Italy Round 20

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Milan vs Roma preview:

Possible starting lineups:

AC Milan:
Maignan; Florenzi, Tomori, Romagnoli, Hernandez; Bakayoko, Tonali; Messias, Diaz, Saelemaekers; Ibrahimovic

AS Roma:
Patricio; Kumbulla, Mancini, Ibanez; Karsdorp, Veretout, Cristante, Pellegrini, Vina; Zaniolo, Abraham

Milan welcome Roma to Stadio San Siro on Thursday night as both teams are looking for the first points in 2022. The Rossoneri are second on the table, four points adrift of the leaders Inter. The actual form is mixed, one win, one draw and one defeat in the last three rounds. Milan lost 1:0 to Napoli, shared the points with Udinese and won 4:2 against Empoli in the last match of 2021. Franck Kessie was the key name on that match after scoring the first two goals. Alessandro Florenzi and Theo Hernandez were the scorers of third and fourth goal. I believe the atmosphere in the squad is much better now. But coach Stefano Pioli has lot of issues ahead of this match. Two key players are on international duty - Franck Kessie has been called up for Ivory Coast, while Ismael Bennacer for Algeria. Kessie is the club second-best scorer with five goals, while Bennacer is also an important player in the midfield. In addition, Fode Ballo-Toure is called by Senegal. Each of the three national teams are contenders to go all the way in the tournament and Pioli may miss out on the players for the entirety of January and February as they will need some rest too. Simon Kjaer is out for the rest of the season. The second-choice goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu has tested positive for COVID-19 and he is in self-isolation. The club have announced that another unnamed player is also infected. On the positive note, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Rafael Leao, Ante Rebic and Davide Calabria are all back in full training.

Rossoneri are on the sixth place with 32 points, six adrift of the fourth-placed Atalanta. Coach Jose Mourinho is under pressure, although his job is safe. The actual form is good, two wins and one draw on the last three rounds. First they beat Spezia with 2:0 thanks to goals scored by two defenders Chris Smalling and Roger Ibanez. Then came the most valuable victory - Roma outplayed Atalanta in Bergamo and won 4:1. Abraham gave Roma the lead after just one minute. Their advantage was doubled shortly after by Nicolo Zaniolo who finished off a swift counter-attack. Atalanta were given a boost in the second half when they found the net through a Roma own goal, but that was everything they did. Defender Chris Smalling piled on the Bergamo’s misery four minutes later when he smashed in a volley - making it the first time in Serie A history that two English players have scored in the same game. Finally, Abraham put the game to bed just eight minutes before time. He’s already notched 12 goals in 24 games in all competitions this season and doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. And just when everything look shine, the Giallorossi dropped two points against Sampdoria at home. Their lack of consistency is probably the biggest problem for Mourinho. In addition, he will be missing Amadou Diawara and Ebrima Darboe as they are on international duty. The club have not confirmed the name of the players infected with COVID-19, but Borja Mayoral, Chris Smalling and Daniel Fuzato are believed to be the three men who are positive. Tammy Abraham was involved in a car crash on Monday but should start.

Milan vs Roma Prediction:

Milan are favorites in this match, however I think Roma could remain unbeaten. The Giallorossi showed against Atalanta they could easily score through fast counterattacks. In addition, Milan are without Franck Kessie and Ismael Bennacer. Their absence is a huge handicap. I also think Mourinho is much better tactician than Pioli. The guests could remain unbeaten at San Siro.

Milan vs Roma Pick:
Roma +0.5 @ 1.81 with SBOBET
 
Fiorentina and Udinese will have a clash on Thursday at Stadio Artemio Franchi on Thursday.


Fiorentina

They are in form recently, which have been unbeaten for six matches. Dusan Vlahovic plays especially well, who has scored 16 goals for the team this season so far. Now they rank the seventh in the table of the League.


Udinese

They rank the fourteenth in the table. They have been unbeaten for four matches, with only one conceding goal during that time. But they do not play well as traveller, with less than 30% winning percentage.


Verdict:

Fiorentina take the upper hand over Udinese in past head to head clashes with a record of 6W-3D-1L. Besides, Fiorentina have home advantage. And Udinese are weak in away games. So Fiorentina have the trend to win in upcoming game.


1X2 Pick: 1
 
Juventus vs. Napoli: situation with squads

Juventus cannot count on Danilo and Leonardo Bonucci due to injuries. Considering that the coronavirus also carefully removed Giorgio Chiellini from Turin, they should have a pair of Rugani - de Ligt in the center of defense. Both players, to put it mildly, are not examples of obstruction, which means that Napoli, even in his unpresentable form, will have chances. And the view of the guests will really not be the best. Due to injury, Kevin Malqui (+ COVID) will not play, due to disqualification - Mariu Rui (he also has a coronavirus). Well, the main problem of the guests is covid. Because of him, Victor Osimhen, Fabian Ruiz, Elif Elmaz, Alex Meret and Irving Lozano will not fly to Turin. In addition, Adam Unas went to the African Cup (he had already managed to score in the control match of his Algeria against Ghana), André-Franck Dzambo-Angissa and Kalidou Coulibaly. In general, Spalletti is not to be envied these days. Probably, the coach of the Neapolitans very, very much begged Madonna to postpone the game. But it didn't work out. For now, anyway. Follow the news.

Prediction and Bet
With such losses for Napoli, there can be only one forecast - a clear victory for Juventus. The centerbacks of Turin will show something in their own penalty area, so the guests can count on a goal. For a laugh, you can bet on a specific score of 2-1 or send off, because the game is clearly going to be hot. Hurry up to bet on the hosts, while the odds are so good. I think the bookmakers will change it downward when the guests' application for the match is announced.
 
Milan vs Roma

In the first round match, the difference in class was made by 40-year-old Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and that was the verdict for Roma Mourinho. Roma will be able to get a positive result in Milan only if he plays well with the second number. If not everything, then a lot will depend on the realization of moments during counterattacks. I have no doubt that Mourinho will repeat the bus-counterattacking approach that worked in Bergamo. But, in my opinion, this strategy will not work every time: in the same match with Atalanta, giallo-rossi faced loyal refereeing and anomalous failure of the opponent to score chances.

Match bet
I think there are all the conditions say that rosso-neri won on Thursday. Everything will depend on whether Leau, Rebich and Zlatan got in shape after injuries.
Milan wins by one goal or a draw.
 
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