10 FACTS ON HELLAS VERONA V AC MILAN | OneFootball

The penultimate away day of the season sees AC Milan take on Hellas Verona at the Bentegodi on Sunday evening. It is a tricky fixture, which the Rossoneri will need to win if they are to keep up this good run of form and stay in the title race in Serie A. Ahead of the game, take a look at a few stats on our matchday 36 fixture:

HEAD-TO-HEAD

1- This will be the sixth meeting in Serie A between Hellas Verona and AC Milan in the month of May, the Rossoneri have won three and drawn one of these.

2- The Rossoneri are unbeaten in eleven games in Serie A against sides from the Veneto region (the last loss was actually against Hellas in December 2017) with nine wins and a draw. They are, furthermore, unbeaten in six Serie A matches against Verona (W4, D2).

RECORD AWAY AT VERONA

3- AC Milan could keep three consecutive clean sheets away at Verona in Serie A for the first time ever, after the 1-0 win on 15 September 2019 and the 2-0 victory on 7 March 2021.

GENERAL STATS

4- Since the start of March, AC Milan have the fewest goals conceded in Europe's Top-5 leagues (just one in eight games) and, alongside Liverpool (seven apiece) have the most clean sheets.

5- AC Milan have the best record of managing their lead of any team in Serie A this season; the Rossoneri have, in fact, won 85% of the games, in which they have taken the initial lead (23/27), the most in the division in the current campaign.

6- AC Milan (340) and Verona (308) are two of the four teams to have made the most offensive recoveries in the league this season (Atalanta and Genoa sit between them).

CURRENT FORM

7- AC Milan have lost the fewest away matches of any side in Serie A this season; just one - 4-3 to Fiorentina in November (W12, D4).

PLAYER FOCUS

8- Rafael Leão is fourth for dribbles completed (93) in Europe's Top-5 leagues this season behind Allan Saint-Maximin, Adama Traoré and Kylian Mbappé - and is the youngest of this quartet. The Portuguese forward hasn't scored away from home in the league since November against Bologna: his last six league goals have all come at home.

9- Among the goalkeepers with at least eight appearances, Mike Maignan has the highest save percentage in Europe's Top-5 leagues this season (78.7%).

COACH FOCUS

10- Stefano Pioli has won six of his eleven Serie A matchday against Verona as a coach (D3 and L2 between his spells at Bologna and Fiorentina).

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