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AC Milan will meet Fiorentina for the 185th time in their history on Sunday afternoon, hoping to make it a six-point season against them.
Milan have won 82 of the previous contests and Fiorentina 53. The remaining 49 games ended in draws. The two sides met earlier in the campaign with the Rossoneri emerging as 2-1 winners thanks to Rafael Leao’s brace in a comeback effort.
Our pre-match preview has all of the latest team news and players to watch, while our opposition insight piece does a deep-dive into a turbulent campaign for Fiorentina so far. Below are the best stats ahead of the game.
Fiorentina vs. AC Milan: Key facts and stats
➤ AC Milan have won 79 of their 171 Serie A matches against Fiorentina (D45 L47), with the Rossoneri only recording more victories against Roma (81) in the competition. Fiorentina are also the side against whom AC Milan have scored the most goals (268) in Serie A.
➤ Only one of the last 11 Serie A matches between Fiorentina and Milan has ended in a draw (2-2 on 5 April at the Meazza), with Milan winning seven and Fiorentina winning three during this period.
➤ Fiorentina have won three of their last four home Serie A matches against AC Milan (L1), as many victories as they had recorded in their previous 18 league games at the Artemio Franchi against the Rossoneri (W3 D7 L8).
➤ Fiorentina are currently two Serie A games unbeaten (W1 D1), but they have not gone three consecutive matches without defeat in the competition this season. The Viola have gained seven points in their last four Serie A fixtures, one more than they collected in their first 15 league games of the season.
➤ After victories against Udinese and Cremonese, Fiorentina could win three consecutive Serie A home matches for the first time this season. The last time they achieved this was between February and March last year, under Raffaele Palladino, when they beat Lecce, Juventus and Atalanta.
➤ AC Milan could record as few as one defeat after 19 games in a single Serie A season for only the fourth time in the three-points-for-a-win era, after 1995/96, 2003/04 (AC Milan won the Scudetto in both of these seasons) and 2004/05 (AC Milan finished second in the league).
➤ AC Milan are the only away side to remain unbeaten in Serie A this season; with a record of W5 D3 in their eight games, conceding just five goals (the best away defence in the current Serie A campaign). Across Europe’s big five leagues in 2025/26, Bayern Munich are the only other side also still unbeaten on the road.
➤ Fiorentina have dropped 18 points from winning positions in Serie A this season, more than any other side. Conversely, AC Milan have gained 9 points from losing positions, the second-most in the league behind only Cagliari (11).
➤ Albert Gudmundsson is one of four players, alongside Kevin De Bruyne, Riccardo Orsolini and Nikola Vlasic, to have scored three penalties in Serie A this season. Since the start of the 2023/24 season, the Fiorentina player has converted nine of his 10 penalties in the competition; only Paulo Dybala (91%) has a better shot conversion rate from the spot than him (90%) among players who have taken at least eight in the top-flight over this period.
➤ Fiorentina are one of the two teams – along with Cagliari – against whom Rafael Leão has scored the most Serie A goals; the Portuguese forward has netted six times in just eight games against the Viola, although only one of those goals came at the Franchi (on 30th March 2024, in Fiorentina 1-2 Milan; Leão also provided an assist for Ruben Loftus-Cheek in that match).
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