AC Milan vs. Napoli: Match Preview, Odds & Prediction

AC Milan and Napoli play at San Siro on Tuesday to boost their Serie A championship chances.

Milan's weekend game was postponed due to weather in Bologna, but the league leaders won their third straight to pull eight points ahead of their opponents.

Previous Matches and Head-to-head

Milan missed the weekend because their match against Bologna was called off on Friday due to the Emilia-Romagna floods.

Lega Serie A postponed the game due to safety concerns, and a new date will be announced in February. Both teams are in the Coppa Italia or Champions League.

Milan won at San Siro against 10-man Club Brugge last week to revive their campaign in the latter tournament.

Two clinical goals from Tijjani Reijnders swung the game in Milan's favour after Christian Pulisic scored directly from a corner.

After being sent off in the Rossoneri's last league game for defending Samu Chukwueze's early goal for nearly an hour with ten men, Reijnders found atonement.

After heroically defeating Udinese, Paulo Fonseca's team maintained pace with the Serie A pacesetters, headed by Tuesday's opponents.

Milan is undefeated against Napoli in five games in all competitions, including a 2-2 draw in Naples last year.

Napoli lost to Milan in the Champions League during that losing skid in an otherwise brilliant 2022-23 season that saw them become Italian champions.

Antonio Conte is doing miracles in Naples, and the Campanian club seems to have found a fitting successor to Luciano Spalletti.

Conte overhauled a group that struggled last season and failed to qualify for Europe with a hefty transfer budget according to current Serie A standards.

When Stefano Pioli left, he was a favourite for the Milan position, but destiny sent him to Stadio Maradona, where his club leads after nine matches.

Captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo's second-half goal against Lecce to keep Napoli on top at the weekend.

Napoli has kept a clean sheet in six of its previous seven matches, including a Coppa Italia win against Palermo. They scored 16-1 and threatened the Juventus and Milan teams for the championship.

AC Milan x Napoli Team News

Filippo Terracciano should play left-back for Milan on Tuesday since Theo Hernandez and Reijnders will serve one-match bans against Bologna. Reijnders' replacement is unknown.

Alvaro Morata leads the hosts' assault, followed by Christian Pulisic, who has scored in his past seven league outings. Only Zlatan Ibrahimovic had a longer streak for Milan since 2004: 10 nearly 14 years ago.

Davide Calabria and Tammy Abraham might return to the bench after short absences, while Ismael Bennacer and Alessandro Florenzi are still out.

against the weekend, Napoli rested first-choice wingers Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Matteo Politano, but both should start against San Siro with David Neres and Cyril Ngonge sidelined.

They'll play alongside Romelu Lukaku in the final third, who could hit 100 Serie A goals with a goal or assist at his former club.

Stanislav Lobotka, the Slovakia midfielder, may return from a thigh injury in time to replace Billy Gilmour.

Our Predictions

Full-time draw @ 3.50 on Sky247.ng

The Rossoneri are difficult to defeat at home, but Napoli are more disciplined than Milan.

Both managers have offensive resources, but this match might be edgy and low-scoring, with a draw probable.

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