Europa League: the economic face-to-face of AC Milan - Arsenal FC (Round of 16, 08/03/2018)

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With just over 62 million fans on social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram), Arsenal FC (Premier League) has 1.7 times more than AC Milan (Serie A TIM), which totals 35.5 million, as the two clubs prepare to face each other in the 2017-18 Europa League at the San Siro (Milan, ITA), on Thursday 08/02/2018 at 19:00 CET. 

The Italian club has a record average attendance of 50,892 spectators after 26 matchdays of the 2017-18 Serie A TIM season (65% fill rate), while Arsenal FC has an average of 59,307 spectators at the Emirates Stadium (London, ENG) after 28 matchdays of the 2017-18 Premier League season (fill rate of 99%).

The squad value of AC Milan, according to an assessment by transfermarkt.de on 07/02/2018, is €340.65m compared to €492.45m for Arsenal FC.

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