AS Roma vs AC Milan prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2023-04-28 16:00.
Roma’s 3-1 defeat to Atalanta on Monday night has thrown the race for Serie A (SA) top four wide open and now another crucial battle with AC Milan, who are on the same points ahead of this round, awaits. Concerningly for Roma, they now have a growing list of absentees and will be sweating on the fitness of key man Paulo Dybala who left the pitch with a painful grimace after a challenge in Monday night’s defeat.
This injury crisis led coach José Mourinho to joke in a post-match interview with club legend Francesco Totti that he would use him for this contest, and even went as far to suggest that he’d participate himself! But jokes aside, a return to the Stadio Olimpico could be just what the home side need, having won seven of their eight league games here in 2023 ’to-nil’ (L1).
Milan were one of the sides who felt the impact of Juventus’ 15-point deduction being overturned the most as it led to them dropping out of the top four. However, they reacted well with a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Lecce, which was decided by two magical moments from Rafael Leão, helping them creep back into the top four last weekend. Still, Stefano Pioli’s men have won just two of their last seven league games (D3, L2).
The Champions League semi-finalists travel south once again after two successful trips to Napoli this month (W1, D1) and a rather disappointing 1-1 draw at Bologna. Worryingly for them, the spectacular 4-0 win over league-leaders was Milan’s only away league victory against a team that started this round 11th or better (D2, L5).
Players to watch: In fine form, Lorenzo Pellegrini has collected four goal contributions (G3, A1) across his last three matches, whilst Milan’s two-goal hero from their last outing, Leão, has scored once and assisted three times in the last five H2Hs.
Hot stat: Eight of the last nine H2Hs have seen both teams find the net.