AC Milan 2-1 Napoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 28 September 2025
Result
AC Milan 2-1 Napoli
Serie A · Sunday 28 September 2025, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
AC Milan 2-1 Napoli: match report
AC Milan beat Napoli 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 28 September 2025. The half-time score was 2-0.
Alexis Saelemaekers opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. AC Milan's goals came from Alexis Saelemaekers (3') and Christian Pulisic (31'). Napoli scored through Kevin De Bruyne (60', penalty).
Discipline: AC Milan received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Napoli received no yellow cards.
Going into the game AC Milan were 6th on 9 points from 4 and Napoli 1st on 12 points from 4. AC Milan went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Napoli 2nd with 76.
AC Milan lined up in a 3-5-2 and Napoli in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Pulisic of AC Milan (8.3), ahead of Kevin De Bruyne (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 AC Milan wins, 1 draw and 5 for Napoli.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Alexis Saelemaekers
- 31'Goal · Christian Pulisic
- 57'Red card · Pervis Estupiñán
- 60'Penalty goal · Kevin De Bruyne
- 90'Yellow card · Adrien Rabiot
Head-to-head
Team news
AC Milan line-up (3-5-2)
Mike Maignan, Fikayo Tomori, Matteo Gabbia, Strahinja Pavlović, Alexis Saelemaekers, Youssouf Fofana, Luka Modrić, Adrien Rabiot, Pervis Estupiñán, Santiago Gimenez, Christian Pulisic
Napoli line-up (4-1-4-1)
Alex Meret, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Luca Marianucci, Juan Jesus, Miguel Gutiérrez, Stanislav Lobotka, Matteo Politano, Frank Anguissa, Scott McTominay, Kevin De Bruyne, Rasmus Højlund