AC Milan will get the second part of the 2022-23 Serie A season underway tomorrow afternoon when they face Salernitana at the Stadio Arechi.
Milan come into the game with some injury issues to contend with as well as some worrying results and performances in the winter friendlies, but it does feel like a blank slate of sorts. You can read our pre-match preview here, while below are the best stats ahead of the game…
➤ Salernitana have won only one of six meetings against Milan in Serie A (D1, L4): 4-3 in June 1948, the only time they scored more than two goals against the Rossoneri in the competition.
➤ Milan have scored at least two goals in all six games against Salernitana in Serie A; the Granata are the team against which the Rossoneri have faced the most times (six) while scoring at least twice on each occasion in the competition.
➤ Salernitana are unbeaten in two of their last three previous home games against AC Milan in Serie A (W1 D1), with their only home defeat against the Rossoneri in the competition coming in
September 1998.
➤ Milan have won six of their last eight matches in Serie A, however their only two games they haven’t won are the last two away games (D1 L1); the last time the Rossoneri failed to win three away games in a row in the competition was in April 2019 (4).
➤ Salernitana have won three of their last six home games in Serie A (D2 L1), as many wins as they gained in their previous 20 home matches since they retuned to the top-flight.
➤ Milan have failed to win two of their last four matches against sides that started the round with at least 10 points fewer than the Rossoneri in Serie A (D1 L1), after winning each of their previous
eight games against such opponents.
➤ Salernitana have fired 73 of 167 shots from outside box (44%) in Serie A, a joint-record in the 2022/23 campaign – however Granata have scored only one goal from outside box so far
(Pasquale Mazzocchi against Spezia on 22 October).
➤ Milan have scored the most goals in open play in Serie A this season: 26, including each of their last 12 goals in the competition.
➤ Boulaye Dia has scored the most goals in the last 15 minutes of games in Serie A this season (3), he is also one of the four players, along with with Beto, Luis Alberto and Hirving Lozano, with the most goals as a substitute in the competition (three).
➤ Rafael Leão has been involved in the most shot-ending ball carries in Serie A this season: 35 (25 shots and 10 chances created). He scored in his last appearance in the competition (13 November against Fiorentina) and could score in two games in a row in the top-flight for the first time since September 2021.
