AC Milan begin the 2019/20 Serie A season with a trip to the Dacia Arena to face Udinese on Sunday evening at 18:00 local time.
Probable Formations
Udinese (3-5-2): Musso, Opoku, Troost-Ekong, Samir; Larsen, Fofana, Jajalo, Mandragora, Pussetto; De Paul, Lasagna
Unavailable: De Maio, Ter Avest
Milan (4-3-1-2): Donnarumma; Calabria, Musacchio, Romagnoli, Rodriguez; Borini, Calhanoglu, Paquetà, Suso; Piatek, Castillejo.
Unavailable: Caldara, Theo, Biglia
Key Statistics
– AC Milan are unbeaten in their last four Serie A meetings against Udinese (W2 D2), with the Zebrette managed by four different coaches in this period (Delneri, Oddo, Velazquez and Tudor).
– AC Milan are unbeaten in their four Serie A season openers against Udinese, recording one win followed by three draws.
– Udinese lost their last Serie A meeting against AC Milan 1-0 thanks to Alessio Romagnoli’s goal in injury time. They haven’t lost two such games in a row since 2008.
– AC Milan’s last draw on the opening weekend of a Serie A season was in 2011. Since then the Rossoneri have won three and lost four.
– Udinese have conceded at least two goals in their opening Serie A match in each of the last three campaigns, conceding eight goals and picking up only one point in the process.
– Since 2004/05, Serie A fixtures between Udinese and AC Milan have seen the most shots hit the woodwork (28 in 30 games).
– New AC Milan coach Marco Giampaolo has won only one of his seven Serie A away matches against Udinese (D2 L4), with his sides shipping at least one goal per game.
– Kevin Lasagna’s last Serie A goal for Udinese came against AC Milan last April. Krzysztof Piatek also found the net in a 1-1 draw.
– Rafael Leao could become the second youngest foreign player for AC Milan to find the net in Serie A (20yy, 76dd), older only than Alexandre Pato.
– Alessio Romagnoli’s last Serie A goal for AC Milan came in November 2018 against Udinese. His strike at 96:08 was the latest goal netted last season and was the only goal of the game.
