AC Milan face Slavia Praha tonight in the Europa League and welcome them to San Siro for the first leg of the round of 16.
Milan have never faced Slavia Praha in a competitive match, however, this will notably be the sixteenth time they have faced a team from the Czech Republic. In the last 15 meetings, Milan had won twice, drawing 3 and wasting two.
You can read our pre-match preview for an inside look at Slavia, while below you’ll find the most productive pre-match stats. . .
➤ This will be Milan’s first meeting with Slavia Prague in a European competition. Including the knockout stages, Slavia will be the fourth Czech side Milan will face in Europe, along with Sparta Prague (eight matches), Viktoria Plzen (two) and Slovan Liberec. (two).
➤ In all European competitions, Slavia Prague have never won an away game in Italy in 8 attempts (D1 L7), facing seven others in this series (Rome x2, Bologna, Udinese, Palermo, Fiorentina, Genoa and Internazionale ).
➤ This is Milan’s third UEFA Europa League appearance in the UEFA Europa League of 16 and they have failed to win a game in their first two attempts, unlike Arsenal in 2017-18 (L2) and Manchester United in 2020-21 (D1 L1). ).
➤ Slavia Prague have lost the first leg of one of their last 10 European primary knockout matches (W2 D7), losing 1-0 at home to Chelsea in the 2018-19 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals.
➤ Rafael Leão has scored 3 goals in his last 4 major European games for Milan, scoring in any of the UEFA Europa League play-off matches this season against Rennes. He had scored 3 goals in his first 25 European games for Milan.
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