MATCH DETAILS:
MIL vs SAM, Italian Serie A 2020-21
Giuseppe Meazza
Saturday, April 03, 2021 04:00 PM
This match will be taking place on Saturday, April 03, 2021 04:00 PM.
League leaders AC Milan travel to Genoa face a Sampdoria side which faltered badly last month following a particularly productive October. Stefano Pioli’s team have barely relented in Serie A – despite their coach being quarantined give them a five-point advantage over a tightly-bunched chasing pack, while Samp have now slumped into the bottom half of the table. After winning all three games played October, Sampdoria collected just two points four league matches during the course of November. Claudio Ranieri’s men have settled into a mid-table slot following two draws and two defeats either side of the international break.
After dowsing almost everyone since the restart of Serie A, many felt that AC Milan’s unbeaten spree was finally going to come to an end when the club squared off against Atalanta. With injuries ravaging the team and Atalanta making for the most rampant attacking line in the competition, this was a tie where AC Milan were envisaged to be mauled.
Despite almost everything against them on the day, the club showed that its resurgence and revitalisation is to stay. Showing immense fight, character and a knowhow of the game, the side came away with a plucky 1-1 draw on the day, a result hailed owing to the circumstances the side pulled off the performance in.
Team News & Match Tips – MIL vs SAM:
- Mandzukic is unavailable tonight for AC Milan.
- My Verdict: AC Milan will welcome some important players into their starting lineup as they get set to play Sampdoria in Serie A today. Milan, have won 3 of their last 5 Serie A matches, will be looking to close the gap at the top of the table.
- Sampdoria 20th when Claudio Ranieri was appointed as their new manager last season. Sampdoria pulled themselves out the relegation zone after picking up a few positive results and have played out this season reasonably well.
- Interesting Fact 1: Milan have lost more Serie A matches in 2021 (four), compared to all of 2020 (two).
- Interesting Fact 2: Franck Kessie, currently with nine goals in That league, could become the first AC Milan midfielder to score double figures after since Kaka in 2008/09.
- Interesting Fact 3: Hakan Çalhanoğlu has taken active part in 129 shots in this Serie A (55 shots, 74 chances created): the only two midfielders to have done better so far in the top-5 European leagues are Bruno Fernandes (172) and Kevin De Bruyne ( 146). [Source: AC Milan]
- My Prediction: AC Milan 2-1 Sampdoria
MIL vs SAM – Recent Form
AC Milan: W L L D W
Sampdoria: W L D D L
Sampdoria Playing 11 (Probable)
Audergo
Augello
Colley
Yoshida
Tonelli
Jantko
Linetty
Bertolacci
Depaoli
Gabbiadini
Qyagliarella
AC Milan News (Playing 11)
Donarumma
Calabria
Kjaer
Gabbia
Hernandez
Saelemekers
Kessie
Bennacer
Calhanoglu
Rebic
Ibrahimovic
Head to Head: 5 Matches
Sampdoria wins: 1
AC Milan wins: 3
Draws: 1
AC Milan (MIL) – IMP Players
- Ederson
- Aymeric Laporte
- Rúben Dias
- João Cancelo
- Kyle Walker
Sampdoria (SAM) – IMP Players
- Emil Audero
- Omar Colley
- Maya Yoshida
- Tommaso Augello
- Bartosz Bereszynski
Captain Picks
Hakan Calhanoglu: Calhanoglu has pass completion rate of 82.29 % and a rate of 30.77% for passes into the box. He had a total of 4 big chances.
Ante Rebic: Rebic has 1 assists after 9 match days this season. He has won 10 aerial duels and 15 tackles.
2 GL captain options
Fabio Quagliarella: Quagliarella has 5 goals and a total of 9 shots on goals. This results in goal conversion rate of 23.81%. He had total of 11 big chances.
Albin Ekdal: Ekdal has a total of 4 blocks, 9 ariel duels and a total number of 27 tackles.
- SAM vs MIL Dream 11 Prediction For Today Match
- Goalkeeper- E Audero
Defenders- L Toneli, M Gabbia, S Kjaer, T Hernandez
Midfielders- J Jantko, F Kessie, H Calhanoglu
Forwards- F Quagliarella, A Rebic, Z Ibrahimovic
