The Saturday of the 17th matchday of Serie A closes at the Dacia Arena where starting at 8.45 pm they will face each other Udinese e Milan. Not an easy match for both teams to manage with the hosts arriving at the challenge after having sacked Luca Gotti and entrusted the bench to interim and time. Gabriele Cioffi. Guests trained by Stefano PiThethey, on the other hand, are called to an immediate redemption after the defeat against Liverpool which cost them the elimination not only from the Champions League, but also from all Uefa competitions. So head to the rankings because there is the first place to defend.
THE STATISTICS – Milan are the team against which Udinese have drawn the most in Serie A: in 92 matches with the Rossoneri, the Friulian team has obtained 17 wins, 34 draws and 41 defeats, but in the last seven Serie A crossings between Udinese and Milan played in Friuli, the same result has never been repeated twice in a row. Milan have scored 38 points in their first 16 Serie A games, the best result since 2003/04 for the Rossoneri. Milan also achieved 16 away wins in the league in 2021 (1N, 3P); in a single calendar year in the history of Serie A only Napoli did better in 2017 (18).
I SINGOLI – Gerard Deulofeu played his first 17 Serie A games with the Milan shirt – the Spaniard is only one goal away from recording his best scoring season in the competition (currently at four centers, just like with the AC Milan shirt in 2016/17 ). Rodrigo Becão he scored two goals in Serie A and both were against Milan: in August 2019 he gave Udinese the success, while in March 2021 he scored the goal of the momentary advantage then drew in extremis in the 97th minute on a penalty from Franck Kessie. Brahim Diaz has provided an assist in both of his last two Serie A games: the Rossoneri playmaker has never participated in at least one goal for three consecutive games in the top flight.
OFFICIAL FORMATIONS
Udinese (3-5-2) Silvestri; Perez, Becao, Nuytinck; Molina, Arslan, Walace, Makengo, Udogie; Deulofeu, Beto.
Milan (4-3-3) Maignan; Florenzi, Romagnoli, Tomori, Theo; Bennacer, Bakayoko; Saelemaekers, Díaz, Krunic; Ibrahimovic
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