Juventus vs Milan Prediction: Battle for Second Place

Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – AC Milan will face Juventus at the Allianz Stadium on Saturday (27/4/2024) at 23.00 WIB, with the ambition to win the match so they can seal second place in the Italian League Serie A standings this season.

For Milan, a win would help them put a very bad last few days behind them and would also open up an eight-point gap with Juventus. If you lose, the battle until the end of the season will be very exciting.

Until week 33 of the Italian Serie A League, Milan was still in second place in the standings with 69 points, while Juventus was below it with 64 points. If Milan wins, the difference will be 8 points, but if they lose, the difference will only be 2.

Bologna, who trails them by 62 points, will be happy if Juventus vs Milan ends in a draw. Bologna certainly has to beat Udinese in tomorrow's match, to stay close to these two competitors.

In the last four matches, Milan appeared very disappointing. They were knocked out of the Europa League by Roma (two defeats), a draw against relegation-battling Sassuolo, and a sixth successive derby defeat.

Coach Stefano Pioli is confused by the absence of defenders. The centre-back duo Simon Kjaer and Pierre Kalulu are injured and are not expected to feature.

Fikayo Tomori received his fifth yellow card against Inter Milan. Thus, he received a one-match ban. Likewise with Theo Hernandez and Davide Calabria who immediately received red cards in the Milano derby.

Now, the only central defenders available are Matteo Gabbia and Malick Thiaw. Yunus Musah will probably be the right back and Alessandro Florenzi on the left.

In midfield, there is a battle between Yacine Adli and Ismael Bennacer over who will partner Tijjani Reijnders. Trio behind striker Olivier Giroud, but filled with Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Rafael Leao.

In the Juventus camp, Dusan Vlahovic will lead the front line with Federico Chiesa, although Kenan Yildiz will try to get a starting place.

Weston McKennie could be moved into the right wing-back role. Carlos Alcaraz got a position in midfield with Manuel Locatelli and Adrien Rabiot, while Andrea Cambiaso started on the left. Federico Gatti, Bremer and Danilo will protect goalkeeper Wojciech Szczezny.

Juventus is the team that has met AC Milan the most times in its 124 year history. During that time, there have been 224 official matches between the two teams. Milan has 65 wins, 71 draws and 88 losses.

Last season the Rossoneri achieved a double in the Italian League for the first time since 2009-10, with a 2-0 win at home and a 1-0 win away.
However, Allegri's team won the opposite match this season. Juventus won 1-0 at San Siro.

Juventus vs Milan player forecast
Juventus (3-5-2): Szczezny; Danilo, Bremer, Gatti; McKennie, Alcaraz, Locatelli, Alcaraz, Cambiaso; Chiesa, Vlahovic.

Milan (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Musah, Thiaw, Gabbia, Florenzi; Adli, Reijnders; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Giroud.

Last 5 meetings
10-23-2023 Milan 0-1 Juventus (Serie A)
05-29-2023 Juventus 0-1 Milan (Serie A)
08-10-2022 Milan 2-0 Juventus (Serie A)
01-24-2022 Milan 0-0 Juventus (Serie A)
20-09-2021 Juventus 1-1 Milan (Serie A).