AC Milan look to recover from their setback against Napoli when they face Empoli in the midweek Serie A fixture.
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Key statistics – Empoli vs AC Milan
- AC Milan have lost only one of their last nine Serie A meetings against Empoli ( W4 D4)
- Empoli have won their last two home games this season and could look for three in a row for the first time since 2018.
- Milan are third in the Serie A table with 39 points – four points behind leaders Inter Milan – while Empoli are ninth in the table with 27 points.
- Rossoneri have recorded the second-lowest defeats (3) alongside second-placed Napoli in Serie A this season.
Head to Head
AC Milan are the superior side in terms of head to head records, winning 9 out of the 18 games against Empoli. The hosts have managed only three wins.
Latest performances in all competitions
Empoli: D W W W D
AC Milan: W W L D L
Empoli
Empoli have been more than impressive lately as they are unbeaten in their last five games in Serie A ( W3 D2).
The most impressive win came against Napoli weeks ago, with Wolves loanee Patrick Cutrone netting the decisive goal. The Italian striker will be facing his former club on Wednesday.
The newly-promoted side have fared decently in the first half of the season but they would look to wrap up the year on an impressive note.
A victory against AC Milan could take them close to the seventh-placed Juventus.
Andrea Pinamonti will be in the spotlight once again as the on-loan Inter striker has found the nets six times in Serie A this season.
Possible Empoli line-up
Vicario; Stojanovic, Romagnoli, Luperto, Parisi; Ricci, Stulac, Zurkowski; Bajrami; Andrea Pinamonti, Patrick Cutrone
Injured: Nicolas Haas
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
AC Milan
AC Milan suffered a 1-0 defeat against Napoli at the weekend, which extended their winless run to three games in all competitions.
Those results have also prevented their progress in Serie A, as they are currently third in the table with 39 points.
Stefano Pioli’s men will look to return to winning ways but their next opponent is Empoli, who have been impressive in the last few weeks.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic rescued Rossoneri from a humiliating defeat against Udinese a week ago after scoring an equaliser in injury time. The Swedish striker will look to return to the scoresheet against Empoli.
The attacking options have been reduced through injuries however Olivier Giroud is expected to be fully fit after making it to the bench against Napoli on Sunday.
Possible AC Milan line-up
Mike Maignan; Alessandro Florenzi, Fikayo Tomori, Alessio Romagnoli, Theo Hernandez; Sandro Tonali, franck Kessie; Alexis Saelemaekers, Brahim Diaz, Junior Messias; Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Injured: Ante Rebic, Piotr Pellegri, Rafael Leao, Simon Kjaer
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Prediction
Empoli 1 – 2 AC Milan
