AC Milan vs AS Roma Preview

AC Milan vs AS Roma

Competition – Serie A

Stadium – Stadio Giuseppe Meazza

Date: 31st August 2018

Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT

Milan were gunning for an opening win of the season last time out before their defence faltered and allowed Napoli to come from 2-1 down and secure a 3-2 win over them.

That result was a major setback that has sent their manager back to the drawing board.

The former European champions are looking to get back into the Champions League this season and they made some of the best transfer deals this summer, so this game is another chance for them to show that they are ready to bounce back.

One problem Milan had against Napoli was that their defenders were not confident enough to play from the back despite that being their preferred style and that could be their undoing here as well if they do not patch that issue.

AS Roma had to come back from the dead to save themselves from an embarrassing home defeat last time out.

The Rome-based side were 3-1 down to Atalanta before fighting back to share the points.

Roma come into this game unbeaten in their last two games into the new season and they will be looking to press Milan here thanks to the blueprint left by Napoli last weekend.

This is going to be a tough game for Milan as they have won just two of 12 games against the top seven sides in the last campaign, however, they can take that as a challenge and prove that they are ready to be back among the elites again.

This is one of the more competitive and interesting games of the weekend in Serie A and bookmakers make Milan slight favourites at home.

There is no doubt Roma will have their supporters and the odds suggest there will be goals in this game with over 2.5 goals currently trading at odds-on.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

AC Milan

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Real Madrid 3-1 AC Milan 11 Aug, 2018 Friendly
W AC Milan 1-0 Barcelona 5 Aug, 2018 International Champions Cup
L Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 AC Milan 1 Aug, 2018 International Champions Cup
L AC Milan 1-1 Manchester United 26 Jul, 2018 International Champions Cup
W AC Milan 2-0 Novara 20 Jul, 2018 Friendly

AS Roma

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Torino 0-1 AS Roma 19 Aug, 2018 Italian Serie A
L Real Madrid 2-1 AS Roma 8 Aug, 2018 International Champions Cup
W Barcelona 2-4 AS Roma 1 Aug, 2018 International Champions Cup
L AS Roma 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur 26 Jul, 2018 International Champions Cup
D AS Roma 1-1 US Avellino 20 Jul, 2018 Friendly

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
AS Roma 0-2 AC Milan 25 Feb, 2018 Italian Serie A
AC Milan 0-2 AS Roma 1 Oct, 2017 Italian Serie A
AC Milan 1-4 AS Roma 7 May, 2017 Italian Serie A
AS Roma 1-0 AC Milan 12 Dec, 2016 Italian Serie A
AC Milan 1-3 AS Roma 14 May, 2016 Italian Serie A


Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:

October 26, 2024
Bologna 16:00 AC Milan
November 23, 2024
Verona 15:00 Inter Milan
AC Milan 18:00 Juventus
Parma 20:45 Atalanta
November 24, 2024
Genoa 12:30 Cagliari
Como 15:00 Fiorentina
Torino 15:00 Monza
SSC Napoli 18:00 Roma
Lazio 20:45 Bologna
November 25, 2024
Empoli 18:30 Udinese
Venezia 20:45 Lecce
November 29, 2024
Cagliari 20:45 Verona
November 30, 2024
Como 15:00 Monza
AC Milan 18:00 Empoli
Bologna 20:45 Venezia
December 1, 2024
Udinese 12:30 Genoa
Parma 15:00 Lazio
Torino 15:00 SSC Napoli
Fiorentina 18:00 Inter Milan
Lecce 20:45 Juventus

Serie A Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 SSC Napoli 12 8 2 2 19 9 +10 26
2 Atalanta 12 8 1 3 31 15 +16 25
3 Fiorentina 12 7 4 1 25 10 +15 25
4 Inter Milan 12 7 4 1 26 14 +12 25
5 Lazio 12 8 1 3 25 14 +11 25
6 Juventus 12 6 6 0 21 7 +14 24
7 AC Milan 11 5 3 3 20 14 +6 18
8 Bologna 11 4 6 1 15 13 +2 18
9 Udinese 12 5 1 6 15 18 -3 16
10 Empoli 12 3 6 3 9 10 -1 15
11 Torino 12 4 2 6 15 18 -3 14
12 Roma 12 3 4 5 14 17 -3 13
13 Parma 12 2 6 4 16 18 -2 12
14 Verona 12 4 0 8 17 27 -10 12
15 Como 12 2 4 6 13 23 -10 10
16 Cagliari 12 2 4 6 12 22 -10 10
17 Genoa 12 2 4 6 9 22 -13 10
18 Lecce 12 2 3 7 5 21 -16 9
19 Monza 12 1 5 6 10 15 -5 8
20 Venezia 12 2 2 8 11 21 -10 8

Serie A Results

November 10, 2024
Inter Milan 1 - 1 SSC Napoli
Monza 0 - 1 Lazio
Roma 2 - 3 Bologna
Fiorentina 3 - 1 Verona
Atalanta 2 - 1 Udinese
November 9, 2024
Juventus 2 - 0 Torino
Cagliari 3 - 3 AC Milan
Venezia 1 - 2 Parma
November 8, 2024
Lecce 1 - 1 Empoli
November 7, 2024
Genoa 1 - 1 Como
November 4, 2024
Lazio 2 - 1 Cagliari
Empoli 1 - 0 Como
Parma 0 - 1 Genoa
November 3, 2024
Inter Milan 1 - 0 Venezia
Verona 3 - 2 Roma
Torino 0 - 1 Fiorentina
SSC Napoli 0 - 3 Atalanta
November 2, 2024
Monza 0 - 1 AC Milan
Udinese 0 - 2 Juventus
Bologna 1 - 0 Lecce

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