AC Milan v Udinese: Serie A Match-day 27
Friday sees League Leaders Milan, take on Udinese at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza – 6:45pm GMT.
Leaders Milan are currently 15 places higher than their rivals Udinese, when the two sides meet, they will sit in first and sixteenth positions respectively.
Winning the Serie A and securing a Champion’s League qualification is AC Milan’s focus
With the memory of their last match, doubtless on their minds, a (2-2) draw against Salernitana, Milan will be keen to improve on that result in this game.
Also, League leaders Milan keep finding ways to win, having secured 12 victories in their last 20 fixtures is astonishing this season, which has contributed significantly to rise up the top of the table. They are the current League leaders with 56 points, that is, 17 wins, 4 losses and 5 draws having won 17 games, drawn five meetings, and lost four matches.
Udinese will have to defy the odds when they travel to Milan, if they are to get anything out of the game. With Milan having won eight matches, drawn two fixtures, and lost three meetings this season at home, this is a huge ask.
AC Milan will want to keep the pressure on their rivals as they sit at the top of the table, a win will take them to 59 points and keep their momentum going forward.
Good Attacking Performance
Milan have a good scoring record this season, with 52 netted so far. This season, their stand-out attacking players have been Olivier Giroud (2), Rafael Leao (2), and Ante Rebic (1). Milan have conceded 28 goals.
Milan are likely to be missing three of their key players when they start Friday’s game, due to injury and illness.
This season’s Serie A campaign, has so far seen Udinese achieve 25 points
Udinese have dropped five points in their last two fixtures, drawing 1-1 at Lazio and losing 4-0 to Hellas Verona.
Also, with no win in 17 of their last 20 matches now for Udinese, there is minimal fear for opposition teams that face them. With 25 points, they currently sit sixteenth in the League. The breakdown for the team’s record is 5 wins, 9 losses and 10 draws having won five meetings, drawn 10 games, and lost nine meetings.
Udinese’s away record is remarkable and poses a significant threat to Milan. In the 12 games they’ve played on the road this season, they have so far won two fixtures, drawn four fixtures, and lost six meetings.
A win in this fixture would take Udinese’s points to 28 in the League.
Udinese’s squad has depth, but even so, Gabriele Cioffi is likely to be missing one of they key players when they start Friday’s game.
AC Milan v Udinese – Head-to-Heads.
Regarding their historical duels Milan and Udinese have faced each other 59 times in the past, with the balance of wins sitting in Milan’s favour (29 – 16). In addition, Milan recent form against Udinese has been outstanding, winning on eleven out of the last 17 matches. In their most recent meeting of this fixture was December 2021 and the score line ended up with a 1-1 draw.
Other standout players for Milan are Olivier Giroud and Rafael Leao with two goals both and for Udinese are Nahuel Molina and Ignacio Pussetto with one goal and one goal respectively.
