Italian Serie A table toppers AC Milan will be back in action this weekend for the 17th round of the campaign when they battle against Udinese. This amazing fixture is scheduled at Dacia Arena on 11th December 2021 at 22:45 EAT.
Udinese will be looking to end their four-game winless run that saw manager Luca Gotti fired this week. Playing the table-toppers will not be an easy encounter, but Udinese have some reasons to hope for the best under new management of former Crawley Town boss Gabriele Cioffi(interim).
Udinese suffered devastating 3-1 Serie A defeat at the hands of Empoli in their most recent fixture. In that game, Udinese got 42% possession, 19 shots with eight of them on target and a goal by Gerard Deulofeu (22′). Empoli managed 22 shots with nine of them on target and goals scored by Petar Stojanović (49′), Nedim Bajrami (59′) and Andrea Pinamonti (78′).
AC Milan has been nothing but impressive this season, they have pulled out 38 points from 16 matches and we expect more from them having won in their previous two matches. The visitors will want to bounce back from their Champions League disappointment last weekend.
I Rossoneri conceded three or more goals in two of the last four league outings while Udinese scored five and shipped seven goals in the last two league matches. Backing plenty of goals and from both sides seems to be the smartest call from the betting perspective here.
Udinese vs AC Milan head to head
AC Milan has an excellent record playing against Udinese since 1993, out of the 58 matches they have against each other Milan has 29 wins, Udinese 16 wins and 13 draws have been recorded.
- 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
- Milan 1-1 Udinese 02/04/19
Home
- Empoli 3-1 Udinese
- Lazio 4-4 Udinese
- Udinese 0-0 Genoa
- Torino 2-1 Udinese
- Udinese 3-2 Sassuolo
Away
- Milan 1-2 Liverpool
- Milan 2-0 Salernitana
- Genoa 0-3 Milan
- Milan 1-3 Sassuolo
- Atletico 0-1 Milan
Udinese team news
Roberto Pereyra is the only injury concern for the home side as they head into this match.
AC Milan team news
For the visiting side, Samu Castillejo, Ante Rebic, Olivier Giroud and Davide Calabria will be unavailable for selection due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
AC Milan is the better team on paper and should be able to take down Udinese.
- AC Milan Win
- Both teams to score
- Ibrahimovic to Score
