AC Milan vs Paris SG prediction: EUROPE: Champions League – Group Stage betting tips on match 2023-11-06 20:00.
An encouraging start to the 2023/24 season has quickly gone sour for AC Milan after a winless run of four competitive games that saw them fail to score on three occasions (D1, L3), a run that leaves manager Stefano Pioli under serious pressure. Their UEFA Champions League (UCL) campaign now hangs in the balance, as after failing to find the net in their opening three fixtures (D2, L1), the Rossoneri sit bottom of Group F.
Confidence appears to be at an all-time low ahead of the visit of Paris Saint-Germain, a daunting opponent for Milan after the Italian giants fell to a 3-0 defeat in the French capital. A repeat of that dismal performance could see Pioli’s side cut adrift, yet despite winning just seven of their last 28 games in the competition (D9, L12), Milan can at least take confidence from their very strong home record against French opposition (W8, D3, L2).
PSG’s season has followed an opposite trajectory to their hosts, recovering from a poor start to reassert their grip on domestic matters. A run of five successive victories in all competitions for the first time in 2023 has Luis Enrique’s men feeling good, with the latest win in that sequence a routine 3-0 success over Montpellier on Friday night which gave the Parisians an extra 24 hours to rest for this clash.
They’ll take all the advantages they can get at the moment given they’ve won just two of their last ten UCL matches on the road (D3, L5), and have beaten Milan just once in five previous meetings (D2, L2). Italy has been a happy destination of late for PSG though, winning four successive meetings with Serie A sides, while their last such defeat came against Palermo way back in 1997 (W4, D6)!
Key battle: Milan striker Olivier Giroud has seen five of his six strikes this season arrive before half-time, while he’s netted four times and suffered just two defeats across eight personal H2H meetings with PSG (W1, D5). Brazilian international Marquinhos will be tasked with tying him down – PSG have lost just once this term across his 12 starts (W8, D3), although that was in their previous UCL away game (4-1 v Newcastle).
Hot streak: PSG have scored exactly three goals in each of their last five matches.