A fountain of youth and a first since 2005: All the key stats from Milan's win over Venezia

AC Milan managed to make it four wins out of five to begin the Serie A season as they beat Venezia 2-0 at San Siro last night.

It would be two substitutes that changed the game for the Rossoneri. The first goal came through Brahim Diaz as he tapped home from a pinpoint Theo Hernandez cross not long after the Frenchman had come on the field. Then, Theo got a goal himself with a precise strike into the bottom right corner of the goal after Alexis Saelemaekers’ found him on the break.

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Below are the best stats from the game, courtesy of the club’s official website…

➤ Milan have kept a clean sheet in eight of the ten Serie A games played since the beginning of May, more than any other team in the five major European leagues in the same time period.

➤ Brahim Díaz scored his first Serie A goal at San Siro in his 17th match played in the competition at this stadium.

➤ Theo Hernández is the first Milan defender to score and provide an assist in a single Serie A match since 2004-05.

➤ Before Theo Hernández, the last Milan player to score and assist a goal in a Serie A match after coming on as a substitute was Maxi López, in February 2012 against Udinese

➤ Milan’s starting eleven against Venezia was the youngest team that has started a Serie A match this season (24 years and 166 days).

➤ Alexis Saelemaekers made his 50th Serie A appearance in tonight’s match.