AC Milan vs Roma

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza forms the backdrop for a high-stakes Serie A encounter between familiar foes AC Milan and Roma.

Tijjani Reijnders’ second-half winner inspired AC Milan to a hard-fought 1-0 triumph at Hellas Verona last Friday, though it didn’t erase the memory of an uneventful 0-0 draw against Genoa. Indeed, Paulo Fonseca’s side spoiled the club’s 125th anniversary in their most recent home league outing, losing further ground on the Champions League qualification spots. With fourth-placed Lazio nine points away, there’s no margin for error as ‘I Rossoneri’ bid to extend a six-game unbeaten home league streak against Roma (W4, D2). They notably scored 2+ goals in all six meetings in that sequence, which has been the case in three of their last four home matches across all competitions (W3, D1). After only losing once in 11 competitive fixtures since their last home league defeat to Napoli (W7, D3), they’ll be confident of posting a landmark 80th win against Roma.

Keen to stop their esteemed hosts in their tracks, Roma head into proceedings off the back of a 5-0 demolition of Parma, seeking back-to-back Serie A victories for only the second time this season. Claudio Ranieri’s men have won two of their last three league matches via 3+ goal margins (L1). However, both triumphs came at home, while they’ve yet to get into the win column on the road. In addition to lamenting the division’s second joint-worst away record of four points (D4, L4), ‘I Giallorossi’ haven’t won on the road this season in any competition (D6, L5). Bringing the tail-end of the 2023/24 campaign into the equation, Ranieri’s men are winless on their last 11 league travels (D5, L6) – their worst run in the 21st century!