Following Inter Milan’s midweek slip-up, AC Milan remain in control of the Serie A title race. On Sunday, the league leaders welcome Fiorentina to the San Siro.
With four games remaining this season, Milan find themselves two points clear of second-place Inter. Furthermore, they are seven points ahead of third-place Napoli.
Meanwhile, Fiorentina occupy seventh place – level with sixth-place Napoli on 56 points. It is worth noting that La Viola trail Milan by 18 points.
Milan head into Sunday’s clash on the back of a vital 2-1 win against Lazio. Despite falling behind after just four minutes, second-half goals from Olivier Giroud and Sandro Tonali turned things around.
The title chasers have now avoided defeat in each of their last 12 Serie A games, picking up seven wins and five draws in the process.
When you look at the bigger picture, they have lost just one of their previous 16 league outings – securing ten wins and five draws along the way.
Only one team – Inter Milan – has conceded fewer goals than Milan this term. That tells you everything you need to know about their defensive solidity.
As for Fiorentina, they come into this clash on a two-game losing run in Serie A. Worse still, they have lost each of their last three games across all competitions.
After losing 2-0 to Juventus in the Coppa Italia semi-finals, they suffered a shock 2-1 defeat to relegation-threatened Salernitana before going down 4-0 to Udinese on Wednesday.
Although La Viola have enjoyed a positive season, despite losing Dusan Vlahovic midway through the campaign, they are in danger of finishing on a bad run.
Given that both teams have scored in all of Fiorentina’s previous six away outings in Serie A, we should see plenty of action on Sunday.
Head-to-head: In the reverse fixture back in November, Fiorentina claimed a hectic 4-3 victory over Milan.
However, La Viola have only managed to win one of their last four meetings with Milan – conceding over 1.5 goals on two occasions in that time.
Team news: AC Milan look set to be without the injured duo of Simon Kjaer and Alessandro Florenzi this weekend.
Meanwhile, Fiorentina are still missing midfielder Gaetano Castrovilli as he continues his recovery from knee surgery.
Milan should have enough firepower to overcome Fiorentina and extend their unbeaten streak in Serie A to 13 games on Sunday.
Forebet predicts that Milan will score over 1.5 goals on their way to overcoming La Viola.