AC Milan host Inter Milan at the San Siro on Monday. The Nerazzurri can confirm themselves as league champions with a win in the Derby della Madonnina. Inter have lost once all season in the league and have won the last five meetings vs the Rossoneri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Milan\u00a0are\u00a0winless in three matches having been on a long winning streak before that. Two losses in February were followed by seven successive victories (in all competitions). After three away wins in a row, they beat Lecce 3-0 at home with ten men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The last couple of weeks have seen three winless matches. A 1-0 home loss to AS Roma in the Europa League was followed by a 3-3 draw at\u00a0Sassuolo having trailed 3-1. On Thursday, Milan lost 2-1 at Roma in the second leg despite having played 54 minutes vs ten men and outshooting their opponents 20-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Stefano Pioli is without Malick Thiaw in\u00a0defence\u00a0due to suspension. Pierre Kalulu is ruled out in\u00a0defence\u00a0with an injury. Simon Kjaer is doubtful at the back too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The team could be freshened up after this poor run. Samuel Chukwueze should play down the right flank and Tijjani Reijnders may come into the midfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Milan are six points clear of third spot and will want to end in the top two. They will take the game to Inter Milan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The motivation for this match to stop Inter winning the title for another week will be high. A draw would achieve that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Inter have lost just once in their last 20 matches. They went on a sensational 13-match winning streak which included lifting the Italian Super Cup and wins against teams like Juventus and Roma in Serie A. That run also saw a dominant 1-0 win vs Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last-16 first leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second leg saw a 2-1 loss in Madrid and a subsequent elimination on penalties. The last four fixtures in the league have seen two wins and two wins. A 1-1 home draw vs Napoli was followed by a 2-0 win vs Empoli and a 2-1 win at Udinese in the 95th\u00a0minute. Last Sunday saw a surprise 2-2 home draw against Cagliari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inter\u00a0have\u00a0a clean bill of health for this match. Juan Cuadrado is back from a long injury to give options down the right. Matteo Darmian is set to play right wingback ahead of Cuadrado and Denzel Dumfries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alexis Sanchez and Yann Bisseck are set to be benched in attack and in\u00a0defence\u00a0respectively. Captain Lautaro Martinez and defender Benjamin Pavard are back from suspensions to start in those positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Simone Inzaghi\u2019s side can lift the title at the San Siro with a win in this fixture. They will go all out to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A draw would delay the celebrations for at least a week and Inter won\u2019t settle for a point here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AC Milan<\/strong> have won 7 of their last 10 matches (7 wins, then LDL)<\/p>\n\n\n\n AC Milan<\/strong> have lost their last 5 matches vs Inter Milan<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inter Milan<\/strong> have won 12 of their last 14 Serie A matches (2 draws)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inter Milan<\/strong> have lost 1 of their last 35 matches<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inter Milan\u2019s<\/strong> Lautaro Martinez has 26 goals this season (no goals in his last 5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on Inter tending to win this fixture and their better form of late, they should take the three points. Lautaro Martinez is due a goal and the away side have 19 clean sheets in the league this season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AC Milan host Inter Milan at the San Siro on Monday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":524890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","beyondwords_generate_audio":"1","beyondwords_project_id":"20741","beyondwords_content_id":"9c2ef464-58ee-4548-9060-c71220e5a0ac","beyondwords_preview_token":"740c53b8-449e-46e5-917d-c072c7ba606a","beyondwords_player_style":"","beyondwords_language_id":"","beyondwords_title_voice_id":"","beyondwords_body_voice_id":"","beyondwords_summary_voice_id":"","beyondwords_error_message":"","beyondwords_disabled":"","beyondwords_delete_content":"","beyondwords_podcast_id":"9c2ef464-58ee-4548-9060-c71220e5a0ac","beyondwords_hash":"99ed51b7129fdd161d3272a20c1d1e54e5377bf0","publish_post_to_speechkit":"","speechkit_hash":"","speechkit_generate_audio":"","speechkit_project_id":"","speechkit_podcast_id":"","speechkit_error_message":"","speechkit_disabled":"","speechkit_access_key":"","speechkit_error":"","speechkit_info":"","speechkit_response":"","speechkit_retries":"","speechkit_status":"","speechkit_updated_at":"","_speechkit_link":"","_speechkit_text":""},"categories":[1253,969],"tags":[415,283,1301,256,5,1202,95],"yoast_head":"\nVerdict<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Best Bet: Inter Milan win at 2.00<\/a><\/strong>
Value Bet: Inter Milan\u00a0win\u00a0to zero at 3.90<\/a><\/strong>
Goalscorer Tip: Lautaro Martinez to score anytime at 2.30<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n