UEFA Champions League: Group C - Match Stats and Facts

Milan, Sep 17: In their debut UEFA Champions League match, Malaga invite Russian giants Zenit St Petersburg to the La Rosaleda.

Malaga v Zenit St Petersburg

• La Liga side Malaga have conceded only three goals in nine European matches played at home.

• Zenit St Petersburg have lost all four previous matches played in Spain.

• Malaga finished fourth last season in La Liga, their highest ever in their history.

• Zenit's only away from home came during the UEFA Champions League was at FC BATE Borisov in 2008/09.

• Fabrice Olinga of Malaga became the youngest player to score in La Liga history aged 16 years and 98 days.

AC Milan vs Anderlecht

• Seven time champions Milan take on Belgian side Anderlecht who have never won in Italy before.

• Milan have gone on to win the title on both previous occasions they have met Anderlecht in the competition.

• Milan are competing in the group stage of the competition for the 10th time in 11 seasons while Anderlecht enter the competition for the first time since 2006/07 and ninth overall.

• Anderlecht's record against Italian opponents is W0 D5 L9.

• This fixture will be Milan's 150th game in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final.

• Anderlecht have scored 47 UEFA Champions League goals but conceded 97.

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