AC Milan and Udinese will meet for the 110th time on Sunday evening, with the Rossoneri hoping to bounce back from midweek.

Milan have a pretty clear advantage in the previous 109 meetings with 48 wins compared to Udinese’s 24, but there have also been a 37 draws. None of the last eight meetings have been draws though, and those eight yielded 27 goals.

The most recent clash broke a bit of a trend as Udinese ended a four-game winning run for Milan in the fixture, beating them 3-0 at San Siro. If we focus on the latest Friuli clash, however, the Rossoneri prevailed with the same scoreline after goals from Christian Pulisic and Youssouf Fofana.

Udinese vs. AC Milan: The key stats and facts

➤ Udinese and Milan have not drawn any of their last eight Serie A matches. In that period, Milan have won five times and Udinese three times. In the most recent game, the Friuli side prevailed 3-0 on April 11.

➤ Although Milan have scored 24 goals in their last 13 Serie A matches against Udinese (an average of 1.8 per game), they failed to find the net in their most recent one. The last time the Bianconeri kept two consecutive clean sheets against the Rossoneri was between 1993 and 1994 (two 0-0 draws).

➤ Milan have won their last three Serie A away games against Udinese, with an aggregate score of 10-2; only once have they managed four consecutive away wins against this opponent in the competition, between 1999 and 2001.

➤ Udinese have lost each of their last five Serie A matches, with an aggregate score of 5-13. The last time they recorded more consecutive defeats in the tournament dates back to the period between February and April 2018 (11, under Massimo Oddo).

➤ Milan have drawn each of their last three away games in Serie A; the last time they recorded four consecutive draws on the road in the competition was in April-May 2017, under Vincenzo Montella.

➤ Udinese have lost five of their seven Serie A games this season (W1 D1); only three times in their history in the competition have they recorded more defeats in the first eight games of a season: in 1960/61 (six), 1961/62 (seven) and 2017/18 (six).

➤ Ruben Amorim is the third manager to remain undefeated in his first seven Serie A games with Milan, following Hector Puricelli in 1955 (undefeated in his first eight) and Luis Carniglia in 1963 (undefeated in his first 13).

➤ Only Troyes (-9) and Racing Santander (-9) have a worse goal difference than Udinese considering only the second halves of the five major European leagues currently underway: -8 for the Friulians (like Borussia M’gladbach) – two goals scored and 10 conceded after half-time.

➤ The only time Jurgen Ekkelenkamp has both scored and provided an assist in a Serie A match was on April 11 against AC Milan. The Udinese player, who has yet to find the net at home in the current campaign, is the midfielder with the second most shots attempted in this season (20, behind only Nico Paz’s 35).

➤ Adrien Rabiot has scored or provided an assist in each of his last four Serie A appearances (three goals and two assists). The only Milan midfielders to have been involved in at least one goal in five consecutive Serie A games since this data was available (since 2004/05) are Hakan Çalhanoglu (in July 2020) and Kaká (in October 2004 and May 2008).