Comments, predictions AC Milan vs Torino: Lucky God Morata
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Latest AC Milan vs Torino squad information
Alvaro Morata has moved to AC Milan to replace Olivier Giroud, who left for MLS. Morata arrives at the San Siro after the most successful season of his career, scoring 21 goals in 48 games for Atletico Madrid.
He will lead Milan's attack, alongside Christian Pulisic, who is hoping to fully recover from a minor ankle injury to feature in the starting line-up.
However, Milan's other two new signings, Strahinja Pavlovic and Emerson Royal, are likely to start on the bench. Milan are also struggling with the long-term absence of Alessandro Florenzi and reserve goalkeeper Marco Sportiello.
For Torino, defender Perr Schuurs is still recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament injury, so new signing Saul Coco will replace Alessandro Buongiorno, who has just joined Napoli. Nikola Vlasic is back after recovering from the injury that kept him out of the Euros.
Torino will have Antonio Sanabria or new signing Che Adams in support of main striker Duvan Zapata. Che Adams has an impressive record against Milan, contributing to nine goals since 2015, second only to Paulo Dybala in that time.
Latest expected lineup AC Milan vs Torino
AC Milan: Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Thiaw, Hernandez; Bennacer, Reijnders; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Morata
Torino: Milinkovic-Savic; Vojvoda, Coco, Masina; Bellanova, Ricci, Linetty, Ilic, Lazaro; Adams, Zapata
Latest comments before the match AC Milan vs Torino
After returning the Scudetto to Milan two years ago and taking the team to the brink of the Champions League final, Stefano Pioli's reign came to an end following an underwhelming 2023-24 season, with his side winning just one of their final nine games in all competitions, making the need for change urgent.
With the arrival of former Roma coach Paulo Fonseca and legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic in managerial roles, AC Milan are aiming to close the gap on city rivals Inter Milan, who they trailed by 19 points last season.
Fonseca led his new side to friendly wins over the likes of Manchester City, Real Madrid and Barcelona over the summer, and finished the fixtures with a 3-1 win over Monza in the Trofeo Berlusconi. Lille’s record of clean sheets in Ligue 1 last season, coupled with their potent attacking presence, suggests the Rossoneri could be set for a significant resurgence in 2024-25.
History favours Fonseca to get off to a flying start on Saturday, with Milan having won each of their last four Serie A opening games and remaining unbeaten in 28 home games against Torino. Torino have not won at the San Siro against Milan since March 1985, although they did record a 3-1 win over the Rossoneri in Turin last May.
Former Torino coach Ivan Juric left the club amid some criticism, despite guiding the Granata to a solid season and a close finish to European qualification, with 18 clean sheets, the club's best tally in nearly 50 years. Paolo Vanoli, who was Antonio Conte's assistant at Italy and Inter, has now taken over with the task of keeping Torino in the top 10. After helping Venezia gain promotion from Serie B, Vanoli got his first win with Torino with a 2-0 win over Cosenza in the Coppa Italia, and now heads to the San Siro hoping to pull off a surprise.
With a new-look squad and forward options like Luka Jovic and Samu Chukwueze able to make the difference off the bench, Milan can continue their dominance over Torino at the San Siro and keep a long-term title race alive. Meanwhile, Torino, under Vanoli, will be looking to meet the scoring challenge of a team as strong as Milan.
AC Milan vs Torino score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.AC Milan vs Torinoas follows:
- Sportsmole:AC Milan 2-0 Torino
- WhoScore:AC Milan 4-1 Torino
- Our newspaper predicts:AC Milan 3-0 Torino
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