Rafa and Chris' stats and a historic night for Theo: all the data from the game
A clear win, an explosive end to the first half that produced three goals and decided the game. AC Milan beat Lecce 3-0 and these are the main stats.
Thanks to his goal against Lecce, Théo Hernández has equalled Paolo Maldini (29 goals) as the defender with the most goals scored for AC Milan in Serie A history. The Frenchman is the second defender, alongside Maicon (65), to be involved in at least 50 goals in the last 20 Serie A seasons.
Christian Pulisic (32: 20G+12A) has been involved in the most goals in Serie A this season: 4 goals and 2 assists. Across the last two seasons in all competitions, he is behind only Lautaro Martínez and Rafael Leão (31: 16G+15A). Alongside Mateo Retegui and Marcus Thuram, he has scored the most goals in Serie A this season (4) so far.
Rafael Leãohas provided three assists in Serie A this season, no other players have done better in the top-flight (three also David Neres, Nuno Tavares and Darko Lazovic). He is the only Serie A player who has scored at least 15 goals and has provided at least 15 assists in the last two seasons in all competitions (16G+15A).
AC Milan have scored 14 goals in Serie A this season; in the last 20 Serie A seasons, they have never done better after the first six matchdays of the competition (14 also in 2020/21). We have won three games in a row for the first time since last April (5).
Exactly 4 minutes and 30 seconds passed between Álvaro Morata's goal (37:47) and Pulisic's goal (42:17).
Only Barcelona (10) have scored more goals than AC Milan (9) in the first half of games in Big-5 European Leagues this season.