📊 Form Guide

AC Milan

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AC Milan, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-4 Serie A success versus Udinese.

In that game, AC Milan managed 47% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For AC Milan, the scorers were Rafael Leão (42'), Strahinja Pavlović (45'), Theo Hernández (74') and Tijani Reijnders (81'). For their opponents, Udinese had 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

It’s been seldom in recent games that AC Milan have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that AC Milan have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 8 goals on the way. Having said that, time will tell whether the trend shall be sustained here in this game.

Looking at their past form shows that AC Milan:

• haven't won against Atalanta in their last 3 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.

Atalanta

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Atalanta head into the match after a 2-0 Serie A win with the defeat of Bologna in their most recent match.

In that game, Atalanta managed 40% possession and 4 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. For Atalanta, the goalscorers were Mateo Retegui (3') and Mario Pašalić (21'). At the other end, Bologna got 12 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

A series of resolute displays from the Atalanta defensive players has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their past 6 outings in total. Over that same time, their forwards have scored 6.

Going into this one, Atalanta haven't won against AC Milan when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 21/08/2022 shows us that AC Milan have won 1 of them & Atalanta 3, with the number of drawn games being 2.

An aggregate of 17 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 8 for i Rossoneri and 9 being from La Dea. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The previous league match between these sides was Serie A match day 15 on 06/12/2024 when it ended Atalanta 2-1 AC Milan.

On that day, Atalanta had 52% possession and 17 shots on goal with 8 on target. Goals were scored by Charles De Ketelaere (12') and Ademola Lookman (87').

On the other side, AC Milan got 6 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Álvaro Morata (22') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Federico La Penna.

📰 Team News: AC Milan

Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Appendectomy), Kyle Walker (Broken arm) and Emerson Royal (Calf injury) won’t be playing for AC Milan gaffer Sérgio Conceição.

It’s our opinion that i Rossoneri will possibly use the 3-4-3 formation in the match featuring Mike Maignan, Fikayo Tomori, Matteo Gabbia, Strahinja Pavlovic, Alex Jimenez, Youssouf Fofana, Tijjani Reijnders, Theo Hernandez, Christian Pulisic, Luka Jovic and Rafael Leao.

📰 Team News: Atalanta

Atalanta boss Gian Gasperini has to currently contend with reduced team options. Sead Kolasinac (Cruciate ligament tear), Marco Palestra (Hamstring strain), Stefan Posch (Hamstring muscle injury), Gianluca Scamacca (Hamstring injury) and Giorgio Scalvini (Shoulder injury) will miss out on this game.

We reckon that La Dea seem likely to play in a 4-4-2 formation with a starting lineup of Marco Carnesecchi, Davide Zappacosta, Isak Hien, Berat Djimsiti, Raoul Bellanova, Marten de Roon, Ederson, Juan Cuadrado, Mario Pasalic, Ademola Lookman and Mateo Retegui.

⚡ Prediction

We’re thinking that Atalanta and AC Milan should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.

It could well end in a draw. We’re therefore predicting a very even match with a 1-1 score draw after 90 minutes.

Peter Guest, 18:08 20/04/2025