AC Milan clinched a comfortable win against Lecce on Saturday afternoon and thus extended their winning run to seven games. Comparing the points tally with previous seasons under Stefano Pioli, this is the best one after 31 games.
The Rossoneri opened the scoring early on through Christian Pulisic and Olivier Giroud added to the party shortly after. Rafael Leao sealed the deal with his 3-0 goal and Pioli’s men thus took their points tally up to 68 points for the season.
As compiled and highlighted by MilanNews, this is indeed Milan’s best record after 31 games since Pioli took over the club. Even better than the Scudetto season (2021-22), when they clinched 66 points after 31 games.
2019/20: 49 points (7th place)
2020/21: 66 points (2nd place)
2021/22: 66 points (1st place)
2022/23: 56 points (3rd place)
2023/24: 68 points (2nd place)
Of course, it will likely not be enough for another Scudetto as Inter simply have been too good this season. It does show, however, that Pioli has done a good job with the team despite several injuries and so many new signings in the summer.
It remains to be seen if the derby struggles can be put to an end later this month, with the clash scheduled for April 22nd (a Monday).
