A penalty is deemed the ultimate opportunity to score in football from a set piece, and today, a report has shown how AC Milan fare when a penalty has been conceded and ranked them against other Serie A teams.
After giving a penalty away, all responsibility falls to the goalkeeper, and Milan are blessed to have one of the best goalkeepers in the world in Mike Maignan, but how does he and the Rossoneri fare when facing a shot from 12 yards out?
Calciomercato.com have compiled a list of the penalties which each team has against them and then recorded the amount of penalties conceded and penalties saved, and the list can be seen below.
- Salernitana – 9 penalties against, 0 missed/saved
- Atalanta – 8 penalties against, 2 missed/saved
- Sassuolo – 8 penalties against, 1 missed/saved
- Fiorentina – 7 penalties against, 1 missed/saved
- Frosinone – 7 penalties against, 1 missed/saved
- Milan – 7 penalties against, 0 missed/saved
- Udinese – 7 penalties against, 0 missed/saved
- Bologna – 6 penalties against, 2 missed/saved
- Empoli – 6 penalties against, 2 missed/saved
- Monza – 7 penalties against, 2 missed/saved
- Lecce – 5 penalties against, 1 missed/saved
- Inter – 4 penalties against, 2 missed/saved
- AS Roma – 4 penalties against, 1 missed/saved
- Cagliari – 3 penalties against, 0 missed/saved
- Lazio – 3 penalties against, 1 missed/saved
- Torino – 4 penalties against, 0 missed/saved
- Genoa – 2 penalties against, 0 missed/saved
- Napoli – 2 penalties against, 1 missed/saved
- Verona – 2 penalties against, 0 missed/saved
- Juventus – 1 penalty against, 0 missed/saved
As you can see, Milan rank sixth in the table but have a 0% save rate this season when facing penalties. Furthermore, the Rossoneri have conceded the third most penalties in Serie A this season and the most of any side in the Champions League places.
This is a case where the problem needs to be resolved at the root, and the problem itself, especially considering the Diavolo could be involved in three penalty shootouts between now and the end of the season if their European fixtures are taken to that point.
