AC Milan vs Parma Prediction

This Sunday’s Serie A action sees Parma make the trip to face AC Milan at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, or at the San Siro as it is alternatively known. This is a crucial match for both sides for different reasons, to put distance from the relegation zone and to get that step closer to the European places.

Key Stats

• Torino have scored 4 goals in their last 5 games whereas Cagliari have scored 8 goals in their last 5 games
• Cagliari haven’t managed to keep a clean sheet in their last 8 matches
• Torino have gone on a 4 game unbeaten streak
• Torino’s Vanja Milinković-Savić is ranked 2nd in the Serie A for saves per match (3.8)

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

AC Milan are in good form heading into this game, losing only once in their last five games across all competitions. For a team like Parma that is in their first Serie A season for a while, they haven’t fared too badly but they do have only one win to their name in their last five matches. With AC Milan in good stead, it looks like a defeat is on the cards for Parma this Sunday before kick off has even begun.

AC Milan Preview

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Predicted Line-Up: Mike Maignan; Theo Hernández, Fikayo Tomori, Matteo Gabbia, Davide Calabria (c); Youssouf Fofana, Ismaël Bennacer; Rafael Leão, Tijani Reijnders, Yunus Munsah; Álvaro Morata

AC Milan have had a distinctly average start to the season, finding themselves not competing Scudetto like usual. After 20 games they sit in eighth place with eight wins, five losses and seven draws. Those matches have left them with 31 points, two points behind sixth and seventh placed Fiorentina and Bologna. A win with results going their way and they could leapfrog them the pair of them. Stepping up this season for The Rossoneri has been winger Christian Pulisic. The American has been responsible for AC Milan finding the back of the net, through himself or providing an assist, a total of nine times. Fellow winger Rafael Leão has amassed eight goal contributions and attacking midfielder Tijani Reijnders one behind on that output. Pulisic still isn’t fully fit but thankfully Leão and Reijnders should be able to be the difference makers. Leão grabbed himself a goal in Milan’s UEFA Champions League clash with Girona on Wednesday, who’s to say that he won’t be able to repeat that trick against Parma this Sunday.

Parma Preview

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Predicted Line-Up: Zion Suzuki; Emanuele Valeri, Lautaro Valenti, Alessandro Vogliacco, Enrico Del Prato (c); Simon Sohm, Mandela Keita; Valentin Mihăilă, Hernani, Dennis Man; Matteo Cancellieri

Parma are having a rough start to the season since earing promotion from Serie B into the topflight of Italian football, finding themselves dangerously close to the relegation zone. After 21 games they sit in 16th place with four wins, nine losses and eight draws. Those matches have left them with 20 points, sharing that tally with both 15th places Empoli and 17th placed Lecce but it is goal difference that prevents them from being neither higher up or lower down the standings. In the goals for Parmigiani has been winger Dennis Man. The Romanian has put his name upon the scoresheet four times this season, alongside three assists, all in the 20 games he’s featured in. With Parma in poor form, Man and the rest of the squad will be giving it their best shot at trying to grab three points in this seemingly impossible task on Sunday.

Head To Head Stats: AC Milan vs Parma

The last five faceoffs have been split in the favour of AC Milan, unsurprisingly given their stature in Italian football. They have won three out of the last five games with a draw once and surprisingly Parma winning in their most recent clash. This Friday seems like it could x.

24th August 2024 – Parma 2-1 AC Milan – Serie A

10th April 2021 – Parma 1-3 AC Milan – Serie A

13th December 2020 – AC Milan 2-2 Parma – Serie A

15th July 2020 – AC Milan 3-1 Parma – Serie A

1st December 2019 – Parma 0-1 AC Milan – Serie A

Betting Tips For AC Milan vs Parma

AC Milan are a much better team than Parma, that’s no surprise. Milan should see off Parma fairly easily with their opponents in hit and miss form.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with AC Milan To Win To Nil as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 11/8 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £23.75 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: AC Milan vs Parma

AC Milan 3-0 Parma