AC Milan vs Verona prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-02-14 19:45.
[p]Sandwiched between AC Milan’s two-legged UEFA Champions League knockout tie against Feyenoord is a Serie A home match that they need to win to remain within striking distance of the top six. Despite both sides being reduced to ten men when Milan met Empoli last weekend, the Rossoneri recorded a crucial 2-0 victory which gave manager Sérgio Conceição a lot of belief in his own decision-making after he hailed his “gamble” of not taking off a striker following centre-back Fikayo Tomori’s red card. [/p]
[p]Milan still need to establish some consistency to catch up to the European places, largely because you have to go back to September to find the last time they won back-to-back Serie A fixtures. The 17-game period in the league since then did include a 1-0 victory away to Hellas Verona (W7, D6, L4), extending their winning H2H run to eight matches. [/p]
[p]Another 1-0 loss might be the best that Verona can hope for considering the way they have been performing against high-profile opposition this season, with last weekend another perfect example. After they gave themselves some breathing space above the bottom three by earning four crucial points at fellow relegation candidates Venezia (1-1) and Monza (1-0), they conceded five at home to Atalanta (5-0). [/p]
[p]It was their third loss without scoring in their last five games, with the other defeats coming against another pair of high-flying clubs, Lazio (3-0 at home) and Napoli (2-0 away). Since their 3-0 win over Napoli on matchday one, Verona have lost all nine Serie A encounters against teams starting this round inside the top seven, conceding 30 goals and finding the net just three times for an average losing margin of exactly three goals! [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Tijjani Reijnders loves the San Siro, demonstrated by the fact six of his last seven goals were recorded there – the sole exception was in the reverse H2H. Saturday’s visitors will be hoping that Lyon loanee Amin Sarr can register his fourth away goal of the season in Serie A, with his last two strikes coming in a pair of 3-2 wins on the road. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Milan have scored 3+ goals in four of their five home league victories this term.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]