AC Milan will be looking to maintain a very successful historic record against Lecce when they take on the Giallorossi at the San Siro on Sunday evening.
Milan really need the points given Juventus are now back in the top four and the race to be in the Champions League next season has gotten even more difficult. You can read our pre-match preview here, while below are the best stats ahead of the game…
➤ Milan have only lost two of their 33 Serie A matches against Lecce (W19 D12), the last of which dates back 1 April 2006 – there have been five wins for the Rossoneri and four draws since.
➤ Lecce – 2-2 in the reverse fixture at Via del Mare stadium – are looking to remain unbeaten in both matches in a Serie A season against Milan for the first time since 1999-2000, when the sides drew 2-2 in both meetings.
➤ Lecce’s only victory in 16 previous Serie A matches away to Milan dates back to 19 October 1997; the Rossoneri have won 12 of these 16 matches (D3), but they drew last time (2-2 in October 2019).
➤ Milan have drawn their last two league matches played after a Champions League match, while they have drawn three of their last five Serie A matches (W1 L1), as many draws as they recorded in their previous 21 matches in the competition.
➤ Between March and April, Milan have won just six points in six league games; last season, in their first six league games played between March and April they won 14 points, thanks to four wins and two draws.
➤ Lecce drew against Sampdoria last time out, ending a run of six consecutive league defeats; away from home, however, the Giallorossi have lost their last three games, last losing more such matches in a row back in December 2010 in the top-flight (a run of six under De Canio).
➤ Milan are still one of the teams that makes the least use of set piece situations in Serie A this term: excluding penalties, they have scored only four goals from these situations, only more than Torino and Sampdoria (both 3).
➤ Lecce have kept the fewest clean sheets (3) of any side in Serie A this term, with the last of them coming against Cremonese in February. Despite this, they are the only team not to have conceded more than twice in a game this season.
➤ Among the midfielders who are making their debut season in Serie A, Morten Hjulmand of Lecce and Charles De Ketelaere of Milan are the two who have played the most games in the league this season without scoring: 28 appearances for the Giallorossi captain, 26 for the Belgian of Milan.
➤ Since Serie A returned to 20 teams (2004-05), only one foreign Lecce midfielder has managed to be involved in 10+ goals in a single Serie A campaign: Guillermo Giacomazzi (15 in 2004-05); Gabriel Strefezza (7 goals and 2 assists so far) can become the second one.
