AC Milan vs SSC Napoli Preview 18/09/2022

AC Milan vs SSC Napoli – 18/09/2022

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Milan and Napoli are locked on 14 factors on the prime of the Serie A desk as they put together to do battle on the iconic San Siro on Sunday evening.

Napoli discover themselves atop the standings because of their superior aim distinction, with third-place Milan sitting under second-place Atalanta.

Either side have but to style defeat within the league this season, which means Sunday’s conflict is destined to be a close-fought battle between two in-form groups.

Let’s begin by wanting on the hosts, Milan, who’ve claimed 4 wins and two attracts from their opening six Serie A clashes.

The defending champions have gained three of their earlier 4 league outings, dispatching Bologna, Inter and Sampdoria.

Not solely have Milan prevented defeat in every of their final 22 Serie A video games, however they’ve additionally prevented defeat in 25 of their earlier 26.

Due to Wednesday’s 3-1 victory over Dinamo Zagreb within the Champions League, Milan have kicked off the season with an eight-game unbeaten streak.

Napoli have additionally claimed 4 wins and two attracts in Serie A this time period, scoring 13 objectives whereas conceding simply 4.

Along with boasting the perfect offensive file within the division, the crew from Naples have the second-best defensive file.

Due to a robust finish to the earlier marketing campaign, Napoli have solely misplaced three of their final 25 Serie A encounters.

On Wednesday, Napoli beat Rangers 3-0 within the Champions League – constructing on a massively spectacular 4-1 victory over Liverpool on Matchday 1.

Head-to-head: Throughout the previous 9 conferences between Milan and Napoli, there have been three Milan wins, three Napoli wins and three attracts.

Additionally it is value noting that there have been no residence wins within the earlier seven league conferences between Milan and Napoli.

Staff information: Alessandro Florenzi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ante Rebic and Divock Origi are all injured for Milan.

Napoli might be with out the injured duo of Diego Demme and Victor Osimhen on Sunday. Hirving Lozano can also be a doubt.

Provided that Milan and Napoli might be keen to guard their unbeaten data this weekend, each side are prone to be comfortable to accept a draw.

For that motive, Forebet predicts that Milan and Napoli will share the factors on Sunday – with each groups scoring over 1.5 objectives.