AC Milan hosts Napoli in round 18 of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Sunday, December 19th at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) (Milan)
Stefano Pioli's team is in 2nd place in the Serie A standings with 39 points. AC Milan has 12 victories, three draws, and two defeats after 17 rounds. The Red-Blacks were eliminated from European competitions, finishing 4th in Group B of the Champions League, where Liverpool, Atlético Madrid, and FC Porto also played. After a failure in this tournament, the Devils can focus on the Italian championship, where they are only one point behind the leader, Inter. On December 11, Pioli's men escaped defeat in the away match against Udinese (1-1). They were saved by the veteran of the team, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who scored the 7th goal in the current Italian championship.
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Luciano Spalletti's team is ranked 4th in the Italian championship standings with 36 points. Napoli gained 11 victories and three draws and suffered three defeats. The Neapolitans dominated the Italian championship in the first rounds, but they noticeably slowed down by the beginning of winter. In the last three matches in Serie A, Spalletti's players earned only one point. On December 12, the Parthenopeans suffered their second consecutive defeat, losing to Empoli in Naples (0-1). The hosts delivered 30 shots on the visitors’ goal but were left without a goal scored for the first time since the end of October.
AC Milan has a hard time playing home matches against Napoli in the championship. The last victory of the home team over the Parthenopeans was recorded in December 2014. Since then, the Red-Blacks have been content with three draws and three defeats in six matches. The teams exchanged away victories in the previous season. On November 22, 2020, Milan scored three points in Naples (1-3), and the Parthenopeans responded with a win at San Siro on March 14 (0-1). It is difficult to outline a clear favorite in the upcoming game, although Milan will have a slight advantage due to the home pitch and the poor condition of the Neapolitans. A more logical option is to bet on high production. AC Milan ended three out of five previous matches with Over 2.5 goals scored. For Napoli, this event is commonplace. If we look at the previous seven games, less than three goals were scored only in the match against Empoli.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals scored
