Cisse like the greats, Amorim surpasses Allegri: All the key stats from Genoa 1-2 AC Milan

By: Oliver Fisher

AC Milan won their seventh Serie A game of the season on Sunday afternoon, beating a Genoa side that entered the game in great form.

The home crowd at the Marassi were fired up going into this one given Genoa had won four of their last five. However, goals from Alphadjo Cisse and Christian Pulisic inside the opening 20 minutes was exactly what Milan needed to take the ascendancy.

Ellertsson did score inside the final few minutes as Genoa mounted a late surge in the hopes of snatching a point, but the Rossoneri held on to win 2-1 and move back into the top four places in the table.

Looking at the general stats makes for interesting reading. Milan dominated the ball with 62% possession, but Genoa had nearly double the Expected Goals (1.14 to 0.61), even though big chances ended up being even at two apiece.

The Rossoblu also had nearly triple the shots (17 to 6) and shots on target (5 to 2), while the Rossoneri did not win a single corner. It suggests that Ruben Amorim’s side simply took their moments and sat back, though maybe Daniele De Rossi can feel a bit hard done by.

Alphadjo Cisse is one of only three players born in 2006 or later to have scored 8+ goals across all competitions in Europe’s top five leagues. The others are Lamine Yamal (13) and Paris Brunner (8).

In terms of minutes per goal in Serie A, Cisse leads the way with one every 81 minutes. That puts him ahead of the likes of Donyell Malen (one every 82), Lautaro Martinez (one every 88) and Gustavo Varela (one every 91).

After 13 appearances for Milan, Cisse is level with Filippo Inzaghi, Andriy Shevchenko and Alberto Gilardino on 8 goals. Pierino Prati (10) and Mario Balotelli (12) are the only players to record more.

Milan are unbeaten in their last 11 Serie A matches against Genoa (W7, D4). Since 2020-21, the Rossoneri only have a longer run of unbeaten games against Hellas Verona (12).

The Diavolo have won each of their last five Serie A away games against Genoa. Only against one team do the Rossoneri currently have a longer running away win streak in the competition: Hellas Verona (seven).

Milan have won three and drawn three of their first six away games this season. The Rossoneri have pnly avoided defeat in their first six away games of the season on three occasions between 2020-21 and 2025-26, the same number as Inter and Napoli, and could now become the only team to do so four times in this span, including the current season.

With this victory, AC Milan climbed to 24 points in the standings, two more than the number earned by Massimiliano Allegri’s Milan last season after 11 games. This is also better than Stefano Pioli’s last season, also by two points.

Points after 11 league games:

➤ 2026-27: 24 (Amorim)
➤ 2025-26: 22 (Allegri)
➤ 2024-25: 17 (Fonseca)
➤ 2023-24: 22 (Pioli)
➤ 2022-23: 26 (Pioli)
➤ 2021-22: 31 (Pioli)
➤ 2020-21: 27 (Pioli)
➤ 2019-20: 13 (Giampaolo-Pioli)

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