Serie A: Milan vs Juventus Betting Preview, Odds and Prediction

AC Milan awaits Juventus in the greatest derby of the Italian Serie A. This is a rivalry which decided champions for so many times before, and not only in Italy but for Europe as well. In this current case, the hosts want to reach Napoli and AS Roma in the places which lead to the international stage, while on the other side, Juventus has a plan to have one step closer to the title after Lazio’s slips over the past few rounds. Among those slips was the very latest against Milan.

Preview

AC Milan (+240) didn’t lose a single game since coming back from COVID-19 pause. In five matches, including the one with Juve in Coppa Italia, they won three times and had two draws as well.

During that period, there were three events in which this team kept its net intact, while on the other side, Rossoneri managed to score twice in all but a goalless draw against the Old Lady, which was the first game following the break.

Milan did a favor for Juventus, as they defeated their only title rival team from Turin has, Lazio. Stefano Pioli’s guys trashed the Sky-Blues in Rome 0-3, using the fact that hosts lacked several key players in this one.

Juventus (+105) has its rhythm, and they are rolling over all the opponents recently. Over the previous three rounds, Juve scored 11 goals allowing only two, and posting at least three hits per match in each one.

They defeated Lecce 4-0, then Genoa on the road 1-3, before being more than confident in the city derby against Torino, 4-1. Those last two games in which they allowed one goal in each came after four straight in which Buffon and the boys kept a clean sheet.

Juventus is looking excellent right now and without any problems on and off the pitch, unlike Lazio, who started dropping points. That is mostly because of Cristiano Ronaldo, who hit the target in each of four Serie A contests since the comeback.

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Milan now has Ibrahimovic, who scored against Lazio and made a noisy comeback after his injury. However, some players will be absent tomorrow night. Calhanoglu, Castillejo, Leo Duarte, and Musacchio are all out.

On the other side, Juve, too, has problems. Alex Sandro, Chiellini, De Sciglio, Khedira, De Ligt, and Dybala are out. As you see, several very important players for Sarri are not available.

Head to Head Matches

This would be the 174th match between these two sides, and at the moment, Juve has the edge over the great rivals. The Old Lady won 67 times, Milan 49, and we saw a draw on 57 matches.

These two sides met three times this season, most recently in Coppa Italia where both games concluded with a draw, 1-1 in Milan and 0-0 in Turin. Serie A game ended 1-0 for Juve.

Prediction

Unlike the majority of experts and pundits, we expect to see an interesting and efficient match. It would be odd to see all four head-to-head contests this year ending with under 2.5 goals. Therefore both teams to score and over 2.5 goals is our choice for this super derby. The odds for that are at +120.