# Milan beat Inter 3-1 in the derby, end their unbeaten start, and hand Lazio first place on their own *Pulisic, Rabiot and Moreira scored inside 43 minutes at San Siro on Saturday night. Inter's first league defeat of the season leaves Lazio top of Serie A alone before they play Cagliari on Sunday.* News · Published 07:08 CET, 1 Nov 2026 · Updated 10:00 CET, 1 Nov 2026 · Match News (https://matchnews.news/news/milan-beat-inter-3-1-in-the-derby-and-end-their-unbeaten-start/) By News desk · Reviewed by Fredrik Jurek AC Milan beat Inter 3-1 at San Siro on Saturday night, in the first Milan derby of the season. All four goals came in the first half. Christian Pulisic scored in the fourth minute, Adrien Rabiot in the tenth, Alessandro Bastoni pulled one back for Inter in the 22nd, and Diego Moreira's free kick in first-half stoppage time settled it. It was Inter's first defeat in Serie A this season after eight wins and a draw. They stay on 25 points but drop to second behind Lazio, who also have 25 and a better goal difference, which is goals scored minus goals conceded. Lazio play Cagliari at home at 15:00 CET on Sunday and can go three points clear. ## How Milan did it Milan's coach Rúben Amorim named a side with Moreira on the right of midfield, and the winger made the match. In the fourth minute he went down the right and crossed for Pulisic to head in. Six minutes later Rabiot turned in Moreira's corner, with the ball going in off the far post, according to the club's match report. Just before half-time Moreira took the free kick himself and floated it over the wall with his left foot. Inter's goal came from a corner too. Hakan Çalhanoğlu delivered, Manuel Akanji flicked the ball on at the near post and Bastoni scored from close range. For a spell after that Inter were the better side. Milan's goalkeeper Mike Maignan made a reaction save from Djed Spence in the 33rd minute, tipped a Çalhanoğlu shot over and kept out a header from Marcus Thuram, ESPN's report says. Inter also asked for a penalty for handball against Mario Gila, but the video review found the ball had hit his midriff. In the second half Inter had the ball without creating much. Cristian Chivu, their coach, made five changes between the 72nd and 82nd minutes, bringing on Zieliński, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco, Bonny and Esposito. Milan's substitute Alphadjo Cissè almost added a fourth in stoppage time, and Josep Martínez tipped the shot over. The referee was Guida. There were no red cards. ## What it changes Milan are now unbeaten in five derbies in a row, according to ESPN, and move to 21 points from ten games. The feed this site uses for tables, last refreshed on Saturday morning, had them fifth on 18 before kick-off; ESPN's table after the match puts them fourth. Roma, on 21 from nine games, played Udinese on Saturday evening, so the exact order behind the top two depends on that result and on Sunday's games. For Inter the damage is to a record more than to the table. Nine league games without defeat had put them level at the top; one night at San Siro has left them second and chasing a Lazio side that has not lost either. Inter are also 20th in the Champions League table with three points from three games, and they go to Feyenoord on Tuesday 3 November at 21:00 CET. Pulisic's goal came a day after the club announced that he has extended his contract. He joined Milan ahead of the 2023-24 season. ## What happens next Lazio v Cagliari kicks off at 15:00 CET on Sunday 1 November. Juventus host Napoli at 20:45 CET the same evening, with both clubs on 14 points. Milan's next league match is at Genoa on Sunday 8 November at 15:00 CET; before that they are at home to Ferencváros in the Europa League on Thursday 5 November at 18:45 CET, with the time taken from the UEFA fixture list recorded in this site's calendar. Inter host Como on Sunday 8 November at 18:00 CET. Kick-off times for league games come from the fixture feed used across this site and can still change. Correction, 1 November 10:00 CET: an earlier version said the match was played in the afternoon; it kicked off at 20:45 CET. The same version called Diego Moreira Belgian; we now call him the winger. ## Sources 1. AC Milan 3-1 Inter, Serie A Enilive 2026/2027: match report (AC Milan) https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/articles/serie-a/2026-10-31/ac-milan-wins-the-derby - Read 06:55 CET, 1 Nov 2026 2. Milan 3-1 Inter Milan (Oct 31, 2026) Game Analysis (ESPN) https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/401874795 - Read 06:57 CET, 1 Nov 2026 3. Serie A standings (licensed feed, generated 2026-10-31T10:29Z, in data/latest.json) (football-data.org via Match News) https://www.football-data.org/ - Read 06:40 CET, 1 Nov 2026 --- 18+. Gambling involves risk and can be addictive. Please gamble responsibly. Odds links go to BettingBeast. Match News is a football news site published by Checkraise Ltd. Every odds link on this site goes to BettingBeast. Articles are written with the help of an AI system and checked against the sources they cite; the responsible editor is named on every article.