AC Milan vs Girona Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Sergio Coneicao is in at AC Milan but is potentially already under a bit of pressure, despite winning a trophy this month, as the Rossoneri face an entertaining Girona side at San Siro.
Kick-off date/time: Wednesday 22nd January, 2025: UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 3:00pm / US PT – 12:00pm
How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised
How to watch online: UK – Discovery+ / US – Paramount+
AC Milan Team News: Tomori suspension
Fikayo Tomori is being heavily linked with a move to Juventus as AC Milan close in on the signing of Kyle Walker but Tomori is missing through suspension for this one with key attackers, Christian Pulisic and Alvaro Morata, both key doubts for the hosts.
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Maignan; Emerson, Gabbia, Pavlovic, Hernandez; Bennacer, Fofana, Reijnders; Pulisic, Morata, Leao
Unavailable: Tomori (Suspended), Thiaw (Injured), Loftus-Cheek (Injured), Florenzi (Injured), Chukwueze (Injured)
Questionable: Pulisic (Injured), Morata (Injured)
Girona Team News: Danjuma illness
Girona sold several key men over the summer and have a smaller squad than they would have wanted for this season. They’ve dealt with an injury crisis throughout this campaign but have only one availability issue as Arnaut Danjuma deals with illness.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Gazzaniga; Martinez, Lopez, Krejci, Blind; Solis, Martin; Tsygankov, Van de Beek, Gil; Ruiz
Unavailable:
Questionable: Danjuma (Illness)
Key Stats
- This is the first UEFA club competition match between these two teams.
- AC Milan have won their last two UEFA club competition matches against Spanish teams, most recently, against Real Madrid 3-1 away on Matchday 4 this season.
- AC Milan have won only one of their last ten UEFA club competition matches at home against Spanish teams (D5 L4).
- AC Milan have won their last four UEFA Champions League matches. This is their best sequence of successive wins since a five-match run in 2004/05.
- AC Milan have lost only one of their last 11 home matches in all competitions (W6 D4).
- AC Milan have scored the first goal in five of their previous six UEFA Champions League matches this season.
- Despite their defeat in the league against Juventus on Saturday, AC Milan have lost only two of their last 17 competitive matches (W10 D5).
- AC Milan are unbeaten in their last seven home matches in all competitions (W3 D4).
- This is Girona’s first UEFA club competition match against a club from Italy.
- Girona have lost five of their previous six matches in their debut UEFA club competition campaign with the exception being a 2-0 home victory against Slovan Bratislava on Matchday 3.
- Girona have lost all three away league phase matches this season without scoring.
- Girona have not scored a goal in their last three UEFA Champions League matches.
AC Milan vs Girona Prediction
AC Milan began 2025 and the Sergio Conceicao reign by coming from behind against both Juventus in the semi-finals and then Derby della Madonnina rivals Internazionale in the final to win the Supercoppa Italiana in Saudi Arabia. That has been backed up by a 1-1 draw at home to Cagliari, though, before then suffering a 2-0 loss to the aforementioned Juve at the weekend. They now face a Girona side that have endured a tough time of it in the UEFA Champions League with Michel dealing with key players sales, several injuries and an extremely tough fixture list but with the pressure off they will fancy their chances of at least scoring as they travel to Milan this week.
AC Milan vs Girona Tip: Both teams to score