AC Milan must return to winning ways in the Scudetto race later this evening when they face Torino at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino.
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This same fixture came at an equally crucial moment in the 2020-21 season as Milan needed to win to boost their top four hopes and ended up putting seven past Torino, with Ante Rebic getting a second half hat-trick. A win by any scoreline would be welcomed this evening and you can read our match preview here, with the best pre-match stats below…
➤ Milan have won each of their last four Serie A games against Torino, by an aggregate scoreline of 11-0 – only once have the Rossoneri registered five league wins in a row against Torino in the competition, between 1950 and 1952.
➤ Milan could win five Serie A games in a row without conceding against a single opponent for the second time, also doing so against Bari between 1964 and 1985.
➤ Milan won 7-0 in their last Serie A meeting against Torino at Olimpico Grande Torino; Rossoneri could win two Serie A games in a row at Torino for the first time since 2008 (under Carlo Ancelotti).
➤ In their 1-0 win against Salernitana, Torino ended an eight-game winless streak in Serie A – the Granata last kept back-to-back clean sheets in the competition last September.
➤ Torino have lost each of their last six Serie A games against sides starting the matchday at the top of the table – the last time Torino avoided defeat to such an opponent was in May 2019 (1-1 vs Juventus).
➤ Following their draw against Bologna in their last Serie A game, AC Milan could remain goalless for two consecutive top-flight matches for the first time since February 2021: two losses against Spezia and Inter on that occasion.
➤ Since Bennacer’s goal against Cagliari, Milan have attempted 43 shots without scoring, their longest streak in Serie A since that of 66 shots between December 2019 and January 2020, interrupted by Rafael Leão against Cagliari.
➤ Andrea Belotti has scored each of Torino’s last two goals in Serie A against Milan (brace in September 2019) – with another goal, Belotti would equal Paolo Pulici, Romeo Menti e Guglielmo Gabetto (six) as Torino’s highest goalscorer against Rossoneri in the competition.
➤ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (40y and 189d – on the day of the game) could become the second oldest scorer in Serie A history, overtaking Silvio Piola in 1954 (40y, 131d) – the Swede is goalless in six league games, his longest drought in the competition since April 2006 (a run of 9 with Juventus).
➤ Each of Ante Rebic’s last six Serie A goals have come away from, five of them in Turin (two vs Juventus): Torino are his favourite opponent in the competition (five goals) and the only side against which he has scored a hat-trick (May 12, 2021, in a 7-0 win for Milan).
