First-half goals and H2H superiority: All the key stats ahead of Cagliari-Milan

AC Milan will be up against Cagliari this evening and after the impressive mid-week win, the goal is obviously to clinch another one. However, it’s never easy to face the Rossoblu way from home, even if the stats might suggest so. 

The win against Real Madrid has certainly boosted the confidence of Paulo Fonseca’s men, who would like to keep the Scudetto dream alive. A win is thus needed today and the manager even stated that this game will be tougher than the one at Santiago Bernabeu.

Francesco Camarda, the 16-year-old, will play from the first minute and it will be very interesting to see what he can do. He has impressed when coming off the bench, but playing from start is a completely different beast.

Our pre-match preview has the latest team news and some further insight on Monza, while below are the key stats ahead of the game.

Key stats and facts

➤ Cagliari have lost 47 out of 82 games played against AC Milan in Serie A, more than against any other side in the topflight (W8, D27) – the Rossoneri are also the opponent against which the Rossublù have the lowest win percentage (9.76%) among those faced more than 12 times in the competition.

➤ Cagliari have won only one of their last 39 matches against AC Milan in Serie A (D8, L30): 2-1 at home on 28th of May 2017. Indeed, the Rossoneri have obtained eight wins in their last nine matches against the Sardinian team in the topflight (D1), conceding only three goals in this period.

➤ Milan have scored in each of their last 13 away matches against Cagliari in Serie A (22 goals in total, an average of 1.7 per match); this run is the Rossoneri’s longest current streak of scoring in consecutive away games against an opponent (13).

➤ Milan have kept a clean sheet in four of their last seven Serie A games – as many times as in the previous 17 games played in the competition – scoring 12 goals and conceding five in this period.

➤ Milan won their last away game in Serie A (1-0 vs Monza) and could record two away wins in a row without conceding in a single top-flight campaign for the first time since March 2022 (two in that case too, the second of which was against Cagliari).

➤ Cagliari have conceded at least two goals in seven of their last eight Serie A games, shipping 17 goals in total; fewer than only Hellas Verona (21) in this period. Furthermore, no team have more games with at least two goals conceded in Serie A this term (seven like Genoa, Hellas Verona and Venezia).

➤ Cagliari have failed to score in four of their six home matches played in Serie A 24/25, including the last one (2-0 vs Bologna), while scoring only four goals in this period; overall, only Empoli have had more home matches without finding the net (five) and scored fewer goals (zero) than the Rossoblù at home in this campaign.

➤ Milan have scored the highest percentage of their goals in the first half in this Serie A (11/17, 65%) while on the other hand, only Genoa and Lecce (both two) have scored fewer goals than Cagliari (four) in the first half of the current campaign.

➤ Zito Luvumbo scored his first goal in a Serie A home match against AC Milan, in the 3-1 defeat on 27th of September 2023 at Unipol Domus. After his goal against Lazio in the last match, the Rossoblù striker could score in two matches in a row in the competition for the first time in his career.

➤ Christian Pulisic scored his only brace in Serie A against Cagliari, doing so in the 5-1 win by the Rossoneri at the Meazza, in May 2024. In general, against no other team has the American been involved in more goals in Serie A (three versus Cagliari – also against Monza).