DINAMO ZAGREB V AC MILAN: MATCH STATISTICS
On the grand Champions League stage, AC Milan hit four against Dinamo Zagreb beating them 4-0 away from home, moving the Rossoneri into second place in the Group E standings. With only one group game to go, a point would be enough to seal qualification to the last 16. With a goal from the unlikely source of Gabbia to further strikes from Leão and Giroud, here are the main numbers from this evening’s game:
1- AC Milan have scored four goals in a Champions League away match for the fourth time in their history; prior to today, the most recent was against Fenerbahçe, in November 2005.
2- Dinamo Zagreb are the team that AC Milan has faced the most in European competitions, winning all of them (six).
3- AC Milan have won more than one group game, in the group stage phases of UEFA Champions League, for the first time since 2013/14 (successes against Celtic in both the first leg and the return leg).
4- AC Milan have scored from a set-piece for the first time in the Champions League since December 2021 (Tomori’s goal against Liverpool from a corner kick).
5- For the first time under Stefano Pioli, AC Milan fielded a starting eleven with an average age above 27 years old (27 years and 42 days). The last time the Rossoneri had an older starting line-up was against Atletico Madrid in March 2014 (28 years and 331 days).
6- Matteo Gabbia (23 years, 4 days) is the second youngest defender to score a goal in the Champions League for AC Milan, after Christian Panucci (20 years, 233 days in December 1993 against Porto and 21 years, 204 days in November 1994 against AEK Athens).
7- Olivier Giroud (36 years and 25 days) is the oldest player to reach 20 goals in the Champions League.
8- Theo Hernández has provided both assists for Rafael Leao’s last two goals for AC Milan in all competitions.
9- The last time an Italian player scored a goal and provided an assist for AC Milan in the Champions League was on November 26, 2013 (Balotelli’s goal and Montolivo’s winning pass).
10- Rade Krunić has reached the milestone of 100 appearances for the Rossoneri in all competitions.
