AC Milan will face Atalanta for the 150th time in a competitive fixture when they welcome them to San Siro on Sunday night.
There has been a pretty clear advantage for Milan in the head-to-heads over the years with 69 wins, 49 draws and 31 defeats. Having said that, the Rossoneri actually haven’t beaten Atalanta since February 2023, a 2-0 win in the post-Scudetto season.
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Things were looking good in the reverse fixture when Milan took the lead early on through Samuele Ricci’s deflected shot, but Ademola Lookman equalised and it remains 1-1. The most recent meeting at San Siro saw Atalanta prevail 1-0 thanks to the goal from Ederson.
Milan must buck the recent trend both against La Dea but also in terms of their own league form, having won two of their last seven in Serie A. The magnitude of the game cannot be overstated, with a top four spot now under threat.
AC Milan vs. Atalanta: Key facts and stats
➤ AC Milan have failed to win any of their last five Serie A matches against Atalanta (D2 L3), after winning four of the previous five (D1).
➤ Atalanta and AC Milan have drawn 46 of their 129 Serie A meetings (Atalanta have 28 wins and AC Milan 55 wins), including a 1-1 draw in the reverse fixture; only against Juventus (47) have Atalanta drawn more matches in the competition.
➤ Atalanta have avoided defeat in nine of their last 11 away Serie A matches against AC Milan (W4 D5); furthermore, after their 1-0 win on 20 April 2025, they could win two consecutive away games against the Rossoneri in the competition for the first time since 1943 (three in a row on that occasion).
➤ AC Milan have scored just one goal in their last five Serie A matches (Adrien Rabiot against Hellas Verona), fewer than any other side in the competition since the start of April.
➤ Atalanta have failed to win in six of their last eight Serie A away games (D4 L2) and, after their 3-2 loss against Cagliari, could record two consecutive away defeats for the first time since December 2025 – three in that instance, two of which were with Raffaele Palladino in charge.
➤ AC Milan have lost three home games in Serie A this season, including two of their most recent five (W2 D1); the last time the Rossoneri ended a Serie A campaign with more home defeats was in 2020/21 (five).
Furthermore, after their 0-3 loss against Udinese and 0-0 draw against Juventus, they could register three consecutive home matches without scoring for the first time since November 2017 (four on that occasion under Vincenzo Montella).
➤ Atalanta have collected just 10 points in their last nine Serie A matchdays (W2 D4 L3), after having totalled 23 in the previous nine (W7 D2); in this period (since MD27), only five teams have gained fewer points than Atalanta in the competition (Lecce, Cagliari, Hellas Verona, Cremonese and Pisa).
➤ Atalanta and AC Milan have conceded the fewest goals in the second half of Serie A matches this season (15 each); Atalanta are also one of only two teams, along with Cremonese, to have conceded more goals before half-time than after (17 vs 15).
➤ Rafael Leão is set to make his 250th appearance in Europe’s big five leagues, registering 72 goals and 46 assists in 249 games so far. The Portuguese (born in 1999) is the youngest player with 70+ goals and 45+ assists since his debut for Lille in 2018/19.
➤ Charles De Ketelaere, who has 99 Serie A appearances for Atalanta, is one of three players to have scored 20+ goals and provided 20+ assists (20 goals, 20 assists) in the last three Serie A seasons, alongside today’s opponents Rafael Leão (26 goals, 20 assists) and Christian Pulisic (31 goals, 20 assists). However, the Belgian has not scored in the competition since 10th January (vs Torino) and has only netted once in his last 25 Serie A appearances overall.
