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AC Milan and Lazio will face each other for the 100th time in a competitive game at San Siro, with the Rossoneri hoping to go top, at least temporarily.
Milan come into the game full of confidence having gone 11 unbeaten in the league and having beaten Inter in the derby last Sunday. However, Lazio have turned a corner after a rough start to the season, and are always tough opponents, especially with the Maurizio Sarri sub-plot.
AC Milan vs. Lazio: The key stats
Our pre-match preview has all the latest team news and some more insight on the opponents, with the best stats ahead of the game below.
➤ There have been 99 official meetings between the two sides in Milan, with 57 Milan wins (most recent 2–0 in the 2023-24 Serie A), 26 draws (most recent 0–0 in the 2017-18 Coppa Italia) and 16 Lazio victories (most recent 2–1 in last season’s Serie A).
➤ Across all competitions, Milan and Lazio have not drawn in their last 9 meetings: 6 wins for the Rossoneri and 3 for the Biancocelesti. The last draw was a 0–0 in the Coppa Italia on 31 January 2018. In Serie A, the most recent draw dates back to 20 March 2016, a 1–1 result with goals from Bacca for Milan and Parolo for Lazio.
➤ Milan vs. Lazio has been the final of a domestic competition on two occasions: in the 1997-98 Coppa Italia, where Lazio won 3–1 in the second leg at the Olimpico after a 1–0 Milan victory at San Siro in the first leg; and in the 2004 Italian Super Cup, a one-off final in Milan won 3–0 by the Rossoneri.
➤ Milan have suffered just one defeat after 12 matchdays of the 2025-26 Serie A season: they are one of the two teams with the fewest losses, along with Como. Their only slip-up came on matchday one, 24 August, a 2–1 home defeat at San Siro against Cremonese.
➤ Milan are the team that make the fewest substitutions in Serie A 2025-26: of the 60 available changes across 12 matchdays, they have used 42.
➤ Milan are the side that have had the most penalties awarded against them in Serie A 2025-26: 4, level with Fiorentina, Napoli and Udinese.
➤ Lazio are one of three teams in Serie A 2025-26 with the most red cards: 2, the same as Parma and Como.
➤ Lazio have gone 297 minutes without scoring away from home; their last away goal was scored by Zaccagni in the 63rd minute of the 3–0 win at Genoa on 29 September.
➤ There have been 19 official meetings between Massimiliano Allegri and Maurizio Sarri: the Milan coach leads the head-to-head with 11 wins to 4, plus 4 draws.
➤ Massimiliano Allegri made his Serie A coaching debut against Lazio: on 31 August 2008, his Cagliari side were beaten 4–1 by the Biancocelesti at the Sant’Elia.
➤ The first two meetings between Allegri and Sarri date back to the 2003-04 Serie C2 season: two 0–0 draws between Allegri’s Aglianese and Sarri’s Sangiovannese.
➤ Since the three points per win system was introduced (1994-95), an all-Rossoneri podium for scorers in Milan-Lazio official matches at San Siro: Shevchenko leads with 6 goals, Filippo Inzaghi follows with 4, third place with 3 goals each are Boban, Kakà, Ibrahimovic and Weah.
➤ With the goal scored in the Derby della Madonnina last Sunday, Cristian Pulisic has reached 16 goals in official matches since the start of 2025 and is among the players in third place for goals scored with Italian clubs.
He is alongside Pohjanpalo, Orsolini, Salvemini and Gomez (the latter two play in Serie C, with Benevento and Crotone respectively). First with 25 goals is Lautaro Martinez, second on 17 is Emiliano Pattarello (Arezzo, Serie C).
➤ Mattéo Guendouzi has so far scored 6 goals in Biancoceleste colours, including the one scored last Sunday against Lecce. Five of these goals came in the first 30 minutes of matches, with 4 even within the first 10 minutes of play.
➤ Tijjani Noslin scored his first goal in Serie A 2025-26 last Sunday; since playing for Lazio, the Dutch player has scored 7 goals in total, of which 6 at the Olimpico and only one away from home.
➤ Pedro is one of two players in Serie A 2025-26 who comes off the bench most frequently, 10 times, like Verona’s Sarr.
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