Udinese are set to travel Stadio Giuseppe Meazza this Friday for a battle with their table leaders AC Millan in the 27th game week of the campaign. Kickoffs at 20:45 EAT.
AC Milan has generally been very tough to break down this season currently they have climbed up the table to the top most spot with 56 points. Pioli’s side have built a half-time advantage in five of their last six wins (the exception being a comeback derby win over Inter), and in five of their last eight Serie A contests. In their last five matches they have three wins and two draws, and both teams scored in only two of those fixtures.
In their last fixture, AC Milan held each other to 2-2 Serie A stalemate versus Salernitana. In that match, AC Milan had 61% possession, 13 shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Junior Messias (5′) and Ante Rebić (77′). Salernitana got nine shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Federico Bonazzoli (29′) and Milan Đurić (72′) scored for Salernitana.
Udinese on the other hand have been inconsistent this season and are currently just three points above the danger area with only 5 wins in 24 outings so far in the season. They have failed to find the back of the net in their last four away games, last scoring on the road on 18th December. In their last five matches they have just one win, two draws and two loses, with both teams scoring in only one of those meetings.
Udinese gets into this fixture off the back of 1-1 in the Serie A tie with Lazio. In that match, Udinese had 40% possession, 12 shots with two of them on target and a goal scored by Gerard Deulofeu (5′). Lazio got 10 shots with two of them on target and a goal by Felipe Anderson.
AC Milan vs Udinese head to head
AC Milan has a better head to head record in the history of this fixture having won 29 times out of the 59 meetings since 1993. Udinese won 16 times while 14 matches ended all square.
- Udinese 1-1 Milan 11/12/21
- Milan 1-1 Udinese 03/03/21
- Udinese 1-2 Milan 01/11/20
- Milan 3-2 Udinese 19/01/20
- Udinese 1-0 Milan 25/08/19
Home
- Salernitana 2-2 Milan
- Milan 1-0 Sampdoria
- Milan 4-0 Lazio
- Inter 1-2 Milan
- Milan 0-0 Juventus
Away
- Udinese 1-1 Lazio
- Hellas Verona 4-0 Udinese
- Udinese 2-0 Torino
- Genoa 0-0 Udinese
- Lazio 1-0 Udinese
AC Milan team news
The hosts will be without Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Simon Kjaer through injuries while Ismael Bennacer is on the sidelines through suspension.
Udinese team news
Gabriele Cioffi’s side will miss out the services of goalkeeper Antonio Santurro who is out with injury and there are doubts over the availability of Bram Nuytinck.
Prediction and odds
I Rossoneri might have struggled to gather all the three points in three of their last five meetings but are still the better team on paper and we are backing them to beat the side who is struggling at the relegation clearance.
- AC Milan Win
- Goals under 2.5
- Both teams to score (No)
