Key stats behind Milanโ€™s start to the Champions League

Milan have made a disappointing start to their Champions League campaign and will be looking to start putting it right against PSG tonight.

Milan are at home and need a win. From their three group stage games so far they have taken only two points and are yet to score a goal. Anything other than a win tonight will make qualification near impossible, especially considering that they are in the so called โ€˜group of deathโ€™.

Their last UCL game was also against PSG and they got humbled. The game finished 3-0 and highlighted some big problems for Milan. Never mind not scoring, they did not even register a big chance in the game.

The game before was an away draw against Borussia Dortmund which on the face of it isnโ€™t a bad result but in this game they were wasteful. Stefano Pioliโ€™s men had an XG of 1.65 but the forward line were wasteful and overly reliant on Rafael Leรฃo. Pioliโ€™s men have a total xG of 4.1 in the Champions League, which is the second-highest in the group and they also have the second highest xG against, which says that performances havenโ€™t been that bad, at least numerically and there is a foundation for them to succeed.

The Rossoneri know that nothing but a win will do tonight and they will have to make their chances count.



Japtej Ghura | GIFN

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