Fiorentina vs AC Milan – Serie A – Preview

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Sreya

Fiorentina vs AC Milan – Fiorentina hosts AC Milan at Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence in their fifth Serie A fixture of the season. After beginning their domestic campaign with a 2-1 loss to Juventus, the Florence-based club have won two and drawn one match to sit on the eighth position with seven points.

AC Milan are on the sixth position having played a game more, with three wins and two losses, accumulating nine points so far.

Team News

Matias Vecino is Fiorentina’s only injury concern. Although Davide Astori is struggling with a muscular injury, he is expected to start in defence. Andrea Bertolacci, Christian Zapata and Matias Fernandez are sidelined through injuries for AC Milan.

Fiorentina Possible Starting Lineup: Ciprian Tatarusanu; Nenad Tomovic, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Davide Astori; Federico Bernardeschi, Milan Badelj, Carlos Sanchez, Maximiliano Olivera; Borja Valero, Josep Ilicic; Nikola Kalinic.

AC Milan Possible Starting Lineup: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Davide Calabria, Gabriel Paletta, Alessio Romagnoli, Mattia de Sciglio; Juraj Kucka, Riccardo Montolivo, Giacomo Bonaventura; Suso, Carlos Bacca, M’Baye Niang.

“The two wins are in the past, we are now focused on the match against the Viola which will be a very important test for us. We have to keep improving. These matches can be tricky but I want the boys to go onto the pitch with a high-profile approach.”

– Vincenzo Montella, AC Milan.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Fiorentina vs AC Milan H2H stats, the last five matches between these two clubs have resulted in two wins for each club and a solitary draw. However, Fiorentina are undefeated in tenof their last eleven home matches in the Serie A. Fiorentina have kept a clean sheet in their last three home matches in the Serie A.

Fiorentina have seen under 2.5 goals in five of their last six matches against AC Milan in all competitions. It could be a low-scoring game with a 1-1 draw being the most likely outcome.