A Milan-Juventus derby in the middle of consecutive matches for the Champions League is not welcome for the two teams that on the one hand the Milan team has collected absences and on the other hand the Torino team is trying to get on the track of positive results and stop the grumbling that exists in her camp.
Milan are not hitting well, they lost 1-2 at Napoli leaving 3 points behind the top and at Empoli they equalized in the 90' but in the next three minutes they scored twice and got the victory. Followed by the trip to Stamford Bridge, London where they lost 3-0 and in a poor performance the only excuse is the absences they had.
The shock of the Monza defeat for Juventus was softened by a 3-0 win against Bologna and things calmed somewhat with a 3-1 win over Maccabi Haifa on Wednesday where they picked up their first group points. Di Maria is a big deal in the European match, who was the driving force behind it, who is not eligible to participate today in Milan.
Milan are 2,00 favorites in the derby and one wonders how much they would give if they played full. Last year when they were crowned champions they failed to beat Juventus after they drew 0-0 at San Siro and 1-1 in Turin. Now that he looks to have the numbers, will Pioli's team manage to beat Allegri who has never done it? Maybe, but the set does Juventus an injustice, or to put it another way, it doesn't capture the difficulty of the ace. I believe that it is a match that has a lot of X as competitively at the moment there seems to be a balance but it is also a safe result for both since in case of defeat there will be a problem for the loser. I'll bet on a draw along with the option for the match to have a goal from both sides. Giroud and Leao on the one hand, Milik and Vlahovic on the other hand can make the match have goals.