Top 11 stats and facts about AC Milan vs Juventus
AC Milan host Juventus at San Siro. Here are all the stats you need to know about the superclash of Serie A matchday 12.
An opponent which symbolizes a historical rivalry, the strongest of the Serie A, defending champions and above all, at the San Siro. AC Milan vs Juventus is a great classic of our football tradition, ready to live a new chapter in the twelfth matchday of this championship. Below are 11 pre-match stats:
PREVIOUS AC MILAN HOME ENCOUNTERS
1- This is the 84th clash at San Siro between the two teams in Serie A: AC Milan, in this case, lead with 28 wins to 22 for Juve, and 33 draws.
STATE OF FORM
2- AC Milan have won their last three Serie A games in a row. The Rossoneri have not recorded a longer streak in the championship since last March (five).
3- The Rossoneri have gained five points more (21 to 16) and scored five more goals (still 21 to 16) compared to the first 11 matchdays of the last season.
GENERAL STATISTICS
4- Juventus (11) and AC Milan (10) are the two teams that have scored more goals in the first half of this Serie A.
5- AC Milan, generally, are the team that have scored more goals from outside the box in the five major European championships currently in progress (eight goals).
FOCUS ON THE PLAYERS
6- Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo were team-mates for four seasons with Real Madrid, from 2009 to 2013: together, with the Blancos, they played 100 Liga matches, in which Real Madrid scored a total of 300 goals (three on average per match). In their first year together, 2009/10, they scored a total of 62 goals (29 Higuain, 33 Ronaldo) out of the 119 total scored by Real Madrid in all competitions, 52% of the total.
7- Suso, in addition to being the best assist maker of this Serie A, is the record holder in the stats with eight winning passes in the top-5 European Championships 2018/19. The Spaniard and Franck Kessie are the only two outfield players for AC Milan present in the first 11 matchdays of this Serie A.
8- Alessio Romagnoli, who was on target after the regular 90′ in both the last two league games played by AC Milan, is at 99 Serie A appearances with the Rossoneri team.
9- AC Milan have won the two matches of this season in which Zapata started: and when the Colombian played the whole game, AC Milan kept a clean sheet, in April against Napoli and last Sunday in Udine
10- Gigio Donnarumma is also the youngest goalkeeper in this season to have gained at least 10 appearances in the top-5 2018/19 European Championships.
COACHES
11- Allegri has coached AC Milan from 2010 to January 2014: 133 benches in Serie A, for an average of 1.92 points (one championship won). With him as coach, Gattuso has played 37 league games. There are two previous aggregates between the two as coaches: 3-1 in Turin last season, 4-0 for the Bianconeri in the 2018 Italian Cup final.
