Historic feats and your name among legends: All the key stats ahead of Milan vs. Bologna | OneFootball

AC Milan are preparing for their biggest game of the season, the Coppa Italia final against Bologna. Here are some of the stats to take note of.

Milan have played 188 matches against Bologna across all competitions with 88 wins, 47 draws and 53 defeats. This season, things have been balanced and it has been a tale of two comebacks – with Bologna winning the first game, whilst the Rossoneri won on Friday.

Our pre-match preview has the latest team news and some insight on tonight’s opposition, while below is the stat pack ahead of the match.

Key facts and stats

➤ Milan and Bologna will face each other in the Coppa Italia for the first time since the second leg of the quarter-finals on 13 December 1995 (29 years and 153 days before this match): in that case the match ended 1-1 (as in the first leg) with an own goal by Franco Baresi and the equalising goal from a penalty kick by Dejan Savicevic – it was the Emilians who advanced thanks to an 8-7 victory on penalties.

➤ The two teams will face each other in more than two seasonal matches across all competitions for the first time since 1976/77: on that occasion there were four matches between the two teams (two in Serie A and two in the Coppa Italia) and at the end of the season the Rossoneri, then led by Nereo Rocco, won the fourth national cup in their history.

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➤ Bologna, who have won all four of their games in this Coppa Italia Frecciarossa with an aggregate score of 10-1, will play a final in any competition for the first time since the two-legged 2001/02 Intertoto Cup final against Fulham, with Francesco Guidolin on the bench – a victory for the English side in that case, who won the return leg 3-1 after a 2-2 draw in the first leg.

➤ The last triumph of the rossoblù in a final, however, dates back to 1997/98, also in that case in the Intertoto Cup: 1-0 in the first leg and 2-0 in the return leg, with Carlo Mazzone as coach.

➤ Overall, this final features two of the three best attacks of this edition of the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa: 13 goals for Milan and 10 for Bologna (on par with Empoli but with two matches played less than the Tuscans).

➤ Furthermore, Bologna (59) and Milan (48) are the two teams that have attempted the most shots since the round of 16 of this edition of the Coppa Italia. Despite having attempted over 10 fewer shots than the rossoblù, the rossoneri have scored three more goals (13 against 10), recording the best conversion rate in the competition in the period (27%, a good 10 percentage points more than their opponents today).

➤ Tijjani Reijnders has scored two goals in four appearances in this edition of the Coppa Italia; the last Rossoneri midfielder to score more goals in a single edition of the tournament was Manuel Rui Costa (three goals in 2005/06). Furthermore, the 1998-born player made his debut in an official match with the Milan jersey against Bologna, on 21 August 2023 in Serie A.

➤ Only Zlatan Ibrahimovic (six) has scored more goals than Rafael Leão (five, like Filippo Inzaghi) in the last 20 seasons in the Coppa Italia with the Milan jersey. The Portuguese has already been involved in five goals against Bologna in all competitions, thanks to three goals and two assists, all in Serie A.

➤ Tammy Abraham has scored four goals in this Coppa Italia and is the player with the most goals scored for Milan in the tournament in any of the last 20 seasons.

➤ This match will see two of the three defenders who have set up their teammates for shots most often in Serie A 2024/25: Juan Miranda (54) and Theo Hernández (47) – behind Aarón Martín 60. In particular, the Spanish winger is second only to Giovanni Di Lorenzo (37) for the number of chances created from open play (35) and is first for successful crosses from open play (32) in the current Italian top division.

➤ Thijs Dallinga has already scored three goals in this edition of the Coppa Italia and no Bologna player has done better in a single edition of the tournament in the last 20 seasons.

➤ Davide Calabria played 272 games and scored 10 goals in his career with the Milan shirt in all competitions, between May 2015 and last January. The full-back won the Italian Super Cup twice and a Scudetto with the Milan shirt. Tommaso Pobega also made 43 appearances and scored three goals with the Milan shirt in all competitions, between 2022 and last championship.

➤ Since 1929/30, Sérgio Conceição could become only the fifth Milan coach to win both of his first two finals at the helm of the Rossoneri, after Arrigo Sacchi, Carlo Ancelotti, Cesare Maldini and Nereo Rocco. Furthermore, the last coach of the Diavolo to win at least two finals in a row was Carlo Ancelotti between May and December 2007.

➤ Vincenzo Italiano, on the other hand, could become only the third coach capable of winning an Italian Cup with Bologna after Edmondo Fabbri in 1969/70 and Bruno Pesaola in 1973/74.