Napoli vs AC Milan Serie A Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Napoli are unbeaten in their last 11 encounters against AC Milan in Serie A (W6 D5): the last side to stay unbeaten vs the Rossoneri in the top-flight for 12+ games was also Napoli between 1974 and 1979.
AC Milan have won just one of their 14 Serie A games away from home against Napoli in the 21st century (D6 L7), in October 2010 with goals scored by Robinho and Ibrahimović for the Rossoneri and Lavezzi for Napoli.
Napoli have lost their last two home games in all competitions, against AZ and Sassuolo, and could lose three in a row at home for the first time since December 2012 under Walter Mazzarri.
AC Milan are unbeaten in their last 14 games away from home in all competitions (W9 D5): the last time the Rossoneri enjoyed a longest run was in February 2004 under Carlo Ancelotti (15 matches).
AC Milan have scored more goals than any other side in Serie A this season from inside the box (16), but Napoli have conceded the fewest from inside in the competition (four goals).
Napoli (19) and AC Milan (17.1) are the two sides with the most shots attempted on average per game in Serie A this season - Napoli have posted the highest average in the Big 5 European Leagues in 2020/21, whilst the Rossoneri are fourth behind Lyon (18) and Leipzig (17.7).
Only Spezia (seven goals) have conceded more than AC Milan from set-pieces (sei goals) in Serie A this season; overall, AC Milan have conceded 17 goals from dead ball situations in 38 Serie A games under Stefano Pioli, as many as they had in 62 matches under Gennaro Gattuso.
Gennaro Gattuso made four appearances as a player in Serie A against sides managed by Stefano Pioli and always won, including the first game lost by the current AC Milan manager in the competition back in September 2006 (2-0 for AC Milan with goals scored by Clarence Seedorf and Kaká).
Napoli’s Victor Osimhen scored his first headed goal in the Big 5 European Leagues last time out against Bologna: with Lille last season, he only managed to score in back-to-back Ligue 1 games once (in February against Angers and Marseille).
AC Milan’s forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored in each of his first five Serie A games this season: in the three points per win era, only three players have managed to find the net in their first six appearances in a single campaign (Gabriel Batistuta in 1994/95, Christian Vieri in 2002/03 and Krzysztof Piatek in 2018/19).
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