AC Milan vs Genoa prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-05-04 16:00.
[p]It’s fair to say that AC Milan’s season is petering out under a grey cloud. They’re winless in their past three Serie A matches (D2, L1), which included a home defeat to neighbours Inter, allowing their rivals to take the Scudetto crown. Even amid such poor results, Rossoneri fans have been protesting in their masses online against the potential appointment of Spanish coach Julen Lopetegui in place of the departing Stefano Pioli. [/p]
[p]With such objections to Lopetegui, it’s likely the club’s hierarchy will have to go back to the drawing board on managerial replacements, and how they’d welcome some positivity on the pitch to distract from that search – particularly as Milan still have a job to do across these next four rounds to make sure they finish the season as runners-up. They’ll welcome the visit of Genoa then given they have beaten them in each of the last four league H2Hs – that’s the Rossoneri’s best H2H winning run against them since 1963. [/p]
[p]Loitering in midtable, Genoa’s form across the past six rounds (W2, D3, L1) would suggest they’ve got their proverbial flip flops on and are ready for the summer. With points and position still to play for though, building on what’s been a respectable record against the league’s best sides could be an added motivation here, with the away side losing only two games against the current top five so far this season (W1, D4). [/p]
[p]Genoa’s last game saw them notch just a second clean sheet from their last eight league outings en route to downing Cagliari 3-0. Shutouts have been such a rarity for Alberto Gilardino’s men that securing another here would actually see them register successive Serie A clean sheets for the first time since March 2022, although their last against Milan at this venue came way back in 2017 (W1, L4). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: The hosts will be glad to have defender Fikayo Tomori back from suspension, even if he does often play on the edge, highlighted by five yellow cards accumulated across his last six competitive matches – he also scored in Milan’s last home game. Genoa’s top Serie A scorer Albert GuĂ°mundsson (G14) has scored in each of their last two away trips, both in the 15-minute spell either side of half-time. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Another home defeat would hand Milan three in succession at home for the first time since March 2014.[/p]