AC Milan take on Parma at San Siro this evening, hoping to rack up another three points in their quest for a Champions League return.
It will be the 74th between the two teams, with Milan currently on 38 wins and Parma on 17, while 18 were draws. One of them came earlier this season as the Rossoneri squandered a 2-0 lead away from home, conceding late in the first half and early in the second.
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The last encounter at San Siro ended 3-2 after Milan scored two stoppage-time goals to engineer a remarkable comeback. Hopefully the same fireworks will not be required today, while our pre-match preview has all the information you need, and the stat pack is below.
AC Milan vs. Parma: Key facts and stats
➤ After their 2-2 draw earlier this season, Milan and Parma could draw both of their Serie A matches in a single season for the third time, after 1993-94 and 2007-08. Additionally, in 14 of the last 15 Serie A matches between these two sides, both teams have scored (averaging 3.9 goals per game), with the only exception being Milan’s 1-0 victory on 1st December 2019.
➤ Parma are the side against whom AC Milan currently have their longest scoring streak in Serie A, netting in 19 consecutive matches. The Gialloblù could become only the fourth side, after Cagliari, Genoa and Sampdoria, against whom the Rossoneri have scored in 20 or more successive top-flight games.
➤ AC Milan have won eight of their last 10 home Serie A matches against Parma (D1 L1), scoring an average of 2.7 goals per game in these encounters. However, Parma have found the net in each of their last eight away games against the Rossoneri, having never reached nine consecutive away top-flight matches scoring against them.
➤ AC Milan are unbeaten in their last 24 Serie A matches (W15 D9) and could record a run of at least 25 games without defeat in a single top-flight season for only the second time in their history, after the 34-match streak that lasted throughout the 1991/92 campaign.
➤ Parma have collected 29 points in this Serie A season after 25 games – in their previous five top-flight campaigns, they have only registered more points at this stage on one occasion (35 in 2019-20, a season in which they finished 11th).
➤ AC Milan have a shot conversion rate of 12.6% in Serie A, the second-highest in the competition behind Inter (13.0%), while Parma are last in this ranking (6.2%); the Crociati also have an Expected Goals value of 23.1, with only Lecce having a lower figure (20.2).
➤ Parma have scored the joint-fewest first-half goals (seven) in Serie A this season; in addition, the Gialloblu would have just 23 points this campaign when considering only first-half results – only Pisa (20) and Fiorentina (22) have accrued fewer.
➤ One of Adrián Bernabé’s four Serie A goals, all of which have come at home, including his last against Hellas Verona last time out, was against AC Milan in a 2-2 draw in the reverse fixture. The Spanish midfielder has won nine fouls in the final third, a figure bettered by only one other midfielder in Serie A, Adrien Rabiot (12).
➤ Among players with 10+ goals in Europe’s top five leagues since the start of last season, only Mikel Merino (64%) has scored a higher percentage of headed goals than Mateo Pellegrino (60% – six of ten); the 2001-born player could also score in consecutive Serie A appearances for the first time.
➤ Rafael Leão has equalled his goal tally from the whole of last season (eight goals in 34 matches) and could score at least nine Serie A goals for the first time since 2023/24. The Portuguese has also been involved in three goals (two goals, one assist) in his last four top-flight games against Parma, including a goal in the reverse fixture which was his second penalty goal in Serie A (after scoring against Fiorentina last October).
