Player statistic
5' | Romelu Lukaku (Assist: Frank Anguissa) | |||
43' | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Assist: Mathías Olivera) |
73' | Mathías Olivera |
Match statistic
Milan and Napoli are set to clash in Serie A Week 10 on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. Napoli currently leads the league, and a win would solidify their top position. The stakes are high for Napoli as they aim to secure a victory and climb into the top three. In their recent matchups, Milan has triumphed in three of the last five Serie A games against Napoli (with one draw and one loss), equaling their total wins from the last 22 league encounters (three wins, eight draws, and eleven losses).
Napoli has been impressive in away fixtures, remaining unbeaten in eight of their last nine games against Milan (with five wins and three draws), although they did suffer a defeat in their most recent encounter on February 11, losing 0-1 due to a goal from Theo Hernández. The last time Milan achieved back-to-back home victories against Napoli in league play was from 2000 to 2008, when they recorded three consecutive wins.
Stats before the game
Milan have won only one of their last nine first-half matches against Napoli in Serie A (D2 L6): 3-1 on November 22, 2020 (Ibrahimovic scored twice and Hauge scored for the Rossoneri, Mertens for the Partenopei).
Among the teams that have played more than one Serie A game on Tuesday, Napoli have the highest goal average: 2.4 (31 goals in 13 matches); on the other hand, Milan have failed to score 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 exception being a 0-4 win against Lazio on January 24, 2023).
Milan have kept a clean sheet in three of their last five Serie A games (as many as in their previous 14) and could go back-to-back in the tournament for the first time since last March (against Lazio and Empoli).
AC Milan have won three consecutive home Serie A games without conceding a goal for the first time since May 2022 and have not done better in the league since a run of four between March and May 2014.
Napoli are unbeaten in their last three away games in Serie A, having won two of them (D1), as many wins as they had in their previous 13 away league games (W2 D5 L6).
Player Stats
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 AC Milan player has been involved in at least one goal (between goals and assists) in more consecutive appearances in a single Serie A season since data has been available (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 matches with the Frenchman on the pitch (54 out of 101), scoring 1.9 goals on average – without him, however, the Rossoneri's success rate drops to 29% (4 out of 14), scoring 0.8 goals on average.
Matteo Politano has scored five goals in Serie A against Milan, against no opponent has he done better in the competition (five also against Genoa); furthermore, the Napoli striker has scored five goals away from home at the Meazza stadium in the league, in the last 10 seasons (since 2015/16) only Domenico Berardi (seven) and Fabio Quagliarella (six) have scored more playing away from home at this stadium in Serie A.