AC Milan managed to get their first away win of the season on Saturday night as they bean Sampdoria 2-1 at the Marassi despite playing almost the entire second half with ten men.
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An early goal from Junior Messias and a penalty from Olivier Giroud in the second half were enough to earn the win after Djuricic had equalised for Samp. Below are the best stats from the game, from the official website…
➤ Milan have won three successive Serie A meetings against Sampdoria for the first time since September 2016.
➤ Milan have won four Serie A away meetings in a row against Sampdoria for the second time in their history, after the streak in ‘60s.
➤ Stefano Pioli (652) has become the eighth manager, in the three points for a win era, to have picked up 650 points in Serie A.
➤ Junior Messias has scored 50% of his Serie A goals for Milan (3/6) at the Stadio Ferraris in Genova: two against Genoa and one against Sampdoria.
➤ Junior Messias’ 6th minute goal was AC Milan’s fastest Serie A goal since the one he scored on February 19, against Salernitana (after 5 minutes).
➤ Olivier Giroud has scored each of his three Serie A penalties. The previous one was back on January 6th against Roma.
