AC Milan vs Juventus - prediction, team news, lineups

Two Serie A giants volition spell toe-to-toe successful a important clash astatine San Siro connected Sunday evening, arsenic AC Milan big top-four rivals Juventus.

Should Inter Milan triumph successful Turin a fewer hours earlier, past the Rossoneri would request to bushed Juve to halt their oldest foes being crowned Italian champions.

Match preview

Trailing 12 points down first-placed Inter, it is surely a substance of clip earlier Milan formally concede the Scudetto to their metropolis rivals, having faltered implicit the past mates of months.

While the Nerazzurri person deed apical cogwheel by winning their past 4 games portion scoring astatine slightest 3 goals - and could beryllium acceptable for a uncommon home treble - the Rossoneri volition surely extremity up empty-handed.

After losing 4 of their erstwhile 7 games, Milan managed an unconvincing 1-0 triumph implicit Hellas Verona past clip out, struggling to spot disconnected Serie B-bound opponents astatine Stadio Bentegodi. 

Goals person begun to adust up, with the Lombardy nine averaging conscionable 1 per crippled implicit the past 10 matchdays, amid worrying drop-offs from Rafael Leao and Christian Pulisic.

Nonetheless, Max Allegri - who has doubly coached Juventus - tin inactive assertion to person made an interaction since his instrumentality to Milan: the Rossoneri person 15 much points connected the committee than they did astatine this signifier past season.

With 5 rounds remaining, they besides person a steadfast grip connected their archetypal objective, which was to publication a Champions League summons for adjacent word - 8 points presently abstracted them from fifth-placed Como. 

Meanwhile, rejuvenated Juventus person taken vantage of caller slip-ups from some Como and Roma - archetypal seizing 4th spot, past establishing a five-point buffer.

In fact, beating Milan would bring them into the premix to decorativeness runners-up, which was astir unthinkable erstwhile Luciano Spalletti took complaint past November. 

Juventus person averaged astir 2 points per crippled nether his enactment - importantly higher than Igor Tudor's 1.5 - and lone Inter person accrued much points during that period.

Alongside Allegri, Juve's existent manager is 1 of lone 4 managers to scope 300 wins passim Serie A history, and his interim assignment has been made imperishable connected the backmost of immoderate much-improved performances.

Spalletti's broadside person won 5 of their past six league fixtures portion conceding conscionable 1 goal, while last week's location triumph implicit Bologna made it 8 without decision crossed each competitions.

A spot astatine Europe's apical array is not unafraid yet, arsenic losing this week would acceptable up a nervy finale, but if caller past is immoderate guide, the Bianconeri should permission San Siro with astatine slightest 1 point. 

Following a 0-0 gully successful October's reverse fixture, they person not conceded successful their past 5 top-flight clashes with Milan - already a nine grounds run.

AC Milan Serie A form:

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Juventus Serie A form:

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Team News

Remarkably, astatine this precocious signifier of the season, Milan should person a afloat squad disposable connected Sunday evening.

With each of their forwards present fit, Allegri has plentifulness of options to take from: Pulisic and Leao person scored 8 and 9 league goals respectively, but neither is successful bully form.

Pulisic's past Serie A onslaught dates backmost to the extremity of December; since then, the USA guardant has gone 15 appearances without scoring - his longest drought successful the Italian apical flight.

As a result, Christopher Nkunku, Niclas Fullkrug and Santiago Gimenez are besides successful contention for 2 places up front.

Adrien Rabiot scored the Rossoneri's victor successful Verona, and helium volition present look his erstwhile club, having antecedently made 157 appearances for Juventus.

Like their hosts, Juve are besides faring good connected the fittingness front, arsenic lone Juan Cabal and Arkadiusz Milik are ruled out; albeit reported Milan people Dusan Vlahovic could inactive articulation them connected the sidelines.

Mattia Perin, Khephren Thuram, Emil Holm and Vasilje Adzic person each resumed afloat grooming and should beryllium named successful Spalletti's squad.

Star antheral Kenan Yildiz - who has posted 16 extremity involvements this play - is besides expected to flooded an ongoing genu problem.

AC Milan imaginable starting lineup:

Maignan; Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Saelemaekers, Fofana, Modric, Rabiot, Bartesaghi; Pulisic, Leao

Juventus imaginable starting lineup:

Di Gregorio; Kalulu, Bremer, Kelly, Cambiaso; Thuram, Locatelli; Conceicao, McKennie, Yildiz; David

We say: AC Milan 1-1 Juventus 

Juventus whitethorn beryllium successful good form, but Allegri's Milan person a bully grounds against Serie A's apical teams and should beryllium capable to grind retired a location draw.

Though it mightiness not beryllium capable to halt Inter confirming the Scudetto, that effect would support some them and Juve connected people for Champions League qualification.

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