Roma and AC Milan will face each other for the 202nd time at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday night, and the third time this season.
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Milan currently hold a pretty clear advantage at 83 wins versus Roma’s 53. On the other hand, a whopping 63 games have ended in draws, which suggests this is indeed a very tight fixture, which it could also be tonight.
The reverse fixture earlier this season is an example of that, as the game finished 1-1 following goals from Tijjani Reijnders and Paulo Dybala. Paulo Fonseca was sacked due to the result, it should be remembered, and it was only Claudio Ranieri’s sixth game in charge of the Giallorossi.
Our pre-match preview has the latest team news and some insight on the opposition from a Roma journalist, which below are the best stats ahead of the game.
Roma vs. AC Milan: Key facts and stats
➤ Roma are the opponent against which AC Milan have won the most matches in their history in Serie A: 80 Rossoneri wins in 179 matches, with 54 draws and 45 Giallorossi wins.
➤ AC Milan are unbeaten in their last 10 league matches against Roma (W6 D4); the Giallorossi’s last win in Serie A was back on 27th October 2019 (2-1 at the Olimpico) – they could register more than 10 games without defeat against the Giallorossi in the top-flight for the first time since the period between 1988 and 1996 (17).
➤ AC Milan have won three of their last four away league matches against Roma (D1), as many wins as in their previous 16 away games against the Giallorossi in Serie A (W3 D7 L6).
➤ AC Milan have won their last three league games and haven’t had four consecutive wins in Serie A this season (three also last September); the last time they recorded four consecutive wins in Serie A was between March and April 2024 (five).
➤ AC Milan are one of two teams, along with Atalanta, to have scored the most goals since MD20 in Serie A this season (both 29), while on the other hand, Roma (10) have conceded the fewest goals in this period.
➤ Artem Dovbyk has scored 12 goals in 2024-25. In the last 90 years, only two players in their debut season in Serie A have scored more goals for Roma: Pedro Manfredini (16 goals in 1959/60) and Tammy Abraham (17 in 2021/22).
➤ With defeat against Atalanta, Roma ended a streak of 19 unbeaten league games (W14 D5); the Giallorossi could lose two matches in a row in Serie A for the first time since November/December 2024 (four, two under Ivan Juric and two under Claudio Ranieri).
➤ AC Milan have won their last three away games in Serie A (against Udinese, Venezia and Genoa); the last time they recorded four consecutive away league wins was betweer September and October 2021 (the fourth win in that case arrived against Roma).
➤ This will be Claudio Ranieri’s 500th match as a manager in Serie A, making him the 12th coach to reach this milestone in the history of the competition. Sunday will mark 34 years and 251 days since his debut as a manager in Serie A (9th September 1990 under Cagliari against Inter), the most between a manager’s 1st and 500th games in the top-flight.
➤ Christian Pulisic (11 goals in Serie A in 2024/25) is close to his best season in terms of goals in the Big-5 European leagues (12 goals in 2023/24); including assists (nine in 2024-25), the American could become only the fourth AC Milan player to reach 10+ goals and 10+ assists in a single Serie A campaign in the last 20 seasons, after Zlatan Ibrahimovic (14G+11A in 2010/11), Ronaldinho (12G+14A in 2009/10) and Kaká (15G+11A in 2007/08).