AC Milan vs Bologna - prediction, team news, lineups

One of 4 undefeated teams successful Serie A, AC Milan volition purpose to support that tally going connected Wednesday evening, erstwhile they invited Bologna to San Siro. 

A play triumph kept Milan wrong Italy's top four, portion the Rossoblu moved further distant from the driblet portion with their 2nd distant occurrence of the season.

Match preview

After a midweek meltdown successful England - where they were reduced to 10 men and mislaid 3-0 to Bournemouth - Milan bounced consecutive backmost connected Sunday night, erstwhile they visited Serie A strugglers Udinese.

Inflicting their hosts' sixth consecutive defeat, the Rossoneri provided a cleanable effect to their Europa League mauling, acknowledgment to goals from Christian Pulisic and Omari Hutchinson.

Ruben Amorim extended his unbeaten commencement to beingness successful Serie A, arsenic Milan stayed wrong 4 points of metropolis rivals and existent league leaders Inter.

That spread could travel down erstwhile the brace conscionable for this season's archetypal Derby della Madonnina connected Saturday evening, but Amorim’s men indispensable present effort to station 3 consecutive Serie A wins.

Remarkably, Milan person failed to execute that insignificant feat passim 2026, having stumbled towards the decorativeness enactment past word - but the omens are good.

Yet to driblet a constituent connected location turf since Amorim was appointed, the Rossoneri bushed Bologna doubly past term, portion they person mislaid conscionable 1 of the past 21 league meetings astatine San Siro.

Though Bologna did triumph the astir consequential clash - claiming triumph successful the 2025 Coppa Italia last - they person mislaid 8 of their past 10 distant games against Milan.

Nonetheless, their 2 league wins this play person travel connected the road, including Saturday’s 2-0 occurrence down successful Cagliari, wherever Nicolo Casale and Federico Bernardeschi some scored aft the break.
 
Things person picked up since an atrocious commencement to the run outgo Domenico Tedesco his job, and new brag Raffaele Palladino has made an instant impact.

Having started with a 1-1 gully against Torino, his broadside bushed Lecce 2-1; then, aft an understandable location decision to Inter, they claimed maximum points successful Sardinia.

Now, they indispensable look a pugnacious trial successful midweek, erstwhile Palladino could go conscionable the 3rd Bologna manager to triumph his archetypal 3 Serie A distant games.

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Team News

With fractional an oculus connected Inter, Amorim is acceptable to marque immoderate changes up of the Milan derby, meaning seasoned schemer Luka Modric whitethorn beryllium benched.

Samuel Chukwueze, Mattia Gabbia, Alexis Saelemaekers and Filippo Terracciano are inactive unavailable, portion it remains to beryllium seen whether Adrien Rabiot oregon Diego Moreira tin instrumentality aft missing the travel to Udine with muscular problems.

Mario Gila and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are besides doubts, but Christian Pulisic should beryllium acceptable to commencement if required. Now backmost successful form, the American has posted 4 extremity involvements from his past 7 Serie A matches, matching his tally from the erstwhile 20.

Bologna’s lack database is substantially shorter, with Roberto Piccoli and Riccardo Orsolini joining semipermanent absentee Emil Holm connected the sidelines.

Jens Odgaard has filled successful for Piccoli up front, but Artem Dovbyk is simply a much accepted centre-forward and Jay Enem offers an alternate option.

Ex-Milan antheral Tommaso Pobega - who came done the Rossoneri’s academy and made 30 elder appearances - could spouse Lewis Ferguson successful cardinal midfield.

AC Milan imaginable starting lineup:

Maignan; Tomori, De Winter, Pavlovic, Bartesaghi; Hutchinson, Jashari, Musah, Cisse; Pulisic, Ramos

Bologna imaginable starting lineup:

Skorupski; Darmian, Casale, Theate; Zortea, Ferguson, Pobega, Miranda; Bernardeschi, Odgaard, Cambiaghi

We say: AC Milan 1-0 Bologna

Without hitting apical gear, Milan are surely gathering immoderate momentum, and they mostly rise their crippled connected location turf.

Though Bologna's alteration of absorption has helped them crook a corner, they deficiency a cutting edge, truthful their dismal grounds astatine San Siro volition transportation on.  

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