Milan 0-1 Fiorentina: ft
- Milan have won three of their last five Serie A games against Fiorentina (D2) after picking up three points only once in their previous nine meetings against the Viola (D3 L5).
- Milan have scored 245 goals against Fiorentina – more than against any other team in Serie A (1.6 per game on average).
- Milan have won all their last three league games against Fiorentina at San Siro, they have not recorded four consecutive home wins against the Viola in the top-flight since 1997.
- Fiorentina have not won any of their last seven league games in Lombardia (D2 L5) - last securing a 3-2 win against Atalanta in February 2016.
- After the 0-0 draw against Torino in their last Serie A home game for Milan, the Rossoneri could secure back-to-back clean sheets; something they have not managed in the top-flight since April 2017.
- Fiorentina have drawn their last four away games in the league; only once in their Serie A history have they drawn more away games in a row (six in 1984/85).
- Fiorentina have conceded only one headed goal in Serie A this season, less than any other team in the competition so far.
- Milan’s striker Gonzalo Higuaín has scored a goal or delivered an assist in seven of his last eight Serie A games against Fiorentina (six goals and one assist).
- Excluding own goals, Marco Benassi has scored 50% of Fiorentina away goals in Serie A this season (three out of six).
- Giovanni Simeone has netted the two goals scored by Fiorentina against Milan in their last two Serie A meetings (1-1 in Florence and 1-5 in Milan).
Line-ups:
Milan: Donnarumma, Abate, Zapata, Romagnoli, Rodriguez, Calabria, Mauri, Calhanoglu, Suso, Higuain, Castillejo
Fiorentina: Lafont; Biraghi, Vitor Hugo, Pezzella, Milenkovic; Edimilson, Veretout, Benassi; Chiesa, Simeone, Mirallas
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