AC Milan will travel to Florence this weekend to face Fiorentina in a 13th round game of the 2021/22 Serie A season.
Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi (Florence)
Key Statistics
Fiorentina have not won back-to-back games since September.
The home team have won three of their five home games this season.
They have scored 16 times in the league this season and have conceded 14 times.
Only Lyon (10) gave received more red cards than Fiorentina’s eight this calendar year across the big five European leagues.
AC Milan are unbeaten in the Serie A this season – they, alongside Napoli, are the only remaining unbeaten team in Europe’s top-five leagues.
They have won five of their six away games this season.
They have scored 26 goals in the league this season and have conceded 11 times.
Head to head
AC Milan have won five of the last ten meetings between the two teams. Fiorentina have two wins while three ended in a draw.
Latest Performances in all competitions
Fiorentina: L-W-L-W-L
AC Milan: D-D-W-W-W
Fiorentina
Fiorentina will look to get back to winning ways in Serie A when they welcome AC Milan to Florence this Saturday.
The home team fell to a narrow 1-0 loss to Juventus in their last game, as they conceded a stoppage-time goal. The loss was their sixth loss this season in the league, extending their wait for a league draw further.
Despite already losing six games this season, Vincenzo Italiano’s side are sitting in seventh place. Their aim this season is to finish within the top six and they will be desperate to get a win here to keep themselves within the top seven.
Meanwhile, Nikola Milenkovic is suspended for this match after being sent off against Juventus. Lorenzo Venuti and Gaetano Castroville are also unavailable through injuries.
Possible Fiorentina starting line-ups
Bartlomiej Dragowski; Cristiano Biraghi, Igor, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Alvaro Odriozola; Erick Pulgar, Joseph Alfred Duncan, Giacomo Bonaventura; Nicolas Gonzalez, Jose Callejon, Dusan Vlahovic.
AC Milan
AC Milan will look to continue their remarkable run in the Serie A this season when they travel to the Tuscany region to play Fiorentina.
The Rossoneri are in second place in the league table at the moment, level on points with Napoli but with a lower goal difference.
They remain one of only two unbeaten teams in the Serie A and will be desperate to keep their record intact in this game.
They come into this tie on the back of a 1-1 draw with rivals Inter Milan in their game before the international break.
Stefano Pioli’s side are unbeaten in five games and have won four of their last five away games in all competitions.
Meanwhile, Theo Hernandez has picked up an injury and might not feature in this game, while Samu Castillejo, Mike Maignan, and Junior Messias are also yet to recover and will not be able to play a part this weekend.
Possible AC Milan starting line-ups
Ciprian Tatarusanu; Pierre Kalulu, Fikayo Tomori, Simon Kjaer, Davide Calabria; Sandro Tonali, Franck Kessie; Alexis Saelemaekers, Brahim Diaz, Rafael Leao; Olivier Giroud.
Prediction
Fiorentina 0-2 AC Milan.
