AC Milan dey face Atalanta for San Siro on Sunday, and di match get plenty weight for di Rossoneri. Dem don dey struggle recent, and Champions League qualification dey slip away.
After Inter win di Scudetto, Milan don lose half of dia last 10 league games. Di team wey beat Inter for Derby della Madonnina don now dey fight to stay inside top four. Juventus, Roma and Como dey close behind.
Last week, Milan lose 2-0 to Sassuolo. Domenico Berardi score early, and Fikayo Tomori get red card. Di attack don dry: only one goal for di last five matches. Max Allegri dey face criticism for negative style wey dem call ‘Allegri-ball’.
Atalanta no better. Dem don take only 10 points from last nine matches, and dia hopes for top six don almost finish. Raffaele Palladino side draw goalless with Genoa last week. Seventh place fit still give Conference League, but Inter need win Coppa Italia.
History no favour Milan: Atalanta don win four and lose none of last six meetings. Draw 1-1 for October. At San Siro, visitors don lose only two of last 11 league games.
Milan miss Luka Modric (facial injury) and Tomori (suspension). Rafael Leao go make 250th league appearance, but he and Christian Pulisic dey struggle. Pulisic don go 17 Serie A games without goal. Charles De Ketelaere go return to San Siro for Atalanta; e don score since January.
Possible lineups: Milan get Maignan, De Winter, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Saelemaekers, Fofana, Jashari, Rabiot, Bartesaghi; Leao, Gimenez. Atalanta fit start Carnesecchi; Scalvini, Hien, Ahanor; Bellanova, De Roon, Ederson, Zappacosta; De Ketelaere, Zalewski; Scamacca.
Both sides dey struggle, so low-scoring draw likely. But for Milan, every point matter now.
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