Monza vs AC Milan prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-02-17 19:45.
Caught firmly in mid-table in Serie A, Monza find themselves in the strange position of wondering just what they have left to play for in the closing months of the season. A comfortable 11 points clear of the drop zone, they could feasibly make a late bid for a European place, but with just win across their last five league games (D2, L2), they are going to have to find some form soon.
AC Milan’s top-half position will certainly be a daunting one for Monza, who are the only side in Serie A this season not to have beaten a team starting the round in the top ten (D4, L7). Things appear unlikely to change on that front against Milan, a side who Monza have lost all three top-flight H2Hs against by an aggregate 8-1 scoreline!
Milan will certainly be keen to continue their H2H dominance that would see Monza become the fifth team in Serie A history against whom they have beaten in their first four top-flight H2Hs. After a thumping 3-0 UEFA Europa League victory over Rennes in midweek, confidence should be high they can do so as they make the relatively short journey to the outskirts of the city to a ground they won 1-0 at last season.
A repeat scoreline appears unlikely given Milan’s free-scoring nature on the road lately, with their last eight away games in all competitions seeing them net at least twice. Ominously for Monza, Milan’s last three such games in Serie A all saw them score three goals on their way to victory, leaving them on the brink of history here as never before have they scored more than twice in four successie Serie A away games in the same season.
Players to watch: A man who likes his home comforts, all seven of Andrea Colpani’s goals this season have arrived on home soil, four of which served as game openers. Milan’s Ruben Loftus-Cheek was at the double against Rennes in midweek, and interestingly his last three goals have been headers.
Hot stat: Ten of Milan’s 12 away league games this season saw at least two first-half goals scored.