Juventus vs AC Milan - prediction, team news, lineups

Two Italian giants volition quadrate disconnected for the archetypal clip this season, arsenic Juventus invited AC Milan to Turin connected Sunday evening.

With maximum points truthful far, some clubs look their archetypal large trial successful Serie A, and lone 1 tin support their cleanable grounds intact.

Match preview

Like Milan, a precocious illness astatine the extremity of last season outgo Juventus the cherished prize of Champions League football, truthful they surely person a constituent to beryllium this term.

Luciano Spalletti's broadside kicked disconnected their 2026-27 run with a nervy distant triumph implicit recently promoted Frosinone, earlier struggling to interruption down a stubborn Parma broadside past weekend.

Brought backmost into the fold aft his imperishable power to Atletico Madrid failed to transpire, substitute Nico Gonzalez yet broke the deadlock with his archetypal Serie A extremity since May 2025; Teun Koopmeiners past made the points harmless with his archetypal since that aforesaid spring. 

Traditionally beardown starters, the Bianconeri person won their opening brace of league games for the 3rd consecutive season, and each clip without conceding a azygous goal.

That whitethorn springiness Spalletti a coagulated level to physique on, but predecessors Thiago Motta and Igor Tudor were yet incapable to bash so.

Rather than taking their acquainted spot astatine Europe's apical table, his Juve broadside volition soon commencement their Europa League run with a low-key crippled against NEC Nijmegen.

First, they look 2 much tests successful Serie A - astatine location to Milan and distant to Sassuolo.

Following 2 0-0 draws past season, Milan person failed to people successful immoderate of their past six league clashes with Juventus - and their past extremity astatine the Allianz Stadium dates backmost much than 3 years.

Putting a much affirmative slant connected their caller record, the Rossoneri person mislaid conscionable 1 of the past six meetings successful Turin portion keeping 4 cleanable sheets - previously, they had mislaid 9 times connected the spin. 

This year, the Lombardy giants should get afloat of confidence, pursuing back-to-back wins astatine the commencement of Ruben Amorim's reign.

Having beaten Juve's metropolis rivals Torino connected the opening matchday, club-record bargain Goncalo Ramos scored his archetypal Serie A extremity successful past week's 2-0 triumph implicit Venezia.

After getting the location fans onside astatine San Siro, the Portuguese striker volition purpose to wage disconnected different chunk of his transportation interest by making different interaction connected Sunday. 

Should the visitors win, his compatriot Amorim would go the archetypal Milan manager since 1958 to instrumentality maximum points from his archetypal 3 Serie A matches.

Juventus Serie A form:

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Team News

Though cardinal men Kenan Yildiz and Khephren Thuram person some been ruled retired for the mid-term by injury, Juventus were engaged astatine the extremity of the transportation model and immoderate caller recruits could play against Milan.

Brought successful to regenerate Atletico Madrid-bound Jonathan David, indebtedness striker Nick Woltemade tin vie with Randal Kolo Muani for enactment up front.

Pape Matar Sarr besides signed from Tottenham Hotspur, but helium indispensable displace either Douglas Luiz oregon nine skipper - and erstwhile Milan midfielder - Manuel Locatelli to start.

In the lack of Yildiz - who whitethorn beryllium retired of enactment until November - Gonzalez, Jeremie Boga and rising prima Kerim Alajbegovic are each contenders to diagnostic successful the last third.

While Andrea Cambiaso and Weston McKennie are some fittingness doubts for Juve, lone Mattia Gabbia is simply a origin of interest for Milan.

Having failed to unafraid a move, Fikayo Tomori has been brought backmost into the squad arsenic cover, but Amorim is acceptable to instrumentality with the aforesaid backmost three.

New arrivals Omari Hutchinson and Diego Moreira volition anticipation to get their archetypal sensation of action, while 2021-22 Scudetto-winner Rafael Leao has yet near the club.

Pencilled successful for an precocious relation down Ramos, Adrien Rabiot volition look his erstwhile club, having antecedently made 157 appearances for Juventus.

Juventus imaginable starting lineup:

Vicario; Kalulu, Bremer, Lucumi, Celik; Locatelli, Luiz; Conceicao, Gonzalez, Boga; Kolo Muani

AC Milan imaginable starting lineup:

Maignan; Gila, De Winter, Pavlovic; Chukwueze, Modric, Musah, Bartesaghi; Rabiot, Cisse; Ramos

We say: Juventus 1-0 AC Milan

Not a match-up renowned for goals, 4 of the past 5 league meetings person ended 0-0, and it should beryllium different choky contention connected Sunday.

With his manus strengthened by a reinforced squad, expansive maestro Spalletti tin outwit fresh-faced Amorim, making it 3 wins from 3 for Juventus.

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