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 seeking to break a extremely dangerous development as they’ve by no means received a house sport towards the Milanese facet.
The draw towards Inter confirmed promising indicators, whereas the win towards Roma confirmed that Milan are on the precise path. Nonetheless, as many followers have said, tonight’s sport towards Empoli would be the true take a look at because the Rossoneri have struggled towards lower-level sides.
Having a look on the stats and details for this fixture, the dominance is evident for the Rossoneri. They’ve NEVER misplaced away at Empoli, whereas they’ve additionally saved a clear sheet of their final 4 video games towards the Tuscan facet. Under are the entire stats and you can too .
Key details and stats
➤ Milan have received seven of their final eight Serie A video games towards Empoli (D1), scoring 18 targets within the course of (2.3 on common) and conceding solely 3 times.
➤ Milan have saved a clear sheet in every of their final 4 league video games towards Empoli; solely towards Pisa have they got an extended energetic streak of consecutive clear sheets in Serie A (5 between 1988 and 1991).
➤ Milan are the workforce towards which Empoli have performed probably the most dwelling video games in Serie A with out ever successful (P16 D7 L9). In the meantime solely towards SPAL (19) have the Rossoneri performed extra away matches with out ever dropping within the top-flight than towards the Tuscans (16).
➤ Throughout the final eight Serie A video games (since MD16), Empoli have picked up the fewest factors (2) and conceded probably the most targets (18).
➤ Milan have misplaced their final two away video games in all competitions (towards Juventus and Dinamo Zagreb) and the Rossoneri may lose three in a row for the primary time since between April and Might 2015 (3 below Filippo Inzaghi).
➤ Milan have conceded in every of their final six league video games, after preserving 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 towards Empoli within the reverse fixture in November – is the highest scoring midfielder in Serie A this season (7 targets). The Dutchman, after his targets towards Parma and Inter, may rating in three consecutive matches for the primary time in his top-flight profession.
➤ Santiago Giménez may grow 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).