AC Milan are currently gearing up for their encounter with Lecce this afternoon and with six consecutive wins in the bag, they will be looking to make it six. Taking a look at the key stats and facts, it is clear that the Rossoneri are the favourites.
A very attacking-minded Milan side is expected to take the field this afternoon, with Christian Pulisic starting as the No.10 to replace the suspended Ruben Loftus-Cheek. Yacine Adli will also start instead of Ismael Bennacer in midfield, as the Algerian had the flu during the week.
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➤ Milan have lost just one of their last 24 matches against Lecce in Serie A (W12 D11), a 1-0 defeat at Via Del Mare back in April 2006.
➤ After a 2-2 draw in the reverse meeting in November, Milan and Lecce could draw both matchups in a Serie A season for the second time after also doing so in the 1999-00 campaign when Alberto Zaccheroni was Milan manager and Alberto Cavasin the Lecce boss.
➤ Milan have won nine of their last 10 home matches against Lecce in Serie A (D1), scoring 29 goals and conceding just six times across those games.
➤ Milan have won each of their last six matches across all competitions and could win seven in a row for the first time since September 2006, when they won nine in a row under Carlo Ancelotti.
➤ Lecce haven’t conceded in either of their last two matches in Serie A and the Salentini could record three clean sheets in a row in the competition for the first time since between February and March 2004 under Delio Rossi.
➤ Four Milan players have scored 10+ goals across all competitions this season (Olivier Giroud 14, Christian Pulisic 12, Rafael Leão 11 and Ruben Loftus-Cheek 10), the first time that has happened since 2008-09 (Pato 18, Kaká 16, Inzaghi 16 and Ronaldinho 10).
➤ Only Inter (51) have scored more goals from open play than Milan (43) in Serie A this season whilst no team has scored fewer such goals than Lecce in the competition this term (16 – level with Empoli).
➤ Rafael Leão has been directly involved in more goals across all competitions than any other Serie A player in 2024 (13 – 7 goals, 6 assists); meanwhile Lecce are one of two teams the Portuguese has scored four times against in the top-flight (also Fiorentina) which includes a brace at Meazza in April 2023.
➤ Christian Pulisic has equalled both the best scoring season (9 goals – level with 2019/20 for Chelsea) and the best campaign in term of assists provided (6 – level with 2016/17 for Borussia Dortmund) in his career in the ‘top five’ European Leagues.
➤ Nicola Sansone has scored six goals against Milan in Serie A, his most against an opponent; his most recent goal in the competition came back in November against Milan whilst his six goals have come with four different teams (Parma, Sassuolo, Bologna and Lecce) with only Enrico Chiesa (5) scoring against The Rossoneri with more different clubs in Serie A history.
