTERS
1- There have been 172 previous matches between AC Milan and Juventus in Serie A, with 67 wins for the Bianconeri, 51 for the Rossoneri and 54 draws. To date, 86 games have been played in Turin with 43 victories for the Old Lady, 22 for the Diavolo and 21 draws.
2- No team in Serie A history have won more games (51) against Juventus than AC Milan; It should also be noted that only one of the last 24 matches between the two teams has ended in a draw, in February 2012.
3- It is the first time in the history of the Italian championship that AC Milan take on Juventus with at least eight points of an advantage in the standings before Matchday 16; Furthermore, the Rossoneri could win two away matches against the Bianconeri in the same calendar year for the first time since 1968.
CURRENT FORM
4- AC Milan are fresh off the back of four consecutive away wins in Serie A, keeping a clean sheet in each of those matches: A series that began with Juventus 0-3 AC Milan on 9 May. Throughout their history, the Rossoneri have never recorded five straight league wins without conceding a goal.
GENERAL STATISTICS
5- AC Milan have spent the most minutes in the lead out of all teams in Serie A this season (202) and are one of the two teams that are yet to go behind in a match, along with Roma.
PLAYER FOCUS
6- Zlatan Ibrahimović's next match will be his 100th appearance with AC Milan in Serie A. One of the players in this match who has played for both sides, the Swedish striker is also just two goals off the milestone of 150 goals in the Italian league.
7- Ante Rebić has had a hand in three goals (one assist and two goals) in his last two league matches against Juventus.
8- Two AC Milan players scored their last Serie A goal against Juventus: Davide Calabria (last January) and Alessandro Florenzi, in May 2019 when he wore Roma's shirt.
9- Since his debut with Milan in 2020/21, Brahim Díaz has scored five goals in Serie A, all away from home: Excluding penalties, only two midfielders - Milinkovic-Savic and Mkhitaryan - have a better record in this regard, both with six goals.
10- Mike Maignan has the highest save percentage of any goalkeeper in the first three rounds of this year's Serie A, having saved 90% of shots faced.
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