Juventus vs AC Milan prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-04-26 16:00.
[p]Back-to-back league draws shouldn’t be catastrophic to Juventus’ quest to finish in the top five, but those stalemates do mean they’ve won only once across their last seven Serie A matches (D4, L2). One of those draws came against relegation-battling Cagliari in the last round, with Juventus failing to score before the break for a 20th time this Serie A season – their highest tally after 33 rounds since 2007/08.[/p]
[p]Massimiliano Allegri’s men at least made up for their recent struggles in midweek when they celebrated progression to the Coppa Italia final (3-2 on aggregate) despite a 2-1 loss against Lazio, keeping alive their chances of silverware for the first time since 2021. They should be confident of carrying that momentum into this game, as the Bianconeri are unbeaten in five consecutive home matches (W3, D2), keeping a clean sheet in the last three.[/p]
[p]For the first time in history, Italy saw Scudetto celebrations right after the Milan derby, but unfortunately for AC Milan it was their rivals Inter who enjoyed it thanks to 2-1 win on Monday. After their elimination from the UEFA Europa League and the huge gap between themselves and Inter at the summit, coach Stefano Pioli’s position is under huge scrutiny, and with rumours Milan are already sounding out replacements, Pioli could have five games left to save his job.[/p]
[p]It’s perhaps positive in that sense then that the Rossoneri travel to Allianz Stadium unbeaten in four competitive clashes with Juventus here (W2, D2), a run which has yielded three clean sheets. Milan could make history here as they have never before gone five matches unbeaten on Juventus soil, but a run of just three defeats from their last 13 away matches (W8, D2) raises belief they could do so here.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Juve midfielder Manuel Locatelli netted the only goal in the reverse fixture and he also decided this H2H back in 2016, with both goals arriving beyond the hour mark, albeit he was playing for Milan back then! Olivier Giroud headed home the only goal here last season when these two teams met and four of his last five goals this season have also been headers.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Juventus have won a league-high seven home matches which were level at half-time.[/p]