Prediction: Juventus to win
Best Odds: 3/1
Juventus and AC Milan will lock horns with each other in the semi-finals of the Supercoppa Italiana next week. The match between Thiago Motta’s side and Paulo Fonseca’s team will be held at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh and is scheduled to kick off at 7pm UK time on Friday.
Juventus
Juventus are one of the biggest clubs in Italy and have big aims for this season. Under head coach Thiago Motta this season, the Bianconeri are aiming to win Serie A as well as make an impact in the UEFA Champions League.
La Vecchia Signora, though, are not doing particularly well at the moment. Juventus are sixth in the Serie A table with 32 points from 18 matches, as many as nine points behind leaders Atalanta. The Turin club are 14th in the League Stage table in the UEFA Champions League with 11 points from six matches, two points behind eight-placed Lille.
Juventus will feature in the 2024 Supercoppa Italiana in Saudi Arabia as a result of winning the 2023-24 Coppa Italia. They will take on Serie A rivals AC Milan in the semi-finals in Riyadh. Juve will head into the game on the back of a 2-2 draw with Fiorentina at Juventus Stadium in Serie A which came after a 2-1 win against Monza away from home in the league. It followed a 4-0 hammering of Cagliari in Turin in the last-16 stage of the Coppa Italia.
Team News:
Juventus are likely to line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation against AC Milan. Michele Di Gregoria will be in goal for the Bianconeri and will have Nicolo Savona, Federico Gatti, Pierre Kalulu and Weston McKennie in front of him in defence. Manuel Locatelli and Teun Koopmeiners will be the two holding midfielders. Francisco Conceicao, Nicolas Gonzalez and Kenan Yildiz are likely to be the three attacking midfielders. Dusan Vlahovic will lead the line for Juventus.
AC Milan
AC Milan are one of the biggest clubs in Italy and have lofty aims for this season. Milan regularly challenge for the Scudetto and feature in the UEFA Champions League, and the Rossoneri will be determined to make it a success.
However, Milan have faltered. Paulo Fonseca’s side are not going to become the champions of Italy and may not even end up in the top four or the top five. The Rossoneri are eighth in the Serie A table at the moment with 27 points from 17 matches, eight points behind fourth-placed Lazio and 14 points behind leaders Atalanta.
Milan will feature in the 2024 Supercoppa Italiana as a result of ending up runners-up in the Serie A last season. They will head into the semi-final against Juventus in Riyadh on the back of a 1-1 Draw with AS Roma at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome in Serie A which came after a 1-0 victory over Hellas Verona on the road in the league.
Team News:
AC Milan are likely to line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation against Juventus. Mike Maignan will be in goal for the Rossoneri and will have Emerson Royal, Matteo Gabbia, Malick Thiaw and Alex Jimenez in front of him in defence. Youssouf Fofana and Filippo Terracciano will be the two holding midfielders. Samuel Chukwueze, Tijjani Reijnders and Rafael Leao will be the three attacking midfielders. Tammy Abraham is very likely to lead the line for Milan against Juventus.
Key Factors to Consider
- Juventus have drawn 5 of their last 7 Serie A games.
- Juventus have not lost a single Serie A match this season.
- Dusan Vlahovic has scored 7 goals and given 1 assist in 15 Serie A matches for Juventus so far this season.
- Christian Pulisic has scored 5 goals and given 4 assists in 14 Serie A matches for AC Milan so far this season.
- AC Milan have scored 26 goals and conceded 17 goals in 17 Serie A games so far this campaign.
Conclusion
Neither Juventus nor AC Milan are doing particularly well at the moment, but both teams will be determined to win the semi-final and progress to the final. It is very likely that the game will be decided by a single goal.
Prediction: Juventus to win
Best Odds: 3/1
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