This paper deals with the problem of providing a data-driven solution to the local stabilization of linear systems subject to input saturation. After presenting a model-based solution to this well-studied problem, a systematic method to transform model-driven into data-driven LMI conditions is presented. This technical solution is demonstrated to be equivalent to the recent advanced results on LMI formulations based on S-procedure or Peterson Lemmas. However, the advantage of the proposed method relies on its simplicity and its potential to be applicable to a wide class of problems of stabilization of (non)linear discrete-time systems. The method is then illustrated on both an academic example and the spacecraft Rendezvous problem