AC Milan and Cremonese will face off against each other at San Siro tonight in what will be their first meeting at the stadium since the 1996-97 season.
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Milan need three points badly if they are to keep up in the race for a top four spot and while Cremonese are not relegated yet their fight to stay in the league after 26 years of absence from the top flight is heading towards being one they will lose.
You can read our pre-match preview here, while below are the best stats ahead of the game…
➤ After a 0-0 draw in the reverse fixture in November, Cremonese could go unbeaten in both Serie A matches of the same Serie A campaign against Milan for the first time in their history.
➤ Milan have won all seven home Serie A games against Cremonese, among the teams against which they have recorded 100% home wins in the competition, only against Avellino (8/8) do the Rossoneri have a better such record.
➤ The last meeting at the Meazza between Milan and Cremonese in Serie A was back in May 1996, the Rossoneri, under manager Fabio Capello, won that match 7-1.
➤ Under Stefano Pioli, Milan achieved eight wins out of nine league games played in the month of May (D1), collecting eight clean sheets.
➤ In months they have played more than two games, May is the month of the year in which the Rossoneri – under Pioli in Serie A – have the highest points per game on average (2.78).
➤ Milan have conceded only one goal in their last five home league games (Boulaye Dia for Salernitana). The Rossoneri could register three home clean sheets in a row for the first time this league season.
➤ Milan have won each of their last eight home games against newly promoted sides in Serie A, conceding just one goal and scoring 20 goals (2.5 per game on average).
➤ In the 14 matches under Davide Ballardini, Cremonese have collected 13 points in Serie A, in this period they are 16th in the table, registering more points than Lecce, Empoli, Spezia and Sampdoria.
Davide Ballardini nuovo allenatore della Cremonese – U.S. Cremonese
➤ Cremonese have conceded the most away goals in the current league campaign (32 in 16 games), however, no team has drawn more away games than the Grigiorossi in Serie A in 2022-23 (7).
➤ Rafael Leão has scored four goals in his last five games against newly promoted sides in Serie A, as many goals as in his first 15 matches against these opponents in the league.
➤ David Okereke has already scored twice against a team from the city of Milan in this campaign (goal home and away against Inter), the only player in Cremonese history to have scored against both the Nerazzurri and against the Rossoneri away from home in Serie A was Gustavo Dezotti in the 1989-90 campaign.
