AC Milan vs Spezia Serie A Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
This is the first fixture in the Italian top-flight K/S ~ between AC Milan and Spezia; the Rossoneri won 3-1 in their only previous game against the Aquilotti in the Coppa Italia in January 2014.
AC Milan are unbeaten in their last 14 league games against newly-promoted sides (W9 D5). However, each of the last two played at Meazza ended in a draw (2-2 v Lecce in October 2019 and 1-1 v Verona in February 2020).
AC Milan are the only team still unbeaten in Serie A in the post-lockdown (W11 D3); the last time they registered a longer streak without defeat was back in March 2007 (15).
AC Milan have netted in 22 league matches in a row; only in 1949 (27) and in 1973 (29) have they scored in more consecutive Serie A games. Prior to Spezia (three points in two league games), the last debuting team to have picked up 3+ points after their first three Serie A matches was Siena in 2003/04.
AC Milan could win their first three matches of a Serie A campaign for the second time in 21st century, after 2006/07. AC Milan's Hakan Calhanoglu scored against each of the newly-promoted sides in Serie A last season however, he failed to net against Crotone in MD2 this season.
AC Milan's Sandro Tonali has been involved in two goals in three matches against Spezia in Serie B: an assist in September 2018 and one goal in January 2019. Spezia's Matteo Ricci is the Italian midfielder with the joint-most recoveries in Serie A 2020/21 (17, alongside Luca Cigarini).
For the second time in his career among Serie A and Serie B, Spezia's Andrej Galabinov scored in each his first two league games of a season (also in 2015/16 with Novara in Serie B).
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