VENEZIA v AC MILAN: THE NUMBERS FROM THE GAME
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Three goals against Roma, three against Venezia: Stefano Pioli's AC Milan in 2022 added another three points to their increasingly promising Serie A tally, which is allowing them to dream big. The midday match at the Penzo also produced several interesting stats, here are a few of them:
1- Three wins on the bounce for AC Milan in the championship: their longest streak since last October.
2- Theo Hernández is the first defender to score at least three braces in AC Milan's Serie A history. After today's game, the French full-back has been involved in 30 Rossoneri goals in the league (17 goals and 13 assists). As of the 2019/20 season, Hernández is also the defender to have scored the most braces in Europe's top five leagues.
3- Four of Rafael Leão's ten Serie A assists have been for Zlatan Ibrahimović: the Swede is the player to whom the Portuguese forward has provided the most assists in the competition.
4- Venezia is the 80th different team in Europe's top 5 leagues against which Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored: since 2000 to today, the swede is the second player to reach this particular milestone, Cristiano Ronaldo being the other
5- seven of Ibra's 8 goals in this league have come away from home: the swede is the top scorer away from home in Serie A.
6- for the second time in his career, Ibrahimovic has scored in six consecutive Serie A away fixtures: the first of these coming last season. Since his return to AC Milan, Zlatan has found the net 22 times in 25 league games away from home.
7- This is the fourth goal scored by Ibra in the first 2 minutes of a Serie A match, the first time was in October 2020.
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