One defeat in 25 games: All the key stats ahead of AC Milan vs Lecce | OneFootball

AC Milan take on Lecce at San Siro hoping to make it back-to-back wins in the league after beating Inter in the derby, and their record against tonight’s opponents is very positive.

Milan have faced off against Lecce 43 times across all competitions in their history, with 26 wins, 15 draws and just two defeats being the record, a win rate of 60.5%. Last season was a 2-2 draw at the Stadio via del Mare, and a 3-0 win for the Rossoneri at home.

You can read the latest team news and some insight on the Giallorossi in our pre-match preview, while below are the best stats ahead of the game.

➤ Milan have avoided defeat in 24 of their last 25 matches against Lecce in Serie A (W13 D11), scoring 2.3 goals-per-game on average in the process (57 goals scored); the only Lecce success in this period came in April 2006 (1-0 at Via del Mare stadium).

➤ Milan have won 10 of their last 11 home games against Lecce in Serie A (D1), scoring 32 goals (2.9 per game) and conceding only six. Indeed, the Giallorossi have achieved only one win away against the Rossoneri in 18 previous such games in the competition (D3 L14), a 2-1 victory under Cesare Prandelli in October 1997

➤ After having won only one of their previous 10 league matches (D6 L3), Milan have won two games in a row in Serie A for the first time since between March and April 2024 (a run of five wins). Milan have avoided defeat in 15 of their last 16 home games in Serie A (W10 D5), scoring in each of these matches (37 goals, 2.3 per game); their only defeat in this period was against Inter in April.

➤ After their 0-0 draw against Torino and 2-2 stalemate against Parma, Lecce could draw at least three consecutive Serie A matches for the first time since across November and December 2023 (a run of four – the first of which against Milan, at Via del Mare stadium).

➤ Milan have scored 11 goals in Serie A this term; only in 2020-21 (12) had they scored more goals in their first five league matches of their previous 21 Serie A seasons.

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➤ Only Cagliari (85) have attempted more shots than Lecce (82) and Milan (81, level with Roma) in Serie A this season, while only Atalanta (9.5) have accrued more expected goals in the competition so far than the Rossoneri (9.3).

➤ Since the start of last season, no Serie A player has been directly involved in more goals than Christian Pulisic in all competitions (31, 19 goals and 12 assists, level with Lautaro Martínez’s 27 goals and 4 assists), while immediately behind this list is teammate Rafael Leão (30, 16 goals and 14 assists).

➤ Lecce are the opponent against which Rafael Leão has scored the most goals in Serie A (five goals in six matches), including a brace in April 2023 at the Meazza stadium. Indeed, only two of the Portuguese forward’s 48 goals in Serie A came from headers, and both were against Lecce (June 2020 and April 2023).

➤ Nikola Krstovic has been directly involved in five of Lecce’s last six goals in Serie A with four goals and one assist; indeed, he is the player who has both attempted the most total shots (26) and shots on target (10) in Serie A this season.