📊 Form Guide

AC Milan

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AC Milan will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 2-3 Champions League triumph over Slovan Bratislava.

In that game, AC Milan had 66% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For AC Milan, the goalscorers were Christian Pulišić (21'), Rafael Leão (68') and Tammy Abraham (71'). Slovan Bratislava got 6 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Tigran Barseghyan (24') and Nino Marcelli (88') scored for Slovan Bratislava.

In their last 6 fixtures, Paulo Fonseca's AC Milan have hit the back of the net a total of 8 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match of 1.33.

Leading up to this clash, AC Milan:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Empoli in their previous 8 games. A decent run, indeed.
• have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.

Empoli

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In their last game, Empoli drew 1-1 in the Serie A match with Udinese.

In that match, Empoli had 30% possession and 4 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Empoli was Pietro Pellegri (23'). Udinese had 16 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Keinan Davis (76') was the scorer for Udinese.

It has become apparent that Empoli have made hard work of scoring goals in their past 6 games, netting the poor return of just 4. In those matches, Azzurri have also seen the collective goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 7. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Their past results show that Empoli:

• have left without a victory over AC Milan in games played away from home for the previous 4 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league games.

👥 Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 22/12/2021 reveals that these encounters have not been kind to Empoli. They’ve not been able to get any wins at all whereas AC Milan have been too good for them, getting wins in 83% of those ties.

A total of 15 goals were produced between them in this period, with 12 for i Rossoneri and 3 for Azzurri. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The last league game between these sides was Serie A match day 28 on 10/03/2024 and the score finished AC Milan 1-0 Empoli.

That day, AC Milan managed 62% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Christian Pulišić (40').

On the other side, Empoli got 5 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Juan Luca Sacchi.

🗞️ Team News: AC Milan

Luka Jović (Groin surgery), Ismaël Bennacer (Calf muscle tear) and Alessandro Florenzi (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be able to play for AC Milan manager Paulo Fonseca.

It looks as if i Rossoneri could line up in a 4-2-3-1 system this time, beginning the first half with Mike Maignan, Emerson Royal, Matteo Gabbia, Malick Thiaw, Theo Hernandez, Youssouf Fofana, Tijjani Reijnders, Samuel Chukwueze, Christian Pulisic, Rafael Leao and Alvaro Morata.

📰 Team News: Empoli

Empoli boss Roberto D'Aversa has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Nicolas Haas (Cruciate ligament injury), Jacopo Fazzini (Muscle fatigue), Szymon Żurkowski (unknown injury), Tyronne Ebuehi (Cruciate ligament tear), Mattia De Sciglio (unknown injury) and Saba Sazonov (Cruciate ligament surgery) won’t be making appearances.

We’re of the thinking that Azzurri might play in a 3-4-2-1 formation with a starting lineup of Devis Vasquez, Saba Goglichidze, Ardian Ismajli, Mattia Viti, E. Quartsin Gyasi, Giuseppe Pezzella, Liam Henderson, Youssef Maleh, Lorenzo Colombo, Liberato Cacace and Pietro Pellegri.

💭 Prediction

It’s pretty clear that Empoli won’t find it easy at all to score against a AC Milan lineup who will most probably boss most aspects of this game if it turns out as we expect.

We’re therefore predicting a convincing 3-0 winning margin for AC Milan at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 16:07 30/11/2024