📊 Form Guide

AC Milan

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AC Milan will be looking for an improved result here following a 2-1 Europa League losing effort in their last game against Roma.

In that game, AC Milan managed 64% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for AC Milan was Matteo Gabbia (85'). For their opponents, Roma got 6 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Gianluca Mancini (12') and Paulo Dybala (22') scored for Roma.

Three or more goals per match have been seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where AC Milan have played. Opposition teams scored 7 times in these games while AC Milan bagged a total of 14. We will find out if that trend will be continued on here.

Their previous form shows that AC Milan:

• have not registered a win against Inter Milan in their previous 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 10 home league matches. A run that they'll hope to extend here.

Inter Milan

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In their previous game, Inter Milan drew 2-2 in the Serie A tie with Cagliari.

In that match, Inter Milan managed 63% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Inter Milan, goals were scored by Marcus Thuram (12') and Hakan Çalhanoğlu (74'). Cagliari got 10 shots on goal with 6 on target. Eldor Shomurodov (64') and Nicolas Viola (83') scored for Cagliari.

In their last half-dozen outings, Inter Milan have helped themselves to a tally of 9 goals. Inter Milan have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. During those fixtures, they have seen 6 goals scored by their opponents.

Their prior results show that Inter Milan:

• haven't beaten AC Milan in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 16 league matches away from home. Not many clubs can boast an away record as good as that.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes going back to 03/09/2022 shows that AC Milan have won 1 of these games and Inter Milan 5, with the number of drawn games standing at 0.

A combined total of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 4 for i Rossoneri and 14 being from Nerazzurri. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was Serie A match day 4 on 16/09/2023 and the score finished Inter Milan 5-1 AC Milan.

That time, Inter Milan managed 40% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorers were Henrikh Mkhitaryan (5', 69'), Marcus Thuram (38'), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (79') and Davide Frattesi (93').

At the other end, AC Milan had 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. Rafael Leão (57') was the scorer.

The referee was Simone Sozza.

📋 Team News: AC Milan

Regarding absentees, there’s just the sole fitness concern for the AC Milan manager Stefano Pioli to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Pierre Kalulu (Collateral ligament injury) won’t play. Malick Thiaw is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

We think that i Rossoneri will probably opt for a 4-2-3-1 system for the game, handing starts to Mike Maignan, Davide Calabria, Matteo Gabbia, Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernandez, Yacine Adli, Tijjani Reijnders, Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Rafael Leao and Olivier Giroud.

ℹ️ Team News: Inter Milan

Thanks to a mainly full-strength group of players, there is just the one fitness issue for the Inter Milan manager Simone Inzaghi to contend with. Juan Cuadrado (Muscle fatigue) misses out for this game.

We reckon that Nerazzurri appear most likely to elect for a 3-5-2 lineup, starting Yann Sommer, Benjamin Pavard, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni, Matteo Darmian, Nicolo Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Federico Dimarco, Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martinez.

💡 Prediction

We’re thinking that AC Milan will need to put in a solid display to hit the back of the net against this Inter Milan team who we reckon should score at least once to gain the upper hand.

We’re therefore anticipating a good battle with a 0-1 victory for Inter Milan at the end of the match.

Should be a close one.

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

Lucas Pereira, 18:01 22/04/2024