Six wins in the last eight games: All the key stats ahead of Fiorentina vs. AC Milan | OneFootball

AC Milan are back in Serie A action tonight as they take on Fiorentina at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in the final game before the international break.

The away trip to Artemio Franchi hasn’t always been easy for Milan, especially not in recent years with two wins, one draw and two defeats in the last five games. Even Stevens, in other words, and that just goes to show how 50-50 this fixture has been at the stadium.

You can read the latest team news and some insight on tonight’s opponents in our pre-match preview, while below are the best stats ahead of the game.

➤ Milan have won 78 of their 168 Serie A matches (D44 L46) against Fiorentina; only against Roma have the Rossoneri recorded more victories (80) in their top-flight history.

➤ Milan have won six of their last eight Serie A matches (L2) against Fiorentina, including each meetings last season. The last time the Rossoneri collected three wins in a row against the Viola in the top-flight was back between 2008 and 2011 (seven in that case).

➤ In the last 13 Serie A encounters at Franchi between Fiorentina and Milan, both sides have won exactly four games (5).

➤ Fiorentina have drawn four of their first six Serie A matches this season (W1 L1) for only for the fourth time in their history, after 2000/01, 1980/81 and 1941/42; only in 1980/81 did the Viola record five draws in their first seven Serie A seasonal games.

➤ Fiorentina are unbeaten in 10 (W5 D5) of their last 11 home league games, with their only defeat at home in the period coming against Milan last March (1-2).

➤ Paulo Fonseca has won his last three Serie A matches as Milan manager; only once in the top-flight has the Portuguese coach recorded four successes in a row: between July and August 2020 with Roma.

➤ Milan have scored the most Serie A goals so far this season (14) – only in the 2002-03 (19 in that case) over the previous 24 seasons have they scored more in Serie A after their first six games of the season (also 14 in 2020-21).

➤ Milan are the only team against which Moise Kean has already scored with two different teams in the Italian top-flight (17 December 2017 with Hellas Verona and 6 April 2019 with Juventus). In addition, among the strikers in Serie A this campaign, only Valentin Mihaila (-1.6) has a higher negative difference than Kean (-1.4) between goals scored and Expected Goals (two goals scored with an xG of 3.4).

➤ Christian Pulisic has scored in his last three Serie A matches but has never scored in four consecutive games in his career in the big-5 European Leagues (he also scored in three matches in a row between October and November 2019 with Chelsea).

➤ Rafael Leão has scored four goals against Fiorentina in Serie A, including his first goal in the competition (29 September 2019 at the Meazza); only against Lecce has he has scored more (five goals) in the competition. Furthermore, the Portuguese international has scored in each of his last three league matches against the Viola but has never managed to score in four consecutive matches against a single opponent in Serie A.