AC Milan vs Napoli

Napoli have won five games in a row in Serie A for the first time since the run of eight collected between January and February 2023, with Luciano Spalletti on the bench; furthermore, only Barcelona (10) have won more matches than Napoli (eight) in the Big-5 European leagues underway.

Romelu Lukaku has been involved in eight goals against Milan in all competitions (six goals and two assists), and only against three Serie A teams he has been involved in more goals in his club career (nine against Cagliari, Torino and Genoa). The goal against Milan was the Belgian's 100th participation in Serie A (74 goals and 26 assists).

Among the players who have made the Serie A debut since 2004/05 (since Opta have been collecting assist data) only Gonzalo Higuaín (123) and Diego Milito (128) have needed fewer appearances than Romelu Lukaku (137) to be involved in 100 goal participation in the competition.

Milan have won three of the last five Serie A encounters against Napoli (D1 L1), as many wins as in the 22 previous league meetings with the Partenopei (W3 D8 L11).

Napoli are unbeaten in eight of the last nine Serie A away games against Milan (W5 D8), losing the most recent, a 0-1 defeat on 11 February 2024 (goal by Theo Hernández); the last time the Rossoneri enjoyed at least two consecutive home league wins against the Partenopei dates back to the period between 2000 and 2008 (three on that occasion).

Milan have won only one of the last nine meetings with Napoli played in the first half of a Serie A campaign (D2 L6): a 3-1 win on 22nd November 2020 (thanks to an Ibrahimovic brace and Hauge's goal for the Rossoneri, Mertens for the Partenopei).

Among the sides that have played more than one Serie A game on a Tuesday, Napoli have posted the highest goals per game average - 2.4 (31 goals in 13 matches); on the other hand, Milan have failed to find the net in their three most recent league games played on this day of the week, but have kept a clean sheet in three of their last four (the only exception being a 0-4 defeat against Lazio on 24 January 2023).

AC Milan have registered a clean sheet in three of their last five Serie A games (as many as they managed in the previous 14) and could keep a shutout in two consecutive matches in the competition for the first time since last March (against Lazio and Empoli).