Barcelona vs AC Milan Match Preview

Match info:

Barcelona vs AC Milan 

Competition – Champions League

Stadium – Camp Nou

Date:  6th November 2013

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT+1

AC Milan travel to the Camp Nou this Wednesday evening to face Barcelona in the Champions League in a game that sees the top two sides in Group H go head-to-head.

Barcelona top Group H with wins over Ajax and Celtic and a 1:1 draw against AC Milan when these two sides met in October at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.

AC Milan sit 2 points behind in second place with a win over Celtic and draws against Ajax and Barcelona.


Recent form:

Barcelona   – W W W D D W W

AC Milan – L D L D W L D 

Barcelona are unbeaten in 20 games (including friendlies) while Milan have won just 1 of their last 7.

Form

Group H looks like this:

H

A win for Barcelona will guarantee progression to the knock-out stages while a win for AC Milan will push them to the top of Group H.

Ajax host Celtic at the Amsterdam ArenA at the same time where Ajax are odds-on favourites to come out on top.

Head-to-head

These two sides have met 12 times in recent years and Barcelona have come out on top most often (Barcelona 6 wins, AC Milan 2 wins, 4 draws). 

History

The last 5 meetings between these two sides finished 1:1, 4:0, 0:2, 3:1 and 0:0

Possible line-ups

Barcelona (4-3-3)

Valdés
Alves
Piqué
Puyol
Adriano
Busquets
Iniesta
Fàbregas
Sánchez
Messi
Neymar

AC Milan (4-4-2)

Amelia
Abate
Constant
Zaccardo
Zapate
De Jong
Muntari
Montolivo
Poli
Kaka
Balotelli

Bookmakers make Barcelona strong favourites to come out on top in this match.

Odds: Barcelona (2/9) Draw (6/1) AC Milan (14/1)Gamingtips Prediction – Barcelona 3:1 AC Milan 

Barcelona come into this tie in exceptional form – they are unbeaten in the Spanish Primera and have managed to score 34 goals in 12 games while Conceding just 7.

AC Milan have been struggling in Serie A – they have lost 5 of their opening 11 games and have conceded 19 goals.

Although Milan come into this tie in very poor form they did very well to earn a 1:1 draw at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza the last time these two sides met in October however this game represents a completely different challenge at the Camp Nou against what is likely to be a very strong Barcelona team.

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