The biggest match of the weekend in Italian football is between two giants of Serie A as Juventus travel to the San Siro to take on AC Milan. This is the first match of the weekend in Serie A and will take place early on Saturday evening, giving both teams the opportunity to make a move in the league table. A win for AC Milan will take them above Sampdoria and into 6th place in Serie A. This is the final Europa League qualifying spot and the minimum expected of AC Milan this season. A win for Juventus will take them above Lazio and into second place in the table, level on points with leaders Napoli.
Champions League – San Siro, Milan – Saturday 28th November – 17:00 UK Time
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Juventus Turin
Inter MilanAC Milan produced an excellent 4-1 win at Chievo on Wednesday night, which came as a bit of surprise considering their recent form. The win has bought manager Vincenzo Montella some time as he would have been under massive pressure if they had lost that match. The win in Chievo was AC Milan’s first in 5 matches having previously lost to Roma and Inter Milan in Serie A and drawn with Genoa in Serie A and AEK Athens in the Europa League. At home, AC Milan have failed to win their last 2 Serie A games, losing to Roma and being held by Genoa. In both matches AC Milan failed to find the back of the net.
Juventus Form
Juventus have started to return to the kind of form we have come to expect from the Serie A champions having been held by Atalanta and tasted defeat at the hands of Lazio in recent league games. Having lost at home to Lazio 2-1 in the league, Juventus responded by defeating Sporting Lisbon 2-1 at home in the Champions League, Udinese in a thumping 6-2 win away from home and SPAL 4-1 at home on Wednesday night. One thing which has been noticeable about Juventus this season is their defence is not what it has been in recent years. They have struggled to keep clean sheets recently and have allowed a goal in each of their last 5 matches in all competitions. However, they have also been scoring goals and Juventus have netted an average of 3.1 goals per game in Serie A this season.
Team News
This match would have been huge for new AC Milan defender Leonardo Bonucci who would be facing his old club but for suspension. AC Milan are also without Andrea Conti and Giacomo Bonaventura who are injured. Juventus will travel to Milan without Benedikt Howedes, Blaise Matuidi, Medhi Benatia and Stefano Sturaro who are injured. Mario Mandzukic has served his suspension and should start the match.
Top Betting Tips
Given the way both teams have been defending recently, there should be goals in this match and you can get 4/5 with Ladbrokes for both teams to score. Juventus have been good going forward in recent games and their attack has been outshining their defence. They are the stronger team and if there is to be a winner in this match, you must fancy the visitors. Juventus are 11/5 with Ladbrokes to win the match with over 2.5 goals scored. Paulo Dybala has been in excellent form for Juventus this season and the Argentine forward is 21/20 with Ladbrokes to score at any time.