AC Milan fielded a line-up with 10 changes against Bologna, and they walked away with a point having gone behind inside the opening 35 seconds of the game.
In truth it looked like being a nightmare afternoon in Reggio-Emilia when Nicolo Sansone converted a cross inside the opening minute, but Tommaso Pobega’s shot cannoned in off the post to make it 1-1 before the break, and that is how it stayed. Below are the best stats from the game, via the official website…
➤ Milan are unbeaten in their last 15 Serie A matches against Bologna (W12 D3).
➤ Since Thiago Motta took over at Bologna, the Felsinei haven’t conceded as many shots on goal in a Serie A home game: 19.
➤ Tommaso Pobega grabbed his first goal away from home in Serie A for the first time since 12 May 2021 (brace in Sampdoria 2-2 Spezia). Each of the Rossoneri number 32’s six league goals prior to today – for Torino and AC Milan – prior to today had come at home.
➤ Aster Vranckx is the second player born after 1/1/2002 to start for a league game for AC Milan, after Lorenzo Colombo against Spezia on 4 October 2020.
➤ For the first time in the three points for a win era, a side has fielded more than two Belgian players as starters in a Serie A match: four for AC Milan today, Alexis Saelemaekers, Aster Vranckx, Charles De Ketelaere and Divock Origi.
