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Frosinone vs AC Milan prediction, tips and best bets preview is our second Serie A piece this week, with Inter Milan vs Juventus also firmly in the spotlight.
Both teams come on the back of positive results and have built a healthy lead over the teams that are pursuing them. Are we in for a highly entertaining match? Our Italian football expert, Daniele Fisichella, believes so.
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Italy, Serie A, Saturday, February 3rd, 17:00 (UK)
One thing that the hosts and the Rossoneri have in common is goals. In fact, AC Milan has got the second-best attack in the league (43 goals, seven less than leaders Inter) and has scored 22 times in the last nine league games.
Half of AC Milan’s 22 Serie A games have featured four goals or more, and in twelve of their matches, they have scored and conceded.
Stefano Pioli’s side’s frailties were highlighted once again last Saturday against Bologna when they struggled to slow down the tempo of the game and conceded the equalizer in stoppage time.
AC Milan are still short at the back due to injuries to Tomori and Kalulu and have kept only eight clean sheets during this Serie A campaign, of which only three away from home.
Newly promoted Frosinone are never afraid to attack, even against top sides, and their games have almost always been full of goals. They’ve kept only two clean sheets (against Udinese and Torino), and have got the highest percentage (68%) of over 2.5 goals in Italy’s top flight.
Considering both teams’ track records the game should be anything but a dull 0-0.
The reverse fixture finished 3-1 for the Rossoneri, but Frosinone had more shots and kept the ball more than AC Milan. Perhaps the Ciociari left it too late at the San Siro (away from home, they’re still winless), but generally, at home, they play with no fear.
In fact, at the Benito Stirpe, they’ve already won six games and have scored 20 goals: the same amount AC Milan netted at San Siro, and three more than second-placed Juventus.
Thirteen different Frosinone players have scored so far in all competitions, but the standout ones are, of course, Matiás Soulé (nine goals) and Kaio Jorge (three goals, two in the last two games), both on loan from Juventus.
Milan’s defence, who has conceded 18 goals away from home, will be tested from the very beginning, but the Rossoneri are also the team that scores most goals in the first 45 minutes.
In fact, Olivier Giroud & co have scored 24 times in the first halves and the majority of these goals (14) have come away from home. In fact, considering only the ‘first half table’ AC Milan would be second, six points behind Inter.
But lack of squad depth, mainly linked to the numerous injuries, has given Pioli fewer options to affect games in due course and deprived the manager of experienced players.
AC Milan have got a 12-point cushion on Fiorentina, who’s currently sitting in fifth place, and it would be understandable if they rested a couple of men in preparation for the Europa League play-off against Rennes on 15 February.
The visitors have only lost two of their last 11 away games in all competitions (against PSG and Atalanta), but have conceded against four (Cagliari, Lecce, Salernitana and Udinese) out of the five teams fighting to avoid relegation that have met so far.
Frosinone vs AC Milan Prediction odds via bet365 as at 14:00, January 29th, 2024. Odds may now differ.
Frosinone manager Eusebio Di Francesco had to deal with a number of injured players and, against Verona, deployed a makeshift back-four with Brescianini and Gelli as full-backs.
January signing Demba Seck started the match on Sunday and will probably do the same against AC Milan. The only doubt is whether Bourabia might be replaced by Farès Ghedjemis. In fact, when the French midfielder came on at the weekend, Frosinone looked much more balanced.
With seven players not available due to injuries and their involvement in the AFCON (Chukwueze), the options are limited for AC Milan’s boss, Stefano Pioli. Adli and Calabria might be given a rest in favour of Musah and Florenzi. Jovic might start up front in place of Olivier Giroud.
Our in-house predictive model, BETSiE, has had a go at predicting the Serie A table by using the plethora of underlying data from the 2023/24 season up until this point.
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POSITION | CLUB | GAMES | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
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1 | Inter | 38 | 28.3 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 89.2 | 24.4 | 64.9 | 91.3 |
2 | Juventus | 38 | 26.1 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 62.7 | 23.4 | 39.3 | 86.4 |
3 | AC Milan | 38 | 21.9 | 7.0 | 9.1 | 68.5 | 43.7 | 24.8 | 72.8 |
4 | Napoli | 38 | 18.0 | 8.2 | 11.8 | 60.7 | 45.9 | 14.8 | 62.2 |
5 | Atalanta | 38 | 18.3 | 7.4 | 12.3 | 62.1 | 41.6 | 20.5 | 62.2 |
6 | Lazio | 38 | 17.5 | 7.8 | 12.7 | 47.0 | 39.1 | 7.9 | 60.3 |
7 | Bologna | 38 | 15.6 | 13.1 | 9.3 | 44.8 | 35.0 | 9.8 | 59.9 |
8 | AS Roma | 38 | 16.6 | 9.5 | 11.9 | 57.3 | 42.5 | 14.8 | 59.3 |
9 | Fiorentina | 38 | 15.9 | 8.5 | 13.6 | 50.9 | 47.0 | 3.9 | 56.1 |
10 | Torino | 38 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 37.1 | 36.9 | 0.2 | 52.6 |
11 | Genoa | 38 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 14.8 | 37.4 | 43.7 | -6.3 | 45.6 |
12 | Monza | 38 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 15.8 | 40.2 | 54.4 | -14.3 | 44.3 |
13 | Frosinone | 38 | 11.1 | 8.0 | 18.9 | 48.8 | 67.4 | -18.6 | 41.4 |
14 | Sassuolo | 38 | 10.9 | 8.3 | 18.8 | 49.4 | 63.9 | -14.5 | 41.0 |
15 | Lecce | 38 | 8.8 | 13.1 | 16.1 | 39.2 | 56.2 | -17.0 | 39.4 |
16 | Udinese | 38 | 7.5 | 16.2 | 14.3 | 43.2 | 59.4 | -16.2 | 38.6 |
17 | Cagliari | 38 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 18.7 | 40.2 | 62.5 | -22.3 | 37.6 |
18 | Verona | 38 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 20.0 | 35.3 | 52.9 | -17.5 | 35.1 |
19 | Empoli | 38 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 21.7 | 30.0 | 61.6 | -31.7 | 32.5 |
20 | Salernitana | 38 | 4.9 | 9.6 | 23.5 | 32.0 | 74.5 | -42.5 | 24.3 |
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