AC Milan and Empoli will sq. off at Stadio Castellani this night and for the Rossoneri, it’s a must-win within the Champions League race. Empoli, in the meantime, will probably be trying to break a extremely unhealthy pattern as they’ve by no means received a house sport in opposition to the Milanese aspect.
The draw in opposition to Inter confirmed promising indicators, whereas the win in opposition to Roma confirmed that Milan are on the appropriate path. Nevertheless, as many followers have said, tonight’s sport in opposition to Empoli would be the true check because the Rossoneri have struggled in opposition to lower-level sides.
Looking on the stats and info for this fixture, the dominance is obvious for the Rossoneri. They’ve NEVER misplaced away at Empoli, whereas they’ve additionally stored a clear sheet of their final 4 video games in opposition to the Tuscan aspect. Beneath are all the stats and you may as well .
Key info and stats
➤ Milan have received seven of their final eight Serie A video games in opposition to Empoli (D1), scoring 18 targets within the course of (2.3 on common) and conceding solely thrice.
➤ Milan have stored a clear sheet in every of their final 4 league video games in opposition to Empoli; solely in opposition to Pisa have they got an extended lively streak of consecutive clear sheets in Serie A (5 between 1988 and 1991).
➤ Milan are the staff in opposition to which Empoli have performed essentially the most house video games in Serie A with out ever profitable (P16 D7 L9). In the meantime solely in opposition to SPAL (19) have the Rossoneri performed extra away matches with out ever shedding within the top-flight than in opposition to the Tuscans (16).
➤ Throughout the final eight Serie A video games (since MD16), Empoli have picked up the fewest factors (2) and conceded essentially the most targets (18).
➤ Milan have misplaced their final two away video games in all competitions (in opposition to Juventus and Dinamo Zagreb) and the Rossoneri may lose three in a row for the primary time since between April and Could 2015 (3 beneath Filippo Inzaghi).
➤ Milan have conceded in every of their final six league video games, after protecting a clear sheet in 4 of the earlier 5; the final time the Rossoneri conceded in seven consecutive matches in a single Serie A season got here between November 2022 and February 2023.
➤ Contemplating solely the first half of video games, AC Milan and Empoli have gained the identical variety of factors within the Serie A standings this season (34 every in seventh and eighth place), but when contemplating solely the 2nd half of matches the Rossoneri would occupy eleventh place with 29 factors and the Tuscans would occupy nineteenth place with 16 factors.
➤ Lorenzo Colombo’s first 5 appearances in Serie A got here for AC Milan between July 2020 and January 2021. He has scored 5 targets in 23 appearances in Serie A this season and he has by no means netted extra in a single season within the topflight (additionally 5 targets in 33 matches for Lecce in 2022/23).
➤ Tijjani Reijnders – who scored the one brace of his Serie A and Eredivisie profession in opposition to Empoli within the reverse fixture in November – is the highest scoring midfielder in Serie A this season (7 targets). The Dutchman, after his targets in opposition to Parma and Inter, may rating in three consecutive matches for the primary time in his top-flight profession.
➤ Santiago Giménez may turn out to be the primary ever Mexican participant to attain for AC Milan in Serie A historical past. Throughout his time at Feyenoord (since 2022/23), the ahead scored 65 targets in 105 appearances throughout all competitions with solely Luuk de Jong netting extra for an Eredivisie membership in that interval (70 targets in 115 matches for PSV).
