Juventus vs AC Milan – Serie A – Preview

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Sreya

Juventus vs AC Milan – Juventus hosts AC Milan at the Juventus Stadium on 10th March, Friday in a crucial Serie A fixture.

Juventus are top of the league table with sixty seven points after twenty seven matches while AC Milan are seventh with fifty points. Juventus were held to a 1-1 draw at Udinese in their last league match while AC Milan defeated Chievo 3-1.

Both clubs are in a rich vein of form, with Juventus undefeated in their previous six league fixtures and AC Milan winning four of their last six Serie A matches.

Team News

Giorgio Chiellini and Stefano Stuaro are sidelined through injuries while Juan Cuadrado is suspended. AC Milan will be without the injured Riccardo Montolivo, Giacomo Bonaventura and Ignazio Abate.

Juventus Possible Starting Lineup: Gianluigi Buffon, Stephan Lichsteiner, Leonardo Bonucci, Mehdi Benatia, Alex Sandro, Miralem Pjanic, Claudio Marchisio, Sami Khedira, Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain, Mario Mandzukic.

AC Milan Possible Starting Lineup: Gianluigi Donarumma, Mattia de Sciglio, Cristian Zapata, Alessio Romagnoli, Leonel Vangioni, Mario Pasalic, Jose Sosa, Andrea Bertoacci, Suso, Carlos Bacca, Gerard Deolefeu.

Thoughts From Both Camps

“We can expect a tough match against a Milan team who are coming off the back of two positive results. They’re quick, technically strong and, at the end of the day, Juventus vs Milan is still a very big game in Italian football.”

– Massimiliano Allegri, Juventus.

“It’s going to be a really hard match, we will need the right mentality and approach. Juve know how to win, but we already managed to beat them this season.”

– Montella, AC Milan.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Juventus vs AC Milan H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs have resulted in two wins for Juventus, two draws and one win for AC Milan.

There have been under 2.5 goals scored in AC Milan’s last three away games. Juventus have won their last 30 home matches and are likely to win 2-1 tonight.