Serie A: Sampdoria-Milan 1-0 FT, as Defrel's early goal sinks the rossoneri...
MATCH PREVIEW:
- Only against Inter (67) have Sampdoria have lost more Serie A games than they have against AC Milan (63 – W29 D29).
- Sampdoria won their last home match against AC Milan in Serie A, having failed to win any of their previous six (D3 L3).
- Sampdoria have lost two of their last three home Serie A games, having won their previous four at the Marassi.
- AC Milan are unbeaten in their last eight away Serie A games (W4 D4), with their last defeat on the road in the competition coming back in October 2018 against Inter.
- Sampdoria have both the highest shooting accuracy (50%) and shot conversion rate (14%) in the current Serie A campaign.
- Only Juventus (4) have conceded fewer goals from set-pieces than AC Milan (6) in the current Serie A campaign.
- Only Juventus and Inter (both 7) have conceded fewer goals than AC Milan (8) in the first half of games in Serie A this season.
- Sampdoria’s Riccardo Saponara (former AC Milan player) has scored three goals and provided two assists in six Serie A games against AC Milan.
- Sampdoria striker Fabio Quagliarella has scored more Serie A goals than any other current player in the competition (148). Just two of those have come against AC Milan, and both in the San Siro.
- Only Kylian Mbappé (24) and Lionel Messi (21) have scored more goals from open play than AC Milan striker Krysztof Piatek (16) in top five European leagues in 2018-19.
- Gennaro Gattuso has won 50% of Serie A games as AC Milan manager (W26 D17 L9) – he has won both the previous league matches against Sampdoria coach Marco Giampaolo.
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