Theo train at full speed and the real deal Gabbia: All the key stats from Milan-Napoli

The importance of Sunday night’s result against Napoli cannot be understated from an AC Milan perspective. The Rossoneri now have a 13-point gap between themselves and fifth place and are showing no signs of slowing down. 

Milan’s clash against the Neapolitan outfit will not be recorded in the history books as the greatest football game of all time. However, it will show the Rossoneri’s intent and ability to come out on top in those fixtures.

It was not a display of champagne football, far from it. Nevertheless, the fact that the Diavolo took their chance and defended bravely to ensure they got the points is exactly what characteristic has not been shown enough this season and the return of it will be very welcomed.

So, with that in mind, let’s dive into some of the game’s key stats.

Overall stats

There is a common discussion in football about which means the use of statistics or just purely watching games to decide how things were. Sunday’s game was an occasion where both would say the same thing. Overall, the game was not filled with much quality.

There were 22 shots in the game. Of these, only eight were on target, and there were only two chances deemed to have a significant enough threat to be a ‘big chance’, both of which were in Milan’s favour.

That could be attributed to Napoli’s lacklustre attack without Victor Osimhen. Alternatively, it could be due to the defensive work from Milan. Either way, it isn’t a showing that will be recognised as attacking excellence from either side.