Recent struggles against Dutch sides: All the key stats ahead of Feyenoord vs. Milan | OneFootball

AC Milan and Feyenoord will meet for just the third time in a competitive game tonight, and it comes in the Champions League play-off round.

Indeed, it will be the first time in over 55 years that the two sides have faced off against each other and the Dutch side have the bragging rights given they prevailed 2-1 on aggregate in the 1969-70 edition of the European Cup.

More generally speaking, Milan have played 27 times against teams from the Netherlands, with just 12 wins in that time, plus seven draws and eight losses. Our pre-match preview has insight on Feyenoord and the latest team news, while below are the best stats.

Key facts and stats

➤ This will be just the third meeting between Feyenoord and Milan in European competition, with the pair winning one match each during their two-legged European Cup Round of Last 16 clash during the 1969-70 season – the Dutch team progressed to the next round (0-1 defeat away in the 1st leg and 2-0 win at home in the 2nd leg).

➤ Milan have failed to win any of their last four games in major European competition against sides from the Netherlands (D3 L1), since a 3-1 win over SC Heerenveen in the UEFA Cup in October 2008.

➤ Feyenoord have lost just one of their 11 home games in major European competition against sides from Italy (W6 D4), a 1-2 defeat against Roma in February 2015 in the UEFA Europa League Last 32.

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➤ Milan have failed to win any of their last 11 away games in the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds (D4 L7), scoring just three goals in total across their last 10 matches in that run.

➤ Feyenoord are playing in the knockout rounds of the UEFA Champions League/European Cup for the first time since the 1984-85 season, losing 1-2 on aggregate to Panathinaikos in the first round (0-0 at home, 1-2 away).

➤ During the UEFA Champions League league phase this season, only matches featuring Barcelona (41) witnessed more goals in total than those involving Feyenoord (39). Of the 24 teams to progress from that stage of the competition, the Dutch side conceded the most goals (21).

➤ Milan’s Santiago Giménez is the player with the best minutes per goal ratio in the UEFA Champions League this season (min. 4 goals), averaging one every 59 minutes (five goals in five appearances).

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➤ Milan’s Christian Pulisic scored four goals during the UEFA Champions League league phase this season, with Olivier Giroud the last player to have more for the club (5 in 2022/23) in a single campaign in the competition. In the process, he also became the first USMNT player to score that many goals in a UCL campaign.

➤ Only Atalanta’s Charles De Ketelaere (5) recorded more assists during the UEFA Champions League league phase this season than Feyenoord’s Igor Paixão (4). In total, the Brazilian has five goal contributions in the competition this season with only Santiago Giménez (6 this season) ever having more during a UCL campaign for Feyenoord.

➤ Milan’s Rafael Leão has completed 30 dribbles in the UEFA Champions League this season, the most of any player during the league phase. Indeed, since making his debut in the competition in September 2021, only Vinícius Júnior (134) has completed more in this period than Leão (97).