INSIGHTS
Pre Match
1
Milan have won 78 of their 168 Serie A matches (D44 L46) against Fiorentina; only against Roma have the Rossoneri recorded more victories (80) in their top-flight history.
2
Milan have won six of their last eight Serie A matches (L2) against Fiorentina, including each meetings last season. The last time the Rossoneri collected three wins in a row against the Viola in the top-flight was back between 2008 and 2011 (seven in that case).
3
In the last 13 Serie A encounters at Franchi between Fiorentina and Milan, both sides have won exactly four games (5).
4
Fiorentina have drawn four of their first six Serie A matches this season (W1 L1) for only for the fourth time in their history, after 2000/01, 1980/81 and 1941/42; only in 1980/81 did the Viola record five draws in their first seven Serie A seasonal games.
5
Fiorentina are unbeaten in 10 (W5 D5) of their last 11 home league games, with their only defeat at home in the period coming against Milan last March (1-2).