Two home defeats since 1958: All the key stats ahead of Milan vs. Genoa

AC Milan are back in league action at San Siro on Thursday night in what will be their first home Serie A match of 2026.

Milan will take on Daniele De Rossi’s Genoa, hoping to keep pace at the top. While there is pressure on the Rossoneri to respond to Inter’s win against Parma last night, the Rossoblu are in need of points to try and pull away from the relegation zone.

The two teams have faced off 136 times across all competitions over the past 126 years. Of these games, Milan have won 62 times, with 45 draws and 29 defeats. Last season, Milan took four points from the Grifone: a 0-0 home draw and a 2-1 comeback win away.

Our pre-match preview has some more insight on the opposition as well as the latest team news, while below are the key stats ahead of the game.

Key facts and stats

➤ There have been 62 official meetings between the two teams at San Siro with a record of 39 Milan victories (latest 2-0 in Serie A 2021-22), 17 draws (latest 0-0 in Serie A 2024-25), and 6 Genoa victories (latest 2-1 in Serie A 2019-20).

➤ The last home defeat against Genoa for Milan was in March 2020, an eerie 2-1 defeat just before lockdown. Prior to that, the last loss at San Siro was in 2015, but before that you have to go back to 1958.

➤ Milan are on 38 points in 17 matches: in case of victory against Genoa, it would be possible to improve on the Scudetto year’s result (2021-22), when the Rossoneri closed the first half at 42 points.

➤ Milan are the team that scores the most goals in Serie A 2025-26 in the first 15 minutes of the second half: 8 goals out of 28 total.

➤ Milan is the team that has spent the least time in a losing position: only 8.9% of minutes played.

➤ Genoa is the team that concedes the most goals in Serie A 2025-26 in the first 15 minutes of matches: 5 like Verona.

➤ Only Kenan Yildiz (77) has attempted more dribbles in Serie A than Alexis Saelemaekers (73).