AC MILAN v CREMONESE: FUN FACTS

The Rossoneri's May kicks off with a Lombardy derby, one that returns to San Siro for the first time in 27 years. AC Milan and Cremonese have different situations in the standings, but they arrive at the midweek round at San Siro with an obligation to score points. We approach the challenge between the Rossoneri and Grigiorossi with some facts and statistics:

100% WIN RATE
Seven home games, seven Serie A victories for AC Milan against Cremonese: a figure that is second in our history only to Avellino (8/8). Eight, like the number of consecutive challenges won at home by AC Milan against teams newly promoted to the top flight, including the last game at San Siro (AC Milan 2-0 Lecce). It is a positive moment for the Rossoneri at home, also in terms of goals conceded: only one in the last seven matches, in all competitions, with an open streak of three consecutive clean sheets.

THE IMPORTANCE OF STARTING WELL
Only Napoli and Inter (17 each) have scored more goals than the 16 scored by AC Milan in the first 30 minutes of a match. This is a figure to be taken into account with particular attention, as Cremonese are the team that has conceded the most goals in the first half-hour of play in the league (20). San Siro will host both the team that has created the most goal-scoring chances in Serie A (AC Milan with 87) and the team that has created the fewest (Cremonese with 34).

PIOLI'S MAY
Since Stefano Pioli has been the Rossoneri coach, AC Milan have won eight league games out of the nine played in the fifth month of the year (a draw completes the tally) with eight clean sheets. With a 2.78 points average, it is AC Milan's best month of the year under the coach from Emilia. The match at San Siro will be an important one for Stefano Pioli, as it will correspond to game number 450 as a coach in Serie A: the Rossoneri coach will become the seventh to cross that milestone in the three points per win era.

FIRST TIMERS AND VETERANS
No player from AC Milan's current squad has scored in Serie A against Cremonese, but Rafael Leão has scored four goals in his last five matches against newly-promoted teams in Serie A (in total, the Portuguese has eight goals from 20 matches). Olivier Giroud, on the other hand, is looking for his first goal against a newly-promoted side: in his six matches against newcomers in the Italian league, the French striker has dished out three assists.

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