Home struggles jeopardising unbeaten run: All the key stats ahead of Milan vs. Inter
AC Milan will be looking to extend their unbeaten run against Inter this evening, but recent home struggles could make things difficult for them.
After what was a poor display against Bologna, Milan really need to bounce back with a good performance and a win against Inter tonight. Gerry Cardinale said as much last night, stressing that he will be ‘crushed’ if they don’t make the most of this opportunity.
However, while the record in the derby has been good lately with seven games unbeaten, the Rossoneri have struggled at home. They have lost four of their last eight league games at San Siro, while conceding six goals in the last two home games.
In short, while some stats and facts speak in their favour, the Rossoneri cannot be certain of a win tonight.
AC Milan vs. Inter: Key stats and facts
➤ AC Milan have won three of their last four Serie A matches against Inter (D1), as many as they had in their previous 16 meetings (D4 L9). The Rossoneri have won their last two matches and have not won three consecutive matches against the Nerazzurri since a run of four under Carlo Ancelotti between 2002 and 2004.
➤ Inter have won more matches (70) and scored more goals (260) against Milan than any other team in Serie A history. However, the Nerazzurri have also conceded 236 goals against the Rossoneri, fewer than those conceded against Roma (237) and Juventus (270); with 496 goals in total, the Milan derby could become the third match in the competition’s history to reach the 500-goal mark, after Inter-Roma (544) and Inter-Fiorentina (502).
➤ AC Milan have collected 18 points from their first nine games of this Serie A season, the same amount they achieved at the same point last season; in five of their previous six seasons in the top flight, the Rossoneri have collected at least 21 points after the first 10 games, with the sole exception of 2024/25 (17).
➤ AC Milan have lost four of their last eight home games in Serie A (W3 D1), as many as they had suffered in their previous 29 (W15 D10); furthermore, the Rossoneri have conceded six goals in their last two home games, one more than they had conceded in their previous five.
➤ Inter have scored in each of their last 19 Serie A matches, the longest unbroken streak among teams currently in the top flight; their last game without a goal came against AC Milan on March 8, 2026.
➤ Since the start of last season, Inter have scored at least two goals in 16 away league matches; only Bayern Munich (18) have done better in the top five European leagues, with Barcelona sharing the same figure as the Nerazzurri.
➤ Inter and Milan are the only two teams in Serie A this season to already have two players with at least four goals scored: Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martínez for the Nerazzurri, and Adrien Rabiot and Alphadjo Cisse for the Rossoneri.
➤ Hakan Çalhanoglu played 135 Serie A matches for AC Milan between 2017 and 2021, scoring 22 goals and providing 31 assists. The Nerazzurri midfielder hasn’t been involved in a single goal in his last four matches for the Rossoneri in the tournament, after having been involved in four goals in his first five (two goals, both penalties, and two assists).
➤ After his brace on the last matchday, Alphadjo Cisse reached four goals in Serie A at 20 years and 6 days; if he were to score his fifth goal at 20 years and 9 days, he would become the seventh-youngest player in AC Milan’s history to do so, and the third in the three-point-for-a-win era, after Alexandre Pato and Stephan El Shaarawy.
➤ Francesco Pio Esposito, at 21 years and 125 days, could become Inter’s youngest Italian goalscorer in a Serie A derby since the three-point-for-a-win era; among Nerazzurri players of any nationality, only Obafemi Martins and Ronaldo have scored in a league derby at an earlier age during this period.
