MatchUCL stats: Liverpool's San Siro record, landmarks and Milan meetings

The Reds return to the European Cup and kick off their league-phase schedule by facing Milan at San Siro in an 8pm BST kick-off.

Read on for the pick of the pre-match facts and figures, courtesy of club statistician Ged Rea…

This game marks the beginning of Liverpool’s 49th season of European competition and their 28th campaign in the European Cup/Champions League.

This is only the fifth European clash between the sides. They previously met in the 2005 and 2007 finals of the Champions League and twice during the competition’s group stage in 2021-22.

This will be Liverpool’s fifth visit to San Siro. They lost to Internazionale (3-0) in 1965 but defeated them in 2008 (1-0) and 2022 (2-0), and beat AC Milan (2-1) in 2021.

Home and away the Reds have faced clubs from Italy 41 times. They have won 19 and lost 18.

Liverpool have won eight of their last 10 away fixtures in this competition.

This is the eighth successive season in which the Reds have faced Italian opposition.

Three players are a game away from Liverpool appearance landmarks: Diogo Jota (150), Darwin Nunez (100) and Dominik Szoboszlai (50).

Virgil van Dijk, meanwhile, could represent the club for the 50th time in Europe.

Nine of Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool goals have come in 16 appearances against Italian teams. He has scored in his last two outings at San Siro.

Reds head coach Arne Slot managed Milan’s Tijjani Reijnders at AZ Alkmaar in 2019-20.

This will be Milan’s 50th meeting with an English club. In the previous 49 they have won 14, drawn 14 and lost 21.

I Rossoneri have lifted the European Cup on seven occasions, one more than Liverpool. Their last success came against the Reds in Athens in 2007.

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