AC MILAN v LECCE: ALL THE NUMBERS FROM THE GAME

A clear win, an explosive end to the first half that produced three goals and decided the game. AC Milan beat Lecce 3-0 and these are the main stats.

• Thanks to his goal against Lecce, Théo Hernández has equalled Paolo Maldini (29 goals) as the defender with the most goals scored for AC Milan in Serie A history. The Frenchman is the second defender, alongside Maicon (65), to be involved in at least 50 goals in the last 20 Serie A seasons.

• Christian Pulisic (32: 20G+12A) has been involved in the most goals in Serie A this season: 4 goals and 2 assists. Across the last two seasons in all competitions, he is behind only Lautaro Martínez and Rafael Leão (31: 16G+15A). Alongside Mateo Retegui and Marcus Thuram, he has scored the most goals in Serie A this season (4) so far.

• Rafael Leão has provided three assists in Serie A this season, no other players have done better in the top-flight (three also David Neres, Nuno Tavares and Darko Lazovic). He is the only Serie A player who has scored at least 15 goals and has provided at least 15 assists in the last two seasons in all competitions (16G+15A).

• AC Milan have scored 14 goals in Serie A this season; in the last 20 Serie A seasons, they have never done better after the first six matchdays of the competition (14 also in 2020/21). We have won three games in a row for the first time since last April (5).

• Exactly 4 minutes and 30 seconds passed between Álvaro Morata's goal (37:47) and Pulisic's goal (42:17).

• Only Barcelona (10) have scored more goals than AC Milan (9) in the first half of games in Big-5 European Leagues this season.

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