Comments and predictions for Atalanta vs AC Milan: Hard-fought victory
The match between Atalanta vs AC Milan in Serie A takes place at 2:45 a.m. on October 29. Nghe An Newspaper, Radio and Television analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Atalanta vs AC Milan squad information
Despite not being able to win recently, coach Ivan Juric still has good news as Atalanta's injury list has narrowed significantly: only Mitchel Bakker and Giorgio Scalvini are still unable to return.
Against Cremonese, captain Marten de Roon had to drop back to centre-back, and it is unclear whether he will return to midfield — if he does, young centre-back Honest Ahanor could be given a chance to start.
Up front, Lookman will compete for a starting spot with Kamaldeen Sulemana, Lazar Samardzic and former Milan player Charles De Ketelaere, while Krstovic and Scamacca continue to compete for the spearhead striker position.
On Milan's side, the attack is likely to still include Rafael Leao - who has scored three goals in the last two matches - but Santiago Gimenez could be pushed to the bench.
With Christian Pulisic still injured, the Mexican striker played poorly against Pisa, so Allegri can rotate the squad which is seriously damaged.
Pulisic, Adrien Rabiot, Pervis Estupinan, Ardon Jashari and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are all nursing injuries, but Loftus-Cheek has returned to training and could feature for a few minutes.
Latest expected lineup for Atalanta vs AC Milan
Atalanta BC:
Carnesecchi; Djimsiti, Hien, Ahanor; Bellanova, Ederson, De Roon, Zalewski; De Ketelaere, Lookman; Scamacca
AC Milan:
Maignan; Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Saelemaekers, Fofana, Modric, Ricci, Bartesaghi; Nkunku, Leao
Latest football commentary on Atalanta vs AC Milan
Despite still being the only unbeaten team in Serie A this season, Atalanta is also becoming the "king of draws" in Italy, having shared points in 6 out of 8 matches.
In all competitions, new coach Ivan Juric has lost just one game — away to European champions Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League — but his side have struggled to win outright.
La Dea were held to a 1-1 draw by regional rivals Cremonese last weekend, with Marco Brescianini's stunning late strike cancelling out Jamie Vardy's opener at the Zini Stadium.
The result extended Atalanta's run of five consecutive draws in Serie A — and seven of their last 11 in all competitions — to leave them well behind in the race for European qualification.
The two strikers Nikola Krstovic and Gianluca Scamacca continue to fail to score, and since the beginning of October until now, the blue-black striped team has only scored two goals.
Despite Ademola Lookman returning from a self-imposed layoff, Juric still have plenty of potent attacking options on paper — but they will have to prove it against one of Serie A's most solid defences.
Last season, Atalanta beat AC Milan home and away en route to finishing higher than their Lombardy rivals; another win on Tuesday night could be the turning point that kickstarts a period of improvement.
After losing 4 out of the last 5 encounters, Milan's dominance in this match seemed to be a thing of the past.
However, the Rossoneri are on a resurgence and are now five points clear of Atalanta ahead of their trip to Bergamo — a gap that could have widened.
On Friday night, Milan were surprisingly held to a 2-2 draw by bottom-of-the-table Pisa at the San Siro and only escaped defeat thanks to a late equalizer from substitute Zachary Athekame in the 93rd minute.
The Swiss fired in a 30-yard strike to earn Milan a point, but Napoli's subsequent win over Inter cost Allegri's side the top spot.
However, Milan are now unbeaten in eight consecutive matches in all competitions, and coach Max Allegri insists his goal is to qualify for the Champions League rather than compete for the Scudetto.
Having already beaten Napoli, Milan will be tested further this week, facing back-to-back games against Atalanta and Roma — and then a fiery derby against Inter at the end of next month.
Latest Atalanta vs AC Milan score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Atalanta vs AC Milanas follows:
- Sportsmole:Atalanta 1-2 AC Milan
- WhoScore:Atalanta 1-3 AC Milan
- We predict:Atalanta 0-1 AC Milan
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