AC Milan secured yet another important win last night as they beat Empoli by one goal to nil. Just like the game against Napoli, it was a tight affair but the Rossoneri came out on top in the end.
Pierre Kalulu opened the scoring early in the first half with a wonderful left-footed effort, leaving the goalkeeper stranded. After that, Milan focused on defending and didn’t really create loads of chances, which was enough to get the win.
There are several positives to take from the game and some are evident with the help of stats and facts. For example, the Rossoneri have collected 63 points in 29 rounds for the first time since 2012. Below are the best post-match stats, from the official website.
➤ AC Milan have taken 63 points in their first 29 matches of the season. Since the 2006/07 campaign, they have never done better at this point of the tournament in the Italian top-flight (they also had 63 at this stage in the 2011/12 season).
➤ AC Milan have kept clean sheets in two consecutive Serie A games for the first time in 2022.
➤ AC Milan have won six consecutive home games against newly-promoted teams for the first time in Serie A since a run between August 2010 and May 2012 with Massimiliano Allegri as Rossoneri boss.
➤ AC Milan have scored ten goals from outside the box in the league this season, no team have done better in Europe’s Top-5 leagues.
➤ Stefano Pioli has become the seventh manager to have reached 600 total Serie A goals scored by his teams in the three-points-per-win era.
➤ AC Milan are the first team to score through three French players in a single Serie A season (Giroud, Hernández and Kalulu) since Fiorentina in 2017/18 (Eysseric, Théréau and Veretout).
➤ Pierre Kalulu has scored his second goal in Serie A, the other was against Genoa on 16 December 2020.
➤ Pierre Kalulu has become AC Milan’s 16th different goalscorer in Serie A this season, only Fiorentina and Atalanta (17 for both) have more than the Rossoneri.
➤Olivier Giroud took seven shots in this match, a record for him in a single game in an AC Milan shirt in all competitions.
