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AC Milan secured a huge win on Sunday night at San Siro, beating the defending champions Napoli by two goals to one.
Milan started strong with Alexis Saelemaekers scoring in the third minute, then Christian Pulisic turned from provider to scorer with a goal in the 31st minute. Pervis Estupiñán’s red card and Kevin De Bruyne’s penalty made it a nervy finish, but the Rossoneri hung on.
Smash and grab?
Looking at the general stats, Napoli will be wondering how they didn’t get something from the game. They had almost two-thirds of the ball (63%) and had 2.85 Expected Goals compared to Milan’s 0.74.
The Partenopei also had more big chances (2 to 1), total shots (19 to 6), shots on target (7 to 3) and corners (7 to 1). Despite this, they were unable to salvage anything.
Positive streaks
Milan had not won five consecutive matches across all competitions since March-April 2024 (seven at that time).
Since his Serie A debut (2023-24), Christian Pulisic with the most goal involvements over the last three seasons of the top-flight: 46 (27 goals, 19 assists), surpassing L. Martínez (45).
Pulisic has scored in three consecutive matches for Milan in all competitions for the first time since September 2024 (four consecutive games at that time). He has scored and assisted in two consecutive matches for the first time in his career in the top five European leagues.
Alexis Saelemaekers’ goal at 2:23 is the fastest goal scored by Milan in Serie A since Hernández’s against Venezia on 14 September 2024 at 01:29; against Napoli, it is the fastest goal scored by the Rossoneri since Inzaghi’s on 28 October 2009 at 2:00.
Among players who have scored 100% of their goals from open play since the start of last season, only Reijnders has scored more (10/10) than Alexis Saelemaekers (8/8, like Leão).
Last April, in the match against Fiorentina, was the last time that Mike Maignan made at least six saves in a Serie A match (seven in that case).
Rafael Leão played a Serie A match 133 days after his last one, on 18 May against Roma.
Meanwhile, Luka Modric in Serie A so far this season:
🥇 1st – Completed passes (300)
🥇 1st – Completed passes in opposition half (169)
🥇 1st – Line-breaking Passes (46)
🥇 1st – Possession won (31)
🥇 1st – Interceptions (10)
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