With a visit to San Siro to play AC Milan within the Champions League upon us, Liverpool are set to play Italian opposition for an eighth consecutive season.
Whereas a flight to Italy received’t be uncommon for the squad – Federico Chiesa particularly, who may make his Liverpool debut again in his dwelling nation – the Reds are going through an unprecedented European marketing campaign.
With the brand new ‘league part’ in place, it means there will likely be no return match at Anfield towards Milan and the hosts will likely be a tricky staff to beat.
For Arne Slot‘s aspect, this isn’t essentially a ‘must-win’ match however there’s additional strain on the staff to bounce again, given their poor efficiency towards Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
Return to Italy
That is the eighth successive season that the Reds have confronted Italian opposition. House and away they’ve confronted golf equipment from Italy 41 occasions – they’ve received 19 and misplaced 18.
The 5-0 success at Atalanta in 2020 is the largest win by an English membership away to Italian opposition in European
Away to Italian groups, Liverpool have received eight, drawn two and misplaced 9. Of their final 5 away video games in Italy, the Reds have received 4 of the final 5.
Within the seven video games Liverpool have received in Italy because the away staff, they’ve conceded simply as soon as in complete.
Solely 4 of the beginning XI within the final fixture between the groups, in December 2021, are registered for the league part of this season’s competitors. These gamers are Alisson, Ibrahima Konate, Kostas Tsimikas and Mo Salah – Joe Gomez and Conor Bradley additionally appeared from the bench.
The Reds performed successive European video games at San Siro that season as they received 2-0 towards Internazionale within the knockout part of the Champions League.
This will likely be Liverpool’s fifth go to to San Siro. They misplaced to Inter Milan 3-0 in 1965 however defeated them in 2008 (1-0) and 2022 (2-0), and beat AC Milan (2-1) in 2021.
An evening of spherical numbers
A loss at present could be Liverpool’s a hundredth in European competitors.
Dominik Szoboszlai may play his fiftieth Liverpool sport whereas Darwin Nunez is in line to make his a hundredth Reds look.
Diogo Jota’s subsequent sport will likely be his one hundred and fiftieth for the membership and Virgil van Dijk is in line to play his fiftieth sport for Liverpool in Europe.
Federico Chiesa may make his Reds debut whereas Trey Nyoni may play his first European sport for the Reds.
Goalscoring recollections
Salah has scored 47 targets in 76 European appearances for the Reds.
9 of Salah’s Liverpool targets have are available 16 appearances towards Italian groups. He has scored in his final two outings at San Siro.
Actually, Salah has scored in six of his final seven appearances within the Champions League, scoring eight targets in that interval.
Nunez has netted 9 occasions in his 18 video games in Europe for the membership – a objective tonight will see him attain 10.
This season’s scorers
AC Milan: Pulisic 2, Abraham 1, Fofana 1, Hernandez 1, Morata 1, Okafor 1, Pavlovic 1, Rafael Leao 1
Liverpool: Diaz 3, Salah 3, Jota 1
* Stats courtesy of LFC statistician Ged Rea (@ged0407).
