AS Roma vs AC Milan Preview
Date – Thursday, 18 April 2024
Kick-off Time – 8 PM
Venue – Stadio Olimpico, Rome
AS Roma heading to Stadio Olimpico with a 1-0 on aggregate after beating AC MIlan in the first leg of the Europa League’s quarter final. Gianluca Mancini’s goal inside 20 minutes at San Siro stood until the final whistle was blown at San Siro.
Both teams have just met once in European competition. For Roma, Milan are one of the two sides they have faced alongside Fiorentina back in 2015. The second leg match will conclude the first series of meeting between the two Italian giants in Europa League.
Europa League could be the alternative goal for both Roma and Milan who are struggling to keep up with Internazionale in the Serie A title race. AC Milan are European royalty with their seven Champions League titles, but never win the Europa League or previously known as UEFA Cup.
Milan’s best milestone in the competition was reaching the semi final twice, in 1972 and 2002. Roma on the other hand, reached the final twice in 1991 and 2023. Last year, they lost to the most successful team in the competition Sevilla in a penalty shootout.
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AS Roma vs AC Milan Team News
AS Roma
Roma would be without Bryan Cristante in the second leg due to card suspension. The 26-year old midfielder was booked in the first leg after fouling Ruben Loftus-Cheek on Milan’s counter attack. Giallorossi will also have to wait for the Iranian forward Sardar Azmoun, who is expected to return mid April.
AC Milan
Milan have not any addition in either injury or suspension. The existing injured players, Tommaso Pobega and Pierre Kalulu are still estimated out until the end of April. However, some Rossoneri players are threatened by suspensions as the likes of Fikayo Tomori, Yunus Musah, and Malick Thiaw have collected four yellows throughout the competition.
AS Roma vs AC Milan Predicted Lineups
AS Roma Predicted IX
Mile Svilar, Leonardo Spinazzola, Gianluca Mancini, Chris Smalling, Mehmet Zeki Çelik, Leandro Paredes, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Bryan Cristante, Paulo Dybala, Stephan El Shaarawy, Romelu Lukaku.
AC Milan Predicted IX
Mike Maignan, Davide Calabria, Matteo Gabbia, Malick Thiaw, Theo Hernandez, Ismaël Bennacer, Tijjani Reijnders, Christian Pulisic, Ruben Roftus-Cheek, Rafael Leão, Olivier Giroud.
AS Roma vs AC Milan Head to Head
Traditionally, AS Roma and AC Milan have met 198 times in the history of football. But in the last five meetings, Rossoneri won twice including beating Roma once at Olimpico. Roma only won once, while the rest ended in a draw.
| Dates | Matches | Scores |
| 11 April 2024 | AC Milan vs AS Roma | 0-1 |
| 14 January 2024 | AC Milan vs AS Roma | 3-1 |
| 1 September 2023 | AS Roma vs AC Milan | 1-2 |
| 29 April 2023 | AS Roma vs AC Milan | 1-1 |
| 18 January 2023 | AC Milan vs AS Roma | 2-2 |
AS Roma vs AC Milan Prediction
From the last four visits to the capital, Milan have beaten Roma three times at Stadio Olimpico with an identical 2-1 scoreline. Roma on the other hand are in a good mood after beating Milan at San Siro.
With only one goal sets them apart from the semifinal, both teams are predicted to play all out, attacking from the beginning. Roma will have a huge support from their own crowd to return to the final in two consecutive seasons.
Prediction: AS Roma 1-1 AC Milan
AS Roma vs AC Millan Odds (Subject to Change)
AS Roma to win – 1.93
AC Milan to win – 1.55
Draw – 2.6
Source: oddschecker
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