FOCUS ON MILAN VS NAPOLI
* Milan have only won one of their last 13 Serie A games against Napoli (3-1 in Campania in November 2020): five draws and seven wins for the Azzurri during this period. Since 2015/16, among the teams they have faced at least three times in Serie A, Napoli are the side against which the Rossoneri have won the fewest league games (just one).
* The last time Milan won at home against Napoli in Serie A came in December 2014 (2-0) under Filippo Inzaghi (Menez and Bonaventura as scorers); since then, three wins for the Campani and three draws.
* Since the beginning of November, Milan have picked up eight points from six games, Napoli five: ranking them 10th and 16th respectively in Serie during this period.
* Napoli have lost their last two league games; the last time they went on a longer such streak in the Italian top-flight was in January 2020, under Gennaro Gattuso (losing against Inter, Lazio and Fiorentina on that occasion).
* Luciano Spalletti is unbeaten in his eight Serie A matches as manager against Stefano Pioli: six wins and two draws (including the one in the last meeting in February 2019, Fiorentina-Inter 3-3); Spalletti in particular is also unbeaten in his last 13 Serie A games against Milan (W10, D3), since Milan-Roma, 2-1, in May 2006.
* Milan have scored the joint-most goals (15, level with Inter) in the final 30 minutes of Serie A matches this season, while Napoli have conceded 54% of their goals during this period (7/13, including six of their last seven).
* Napoli have faced 28 shots on target in their last five league matches (5.6 on average per match); they had faced 11 in total in their previous five (2.2 on average per game).
* Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored four goals in his last five Serie A games against Napoli, including a brace in last season's reverse fixture: among the players to have scored at least seven goals in the competition this term, the Swede is the one with the best mins/goal ratio (one every 88 minutes on the pitch).
* Lorenzo Insigne has scored six goals against Milan in Serie A (level with Diego Armando Maradona): in the Italian top-flight history, only Luis Vinicio and Antonio Vojak (both seven) have found the net more times against the Rossoneri for Napoli.
* Milan are Matteo Politano’s favourite away opponent in Serie A: three goals at Meazza against the Rossoneri, including one in Napoli’s 1-0 win in March.
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