AC Milan take on AS Roma at San Siro for the second time this season tonight, and this time a place in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia is at stake.
The 1-1 draw earlier in the current campaign – in addition to being the final match in charge for Paulo Fonseca – was the 200th meeting between the clubs. Milan’s record in that time is 84 wins, 63 draws and 53 defeats, and a +57 goal difference.
Both sides will have an eye on a potentially derby in the final four given Inter-Lazio is the other quarter-final on this side of the bracket. Our pre-match preview has the latest team news and insight on the opponents, and below are the stats.
Key facts and stats
➤ Roma won their most recent Coppa Italia clash against Milan in January 2007, after the Rossoneri had remained unbeaten in their previous six matches (W4 D2).
➤ After two consecutive eliminations against Roma in the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia (in 1980 and 1984), Milan progressed in the most recent clash with the Giallorossi at this stage of the tournament, when they won both the first leg and the second leg 2-1 during the 2003/04 edition.
➤ In their last four participations in the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia, all with Stefano Pioli on the bench, Milan have alternated between progressing to the next round and being eliminated after having reached the semi-finals three times in the previous four.
➤ Roma have lost each of their last five quarter-final matches in the Coppa Italia; at this stage of the competition only Roma themselves have lost more consecutive matches (six) between 1998 and 2002 – five each for Empoli and Padova.
➤ Milan have lost three of their last five Coppa Italia matches (W2), as many defeats as in their previous 18 games in the competition combined (W8 D7).
➤ After Juventus (36) and Inter (29), Milan (24) and Roma (22) are the two teams to have reached the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia the most times in the history of the competition – however, the Giallorossi have not progressed past the quarterfinals since the 2016/17 season (2-1 against Cesena).
➤ Milan faced just four shots in total during the Round of 16 of this Coppa Italia season, fewer than any other team.
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➤ Among Roma coaches with more than two matches in the Coppa Italia, Claudio Ranieri holds the highest percentage of successes with the Giallorossi: 75%, the result of six victories out of eight total matches.
➤ Samuel Chukwueze scored a brace in the Round of 16 against Sassuolo; the last AC Milan player with at least three goals in a Coppa Italia edition was Olivier Giroud in 2021/22, while in the last 20 years no Rossoneri player has collected more than one multiple goals in a season of the competition (in fact, in that period no one has reached four goals).
➤ Paulo Dybala has scored 10 goals against Milan, only against three teams has he netted more against since he’s been in Italy (14 against Udinese, 11 against both Lazio and Genoa). The Rossoneri are the only team however against which he has scored in three different competitions: eight goals in Serie A, one in the Europa League and one in the Coppa Italia.
