There is an unchanged defence of Davide Calabria, Pierre Kalulu, Fikayo Tomori and Theo Hernandez in front of the goalkeeper Mike Maignan. Ismael Bennacer is ...
Official Fiorentina XI (4-3-3): Terracciano; Come, Milenkovic, Igor, Biraghi; Amrabat, Duncan, Saponara; Maleh, Cabral, Nico Gonzalez. Official Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Kalulu, Tomori, Theo; Tonali, Kessie; Messias, Diaz, Leao; Giroud. There is an unchanged defence of Davide Calabria, Pierre Kalulu, Fikayo Tomori and Theo Hernandez in front of the goalkeeper Mike Maignan. Ismael Bennacer is still not 100% and will start on the bench with Sandro Tonali and Franck Kessie getting the nod in the double pivot.
The aim will be a win to add the pressure on Inter who have a later kick off. Milan will luckily have Bennacer, Rebic and Ibrahimovic all available but likely ...
The defender has struggled in the previous two games with costly mistakes leading to us conceding goals both against Inter Milan in the cup and Lazio in the league. He hit the ground running with 3 goals in his first 6 league games but has since gone quiet and has not scored in his previous 5 games in the league. Milan will luckily have Bennacer, Rebic and Ibrahimovic all available but likely all off the bench.
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The reverse fixture this season was a thriller with a bitter ending: goals, excitement and a dazzling Ibrahimović performance (brace) gave way to a 4-3 win for the Viola. In general, this is the 164th meeting between AC Milan and Fiorentina (74 wins for the Rossoneri) and the 82nd at San Siro - the Rossoneri have beaten Fiorentina at home 48 times. We have the quality to stay in the European places, where we've been since the start of the season. They love to wait for the right moment to strike so we will need to control the game and make the right choices while in possession. The starting striker should be Cabral, who is higher in the pecking order than Piątek (one of three former Rossoneri alongside Bonaventura and Saponara). Fiorentina come to San Siro as AC Milan look to maintain their grip on top spot in Serie A. We have compiled our usual Match Preview to give you all of the low-down on our matchday 35 fixture. The Club's management showed their support at Milanello this week, timely too as there was more good news in the full recovery of Bennacer. How the midfield will line up depends on whether the Algerian players or not, otherwise there shouldn't be any surprises in terms of team selection.
Fiorentina boss Vincenzo Italiano loses Álvaro Odriozola to injury, so Lorenzo Venuti continues at rightback, while Sofyan Amrabat steps in for Lucas Torreira.
Any requests for or links to illegal streams will get you the mallet. AC Milan manager Stefano Pioli picks just about the side we expected, keeping inteact the XI that beat Lazio last week. If you’re the Twitter type, give us a follow; we’ll be providing live updates there.
AC Milan secured a vital Serie A victory in their hunt for the Scudetto, as a late goal saw off Fiorentina 1-0 at the San Siro.
The winger then runs at the defence, before finding the net with a low effort from inside the box! His pass out the back from a goal-kick goes straight to Leao, but he still has a lot to do. The forward does not opt to shoot, but instead lays the ball off to Leao on the opposite side. Milan knew they needed to capitalise on Inter's midweek late defeat away at Bologna to open up a bigger gap at the top of the table, and it was not looking likely. He is a key part of how Stefano Pioli wants his side to play. The Rossoneri created quite a few clear-cut opportunities, but they were not taken.
May 1 (Reuters) - AC Milan's Rafael Leao took advantage of a late goalkeeping howler as the Serie A leaders went five points clear at the top with a 1-0 win ...
After a goalless first half during which Milan failed to hit the target, the hosts missed a gilt-edged chance to go ahead when Leao skied his shot from close range two minutes into the restart before Theo Hernandez's half-volley also sailed over. Fiorentina almost grabbed a shock lead in the 75th minute but Arthur Cabral's header was brilliantly kept out by Mike Maignan before Leao made up for his earlier miss by calmly slotting past Terracciano. With eight minutes left on the clock, Leao latched on to a misplaced pass from Fiorentina goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano and strode towards the goal before firing in a low effort to keep Milan in the hunt for their first league title in more than a decade.
Milan need a victory to consolidate top spot and look to Olivier Giroud, Brahim Diaz and Rafael Leao, while Fiorentina target Europe with Arthur Cabral and.
Fiorentina also played their game in hand on Wednesday and suffered a shock 4-0 home defeat to Udinese, so need to shake that off. The Rossoneri are in control of their destiny for the first time, as Inter lost the game in hand with Bologna and are now two points behind the leaders. Ismael Bennacer is only fit for the bench, with Simon Kjaer and Alessandro Florenzi out of action, so Franck Kessie drops back into midfield, leaving Brahim Diaz the trequartista position.