AC Milan will be looking to keep their perfect record against Monza going in Serie A when they take them on at San Siro this afternoon.
Stefano Pioli’s men were knocked out of the Champions League despite beating Newcastle in the final round. They will now have to focus on the Europa League – as well as Serie A – instead and today an important game awaits.
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➤ AC Milan have won both of their previous matches against Monza in Serie A. Only Atalanta have recorded three victories out of three against the Brianza team in the top flight.
➤ Monza have lost all of their last three matches against Lombard teams in Serie A (all away), conceding 10 goals and scoring only two – as many defeats as in their first seven games against teams from their own region in the competition (W2 D2).
➤ AC Milan are the only team that has not yet drawn any home matches this season in Serie A (W5
L2). The last draw for the Rossoneri in a home league game was back in May against Cremonese. Since then, they have recorded eight wins and two defeats.
➤ AC Milan have lost three of their last seven league matches (W2 D2), as many defeats as they managed in their previous 21 Serie A games (W13 D5 L3). Furthermore, the Rossoneri have not lost two consecutive matches in the competition since February of last year (a run of three – against Lazio, Sassuolo, and Inter).
➤ After a streak of four consecutive wins in matches played at 12:30 in the league, Milan lost their most recent game at this time – 2-5 at the Meazza against Sassuolo on January 29th, 2023. As for Monza, they have only lost one of their five games played at 12:30 in Serie A (W2 D2), with their only defeat coming against Roma on October 22nd.
➤ Monza have avoided defeat in 10 of their last 12 league matches (W4 D6), with the only two defeats during this period coming against Roma and Juventus
➤ AC Milan have conceded 61% of their goals in this Serie A season in the last 30 minutes of play (11/18), only Las Palmas (77%) and Nice (67%) have conceded more goals than the Rossoneri in the final 30 minutes across the big five European leagues 2023/24.
➤ In the last two seasons of Serie A, with Rafael Leão on the field, AC Milan have averaged two points per game, with a win percentage of 57% (27/47). Without him, however, the average points drop to exactly one point and the win percentage falls to 33% (2/6).
➤ Olivier Giroud, who has scored four goals in his last four league matches, is one of two players to have scored the most headed goals in the calendar year 2023 in the big five European leagues – eight, tied with Harry Kane. Three of the Frenchman’s last four Serie A goals have come from headers.
➤ In addition to being the goalkeeper with the most saves (54) this season, Michele Di Gregorio is also the second goalkeeper with the highest save percentage in Serie A 2023/24 (80%), behind only Yann Sommer (82%) (min. three matches played).
