AC Milan head into their final home game of the season knowing a win is enough for a top four finish, and they face one of their favoured opponents in Cagliari.
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Milan are one step closer to Champions League qualification after the wins against Juventus and Torino, able to secure their return with a win against the visitors from Sardinia. The Rossoneri are in great form after snatching six points from Turin in just a few days, with an aggregate score of 10-0.
You can read our pre-match preview here, while below are the best stats ahead of the game…
➤ Milan have won each of their last four Serie A games against Cagliari with a 10-0 aggregate score; the last time the Rossoblù found the net against the Rossoneri was back in September 2018 (João Pedro).
➤ Cagliari have only won one of their last 34 Serie A matches against Milan (2-1 in May 2017); they have failed to find the net in 50% of those games (17).
➤ Milan have won each of their last 15 home league games against Cagliari – their longest such streak against a single opponent in the competition.
➤ Milan have scored 72 goals in Serie A this season; in the era of three points per win, only once have the Rossoneri found the net as many times in their first 36 league games: 80 in 2005-06.
➤ Cagliari are unbeaten in their last six league matches (W4, D2); the last time they went on a longer such run in Serie A was back in December 2019 (13 under Rolando Maran).
➤ Following their 3-1 win against Benevento, Cagliari could win two consecutive away league matches for the first time since September 2019.
➤ Cagliari are the team against which Stefano Pioli has won the most games as a manager in Serie A – 10/18 (D4, L4).
➤ The first of Franck Kessié’s two Serie A braces for Milan came back in January 2018 against Cagliari; the other one was against SPAL in May 2019.
➤ Milan’s Simon Kjaer has scored five goals in Serie A, with his latest in the Italian top-flight coming in December 2009 against Cagliari with Palermo.
➤ João Pedro has scored three goals against Milan in Serie A; the Cagliari striker is top-scoring Brazilian in the last three top five European Leagues this season (41 goals, Neymar 36).
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