Stat Attack: Facts to know before we face Milan

Roma travel to the Giuseppe Meazza on Monday night to take on Serie A pace-setters AC Milan, as they aim to ruin the home side’s perfect start to the season.

Here are 10 pre-match facts worth knowing ahead of the Matchday 5 encounter, which kicks-off at 20:45 CET…

No Monday blues

Milan may be unbeaten in eight Serie A matches played on a Monday (W5, D3), but their last defeat at the start of a new week came in December 2016 courtesy of a 1-0 loss to Roma, whose own Monday night record stands at nine games unbeaten (W7, D2).

Enjoying life on the road

Excluding the 0-0 draw at Hellas Verona on Matchday 1 (subsequently assigned as a defeat), the Giallorossi have won each of their last five away matches in Serie A.

Bang in form

In fact, that Verona match aside, Roma are 11 league games without a loss (W9, D2) and have scored in every one of those 11 matches.

Spot on

Milan and Roma are two of four teams to have scored two Serie A penalties this season, with both of Roma’s converted by French midfielder Jordan Veretout; who has scored five goals in his last six league appearances, four of which have come from the spot.

Goals expected

Going into this weekend, Milan (9.9) and Roma (9.8) sat first and second in the Expected Goals table after four Serie A matchdays.

Who blinks first?

The hosts may be the only team to have scored the first goal in all four of their matches so far, but Roma have only conceded first once - coming from 1-0 down to beat Benevento 5-2 last time out.

Top dribbler

Prior to this round of fixtures, Leonardo Spinazzola had made more dribbles (11) than any other defender in Serie A so far.

Three in three?

Spanish forward Pedro has now scored in each of his last two league games and if he were to make it three in three against Milan, he would become the first Spaniard to do so for Roma since the 1994-95 season.

Creator-in-chief

No player has created more assists than Henrikh Mkhitaryan (3) in Serie A this season - only Dries Mertens can match the Arminian’s creative output - and the Roma man took his overall tally to four assists in all competitions by crossing for Marash Kumbulla’s winner over Young Boys in the Europa League on Thursday.

Goals to be gotten

Edin Dzeko has scored four times against Milan in Serie A, with three of those goals coming at the Giuseppe Meazza.