Two top 4 Serie A sides face off as Juventus seek to take yet another step closer to the title as they host AC Milan who look to regain some good form.
Currently, Juventus are 18 points clear of 2nd placed Napoli with 8 games to go and could secure the title as early as this weekend if they knock off Milan and Napoli lose their game at the weekend.
Meanwhile, AC Milan are fighting to make finish in the top 4 and currently they are on track to finish 4th as they’re currently in 4th place, but just one point above 5th placed Atalanta so Milan are in need of a win here to make sure to avoid a potential drop out of the top 4 this weekend.
Looking at current form, Juventus came out of international break playing decent despite missing some key players including Ronaldo, they picked up 2 wins from 2 since the break defeating Empoli 1-0 and Cagliari 0-2 so they should come into this game full of confidence.
Meanwhile, AC Milan have had a little dip in form as they’ve gone winless in each of their last 3 games picking up just ONE point as they lost 2-3 to Inter, 1-0 to Sampdoria and only managed a 1-1 draw with Udinese in these games. Prior to that Milan had won 5 straight games so they’ll be hoping to return to February-March form that they showed.
Juventus have been invincible at home in the Serie A this season with a 13W 2D 0L record. Juve across all competitions have been showing incredible form at home going unbeaten in 12 in a row since their only loss at home to Man Utd in UCL and from these 12 games, Juve have won 11 and drew the other. It’s an incredibly tough place to come for opponents and get points for opponents.
Looking at AC Milan’s away form, it isn’t too bad. Milan have lost their most recent away game to Sampdoria 1-0 in the league, but prior to that they went 8 unbeaten on their travels in Serie A winning 4 and drawing 4 of those games. Milan have the 5th best away record in Serie A. Although they only won 5 away games in total, they only lost 3 of those and mostly have drawn their away games (6 draws) in the league.
With Ronaldo out, the in form player to watch for Juventus has to be Moise Kean who has hit some great form after getting a chance to play. Kean has scored in each of his last 4 competitive games, 2 for Italy, 2 for Juve and has scored 4 goals in his last 5 apps for Juve although he started just twice for Juve in this run. The young talented striker will seek to continue his great run of form against Milan.
Krzysztof Piatek is of course the man to watch for AC Milan. The Polish striker has been great ever since joining the club with 9 goals in 12 apps for the club. He snapped a 2 game goal drought for his club during the midweek fixture against Udinese. Piatek has already scored some big goals for Milan this season against the sides such as Napoli, Roma and Atalanta and will look to get another big game goal against Juve.
Juventus and AC Milan have faced off twice this season and Juve came out on top both times. Juventus won the reverse fixture at San Siro 0-2 as Milan played most of the game with 10 men and then Juve defeated AC Milan in the Italian Super Cup in January 1-0 thanks to Ronaldo’s goal.
Looking at overall recent H2H, Juventus have beaten AC Milan 7 straight times and in 8 straight home games in 90 mins. Milan have not won away at Juventus since the 2010-11 season. Juve have a huge edge in recent H2H entering this weekend.
Juventus are tipped as bookies favourites to win this game at 1.75 whereas Milan are the underdog of course at 5.20 with the draw offered at 3.45. Odds based on Unibet.
Team News
Juventus: Cristiano Ronaldo continues to be out while Dybala is also a doubt. Mario Mandzukic could return however. Khedira and Cuadrado are both out, Douglas Costa will likely miss out too.
AC Milan: Gianluigi Donnarumma and Lucas Pacqueta both picked up knocks against Udinese and are expected to miss out on this clash.
Betting Stats
Juventus have covered just 33.3% of their total goal overs at home in the league this season (5-2-8). Tied 2nd worst.
Juventus have covered 46.7% of their 1st half total goal overs at home this season in the league (7-2-6).
Juventus average 1.6 bookings per game at home in the league this season (24 bookings in 15 games).
Ronaldo is Juventus top scorer with 9 goals at home this season, but with him out the next top scorer at home for Juventus in the league is Mandzukic with 6 home league goals.
