10 FACTS AHEAD OF INTER V AC MILAN

Inter v AC Milan is traditionally an emphatic affair and there's always a feeling of expectation, anticipation and passion ahead of the fixture. The countdown to the game is almost up and at 18:00 CET tomorrow the wait will finally be over. Let's build up to kick-off with our usual preview of the fixture with some fun facts and stats and points of interest:

HEAD TO HEADS

1- This will be the 17th match played between the two teams in Serie A in the month of February: 50% of those have ended in a draw (8/16), with either side winning on four occasions.

2- AC Milan have won two of their last three Serie A matches against the league leaders before the match (1P) after having suffered defeat in their previous seven of the same nature.

INTER'S HOME FORM IN THE FIXTURE

3-  Following their 2-1 victory last season, AC Milan have the opportunity now to win two consecutive Serie A matches at Inter for the first time since 2005 (it was six in a row on that occasion)

THE FORM BOOK

4- AC Milan have scored 27 away goals this season in Serie A, more than any other team - the Rossoneri are one of two teams to have always found an away goal in every league match this season, the other of these being Sassuolo (11/11 for both sides).

5- AC Milan's 47 goals so far in just 23 games are record figures for the Rossoneri at this point in a league campaign since 2005/06 (48 in that season after as many games) - on all 16 occasions, in which the Rossoneri have scored this many goals after 23 games, they have found themselves in the top four in the table come the end of the season.

GENERAL STATS

6- Inter (53 goals), and AC Milan (47 goals) have the two best attacking outfits of this Serie A campaign - in particular, the Rossoneri (eight) and the Nerazzurri (seven) are the two teams to have scored the most goals with no more than 10 passes.

7- AC Milan (955) and Inter (940) are the two teams to have remained ahead in games for the most minutes in this championship - furthermore, Inter have spent the least time behind in a home game than anyone else this season (only 62 minutes).

8- AC Milan sit third with regards to the number of different Serie A goalscorers (15), just behind Inter and Atalanta (16).

PLAYER FOCUS

9- Theo Hernández (3983m) has covered the greatest distance with the ball at his feet than any other defender this season in Serie A: overall, only Maxime Lopez (5149) and Marcelo Brozovic (4101) have done better than the French full-back for this particular statistic.

10- Rafael Leão is the player with the most successful, completed dribbles in Serie A this season: 54, which is at least eight more than any other player at least 33 more than any Inter player (Brozovic with 21)

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