AC Milan vs Atalanta Preview: Team News & Prediction
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This is a big game for Atalanta as they seek to build on a much-needed victory against Bologna in Bergamo last weekend as they take on an AC Milan side that also need a win this weekend.
Kick-off date/time: Sunday 20th April, 2025: UK – 7:45pm / US ET – 2:45pm / US PT – 11:45am
How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Select matches will be televised on CBS Sports so it is worth checking their schedule
How to watch online: UK – TNT Sports & OneFootball / US – Paramount+
AC Milan Preview: Rossoneri frustration
AC Milan begin the 33rd match day of the 2024/25 Serie A season sitting outside of the top seven and the European spots with former Porto manager Sergio Conceciao struggling in the job despite winning the Supercoppa Italiana in his first two matches in charge in January.
The Rossoneri’s season is more or less defined by the upcoming second-leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final tie against arch-rivals Internazionale. They most recently hammered Udinese by four goals to nil last weekend, though, in Friuli.
Atalanta Preview: Much-needed respite
Atalanta went into Christmas in excellent form and perhaps even in contention for the treble but the Bergamasci have endured a difficult time of it, both on and off the pitch with in-fighting between manager and players as well as more or less a collapse in their performance level.
The visitors did, though, earn themselves a much-needed 2-0 defeat of Bologna in Bergamo last weekend at the Gewiss Stadium courtesy of two early first-half goals scored by Mateo Retegui and Mario Pasalic.
AC Milan Team News: A few injuries
AC Milan are dealing with several key injury issues as first-choice goalkeeper Mike Maignan is sidelined due to a head injury, whilst there are issues at right-back, too, as Kyle Walker is a confirmed absentee, whilst Emerson Royal is also a doubt for this weekend.
Predicted XI (3-4-3): Sportiello; Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Florenzi, Fofana, Reijnders, Hernandez; Pulisic, Jovic, Leao
Unavailable: Maignan (Injured), Walker (Injured), Loftus-Cheek (Injured)
Questionable: Emerson Royal (Injured), Alex Jimenez (Injured), Santiago Gimenez (Injured)
Atalanta Team News: Attacking injuries
As they make the trip to Milan this weekend, Atalanta are dealing with quite a few injury issues with Belgium international attacking midfielder Charles De Ketelaere sidelined alongside former Arsenal defender Sead Kolasinac.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Carnesecchi; Djimsiti, Hien, Toloi; Bellanova, De Roon, Ederson, Zappacosta; Pasalic, Lookman; Retegui
Unavailable: Kolasinac (Injured), Scalvini (Injured), De Ketaelere (Injured), Scamacca (Injured)
Questionable: Posch (Injured)
AC Milan vs Atalanta Prediction
AC Milan will hope to have discovered some much-needed fluency and form at San Siro last weekend with an excellent and slick performance against an admittedly coasting Udinese side who could fairly described as being ‘on the beach’. They face an Atalanta side that also enjoyed a morale boosting victory last weekend so both sides will be clinging to that and that desperation for a bit of confidence and form could shine through in an open game whereby both teams scoring would seem a good bet.
AC Milan vs Atalanta Tip: Both teams to score
