AC Milan simply have to win tonight at San Siro against Frosinone to try and reverse what has been a difficult recent run for the team, and the precedents shine on them.
Having done well last time out in Serie A against Fiorentina some doubts were eased about Stefano Pioli’s position, but losing to Borussia Dortmund put qualification into the last 16 of the Champions League in grave danger so there is a need to respond.
You can read our pre-match preview here, while below are the best stats ahead of the game…
➤ Milan are unbeaten in their first four matches against Frosinone in Serie A (2 wins, 2 draws). Out of the teams Frosinone have faced at least five times in the competition, they have only failed to secure a win against Napoli, Roma, and Inter.
➤ Milan have lost just one of their last 33 Serie A matches against newly promoted teams (23 wins, 9 draws), with their only defeat in that period coming against Spezia on 13 February 2021 (0-2).
➤ After a four-match winless run consisting of two draws and two losses, Milan won 1-0 in their last Serie A match against Fiorentina. The last time the Rossoneri won two consecutive Serie A matches without conceding a goal was between September and October – against Lazio and Genoa.
➤ Milan have not drawn a home match in Serie A this season (4 wins, 2 losses). Last season, the Rossoneri were also without a draw after the seventh home match. Only between 1929/30 and 1930-31 had AC Milan not recorded a draw in the first seven home matches for two consecutive seasons in the top flight.
➤ Frosinone have picked up 18 points from their first 13 matches of this season, a tally they had previously achieved no earlier than the 23rd matchday in Serie A (in 2015-16, with 19 points in that case).
➤ Frosinone have lost each of their last four away matches in Serie A. They have lost five on the trot on the road on two previous occasions – between May 2016 and October 2018 and between October and December 2015.
➤ Milan are both the team with the highest percentage of goals scored in the first half in Serie A this season (67%: 14/21) and the team with the second-fewest percentage of goals conceded in the first half of the game (29%: 4/14), surpassed only by Torino (25%).
➤ 63% of the goals scored by Frosinone in Serie A this season (12/19) have been scored by players born in 2000 or later, a record percentage in Serie A this season. Among the top five European leagues, only Chelsea (64%), Real Madrid (68%), Manchester City (70%) and Rennes (74%) have a higher percentage.
➤ After eight matches played in Serie A this season, Luka Jovic is still without a goal. In the top five European leagues, he had never gone without scoring in the first eight matches of the season. After scoring a goal in his first match against a newly promoted team in Serie A (14 August 2022, against Cremonese), he has since failed to score in the last five such matches
