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Salernitana vs. AC Milan, top-to-bottom clash
Serie A

Salernitana vs. AC Milan, top-to-bottom clash

Pippo Inzaghi’s Salernitana need points for salvation, AC Milan must win to keep in the running with Inter and Juventus ahead of them.

There are important points up for grabs at the Arechi in the match between Salernitana and AC Milan. The home side sits at the bottom of the table on 8 points and must turn around their 3 game-run defeats to reboot the search for salvation. The Campania side have lost 11 of their last 17 league matches (1W, 5D) after having suffered only 1 defeat in the previous 14 matches in Serie A (4W, 9D). AC Milan have bagged 3 wins in their last 4 games after taking home only 2 points in the previous 4, but have not won any of their last 3 away games in the league (2D, 1L) and have never gone 4 away matches in a row without a win under Stefano Pioli; in general, the last time the Rossoneri did not walk away with 3 points in 4 consecutive away games in Serie A dates back to April 2019, with Gennaro Gattuso in the dugout.

DID YOU KNOW?

Milan are the team who have used the most under 20 players (born from 1/1/2003 onwards) so far in Serie A this season (five) - Luka Romero, Chaka Traorè, Jan-Carlo Simic, Davide Bartesaghi and Francesco Camarda. Milan are one of two teams, along with Genoa, who are yet to score a goal in injury time this season; the last goal scored by the Rossoneri after the 90th minute of play in Serie A dates back to 4 June, against Hellas Verona (goal by Rafael Leão at 91:04).

HEAD TO HEAD

Salernitana have won only one of their eight matches played against Milan in Serie A, 4-3 at home on 6 June 1948; there have also been two draws, including the most recent last 13 March, and five defeats. In all the four matches played at the Granata home between Salernitana and Milan in Serie A, each of the two teams have always found the goal: 17 in total, for an average of 4.3 per match.

PLAYERS

All three goals scored by Lorenzo Pirola in Serie A were headed and arrived in 2023 in the first 10 minutes of the game; in the calendar year, only Bremer (four) has more headed goals among defenders in Serie A. Christian Pulisic has been involved in nine goals (five goals, four assists) in his first 14 games played with Milan in Serie A; among the players who have made their debut with the Rossoneri in the last 20 seasons (since 2004/05), the American could become the fourth foreign player to reach double figures for goal involvements in his first 15 top-flight matches, after Zlatan Ibrahimovic (16 ), Ronaldo (11) and Ronaldinho (10). Jan-Carlo Simic scored his first goal in Serie A in on his debut against Monza last time out; the Serbian could become the third defender in the three points per win era (since 1994/95) to score in his first two matches in the top-flight, after Cristian Chivu with Roma in 2003, and Roberto Carlos with Inter in 1995.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: Maggiore (Salernitana) Cautioned: Reijnders e Musah (Milan)

REFEREE

Doveri (Rocca-Moro), IV: Camplone, VAR: Di Paolo, AVAR: Meraviglia

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A TIM

Hellas Verona-Salernitana (Saturday 30 December, 18:00 CET) Milan-Sassuolo (Saturday 30 December, 18:00 CET)