AC Milan vs Palermo – Serie A – Preview

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Sreya

AC Milan will welcome Palermo to Stadio Giuseppe Meazza after a disastrous start to the new Serie A campaign. The former legendary Milan club has lost two of its first three games and now faces a ‘must-win’ encounter against one of its biggest rivals of recent times. Palermo, meanwhile, is still unbeaten after three matches.

Team News

AC Milan will miss the services of M’Baye Niang, Jeremy Menez, Luca Antonelli and Andrea Bertolecci. Irrespective of their loss against Internazionale last week, Sinisa Mihajlovic is likely to field the same side which started in the last game.

Francesco Bolzoni and Michel Morganella are the only absentees for Palermo. Luca Rigoni will slot right in, after missing the last match due to an injury.

AC Milan Possible Starting Lineup: Diego lopez, Ignazio Abate, Alessio Romagnoli, Cristian Zapata, Mattia de Sciglio, Juraz Kucka, Riccardo Montolivo, Giacomo Bonaventura, Keisuke Honda, Carlos Bacca, Luis Adriano.

Palermo Possible Starting Lineup: Stefano Sorrentino, Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Roberto Vitiello, Andrea Rispoli, Robin Quaison, Mato Jajolo, Luca Rigoni, Achraf Lazaar, Franco Vasquez, Alberto Gilardino.

Contributor’s Pick

AC Milan have won its last three home games while Palermo has won its last three away fixtures. According to Head-2-Head statistics, 46% of the encounters between these two sides resulted in favour OF AC Milan and 35% resulted in Palermo’s win. It should be a closely contested affair, but considering the fact that Palermo has won by a solitary goal margin in its last three away matches, the likely result is to be in Palermo’s favour, with a probable scoreline of 2-1.