AC Milan vs Juventus – Serie A – Preview

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Sreya

AC Milan vs Juventus – AC Milan hosts Juventus at San Siro on 28th October, Saturday in a Serie A fixture crucial for both sides.

AC Milan are eighth in the league standings with sixteen points and recovered from their four-game winless streak with a 4-1 victory over Chievo in their last game. Juventus are fourth in the standings with twenty-five points, trailing league leaders Napoli by just three points.

Allegri’s side started slowly on the domestic front but have started to perform better in the recent weeks, especially with their 6-2 win over Udinese and 4-1 win over SPAL in the last two matches.

Team News

AC Milan will be without the suspended Leonardo Bonucci and the injured Giacomo Bonaventura and Andrea Conti. Juventus will be without the unfit Marko Pjaca and the injured Benedikt Howedes, Blaise Matuidi, Medhi Benatia and Stefano Sturaro.

AC Milan Possible Starting Lineup: Gianluigi Donarumma, Mateo Musacchio, Alessio Romagnoli, Christian Zapata, Fabio Borini, Lucas Biglia, Franck Kessie, Ricardo Rodriguez, Hakan Calhanoglu, Suso, Nikola Kalinic.

Juventus Possible Starting Lineup: Gianluigi Buffon, Stefan Lichsteiner, Andrea Barzagli, Giorgio Chiellini, Alex Sando, Sami Khedira, Miralem Pjanic, Juan Cuadrado, Paulo Dybala, Mario Mandzukic, Gonzalo Higuain.

“Juventus-Milan is always a game of great charm and we go to San Siro to play a nice match and take the three points. We’re against a team that comes from an important victory on Wednesday and has quality players. They are a little bit down in the standings, but they’ll challenge for the top four by the end of the season.”

– Massimiliano Allegri, Juventus.

Contributor’s Pick

According to AC Milan vs Juventus H2H Stats, Juventus have won two, drawn two and lost one of their previous five matches against AC Milan in all competitions.

It should be a closely contested affair but Juventus are still the favorites and are likely to win 2-0.