Yahoo Sports Pulisic aims for Zlatan’s streak: All the key stats ahead of AC Milan vs. Napoli
AC Milan and Napoli renew hostilities tonight, with the league-leaders arriving at San Siro hoping to further boost their Scudetto ambitions.
Milan have played against Napoli 175 times in their almost 125-year history with a record of 70 wins, 54 draws and 51 defeats, a win rate of 40%. In recent years the meetings seem to have taken on extra meaning, with title battles and the famous Champions League quarter-final.
Our pre-match preview has the latest team news and some further insight on Napoli, while below are the key stats ahead of the game.
➤ Milan have won three of the last five Serie A encounters against Napoli (D1 L1), as many wins as in the 22 previous league meetings with the Partenopei (W3 D8 L11).
➤ Napoli are unbeaten in eight of the last nine Serie A away games against Milan (W5 D8), losing the most recent, a 0-1 defeat on 11 February 2024 (goal by Theo Hernández). The last time the Rossoneri enjoyed at least two consecutive home league wins against the Partenopei dates back to the period between 2000 and 2008 (three on that occasion).
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➤ Milan have won only one of the last nine meetings with Napoli played in the first half of a Serie A campaign (D2 L6): a 3-1 win on 22nd November 2020 (thanks to an Ibrahimovic brace and Hauge’s goal for the Rossoneri, Mertens for the Partenopei).
➤ Among the sides that have played more than one Serie A game on a Tuesday, Napoli have posted the highest goals per game average – 2.4 (31 goals in 13 matches); on the other hand, Milan have failed to find the net in their three most recent league games played on this day of the week, but have kept a clean sheet in three of their last four (the only exception being a 0-4 defeat against Lazio on 24 January 2023).
➤ Milan have registered a clean sheet in three of their last five Serie A games (as many as they managed in the previous 14) and could keep a shutout in two consecutive matches in the competition for the first time since last March (against Lazio and Empoli).
➤ Milan have won three home games in a row in Serie A without conceding a goal for the first time since May 2022 and have not done better in the competition since a run of four between March and May 2014.
➤ Napoli are unbeaten in their last three Serie A away games, having won two of them (D1), as many as they had recorded in their previous 13 away from home league games (W2 D5 L6).
➤ Christian Pulisic has been involved in at least one goal in each of his last seven league games (five goals and three assists); only one Milan player has been directly involved in at least one goal (goals and assists) in more consecutive appearances in a single Serie A season since 2004/05: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (10 between October and December 2010).
➤ Theo Hernández will miss the match against Napoli due to suspension;. In the last three seasons across all competitions (since 2022/23), Milan have won 54% of their games with the French player on the pitch (54 out of 101), scoring 1.9 goals on average – without him, however, the Rossoneri’s win rate falls to 29% (4 out of 14), scoring 0.8 goals on average.
➤ Matteo Politano has scored five goals against Milan in Serie A, against no other opponent he has done better in the competition (five also against Genoa); in addition, the Napoli striker has scored five away goals at San Siro; in the last 10 seasons only Fabio Quagliarella (six) and Domenico Berardi (seven) have done better playing away from home in the top flight in this stadium.
