Overview
Juventus have been showing relatively unstable form recently with a series of 4 consecutive matches without a win. This includes a defeat to AC Milan in the Italian Super Cup, and the remaining 3 draws.
Even in Serie A, coach Thiago Motta's team has only won once and drawn seven matches in the last eight rounds. The Turin team's attacking ability is not too bad, but the problem is that their defense often loses focus and has conceded four equalizers when leading.
As for AC Milan, they just had a 2-1 victory right at Como Stadium in the most recent match. This result helped Rossoneri extend their unbeaten streak in all competitions to 8 (5 wins, 3 draws), including wins against Milan and Juventus to win the Italian Super Cup.
Coach Sergio Conceicao has many players in good form at the moment. Not only strikers like Pulisic, Abraham, Leao, Morata take turns to shine, but also other factors like Reijnders or Theo Hernandez know how to speak up.
AC Milan are currently 7th in Serie A, 3 points behind Juventus and 5 points behind the top 4. In theory, that is a gap that can be completely filled.
AC Milan have the right to be confident when playing away at Juventus' Allianz Stadium. The reason is that the Rossoneri have won 7, drawn 1 and lost only 1 in their last 9 away matches.
With high form, it is likely that the red half of Milan will continue to defeat Bianconeri for the second time within 2 weeks.
Human resources situation
Milan's Christian Pulisic, Alvaro Morata and Malick Thiaw were forced off injured against Como, while Samuel Chukwueze, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Alessandro Florenzi were also ruled out.
On the other side of the front line, Juventus are without Arkadiusz Milik, Juan Cabal and Bremer. Meanwhile, Manuel Locatelli and Pierre Kalulu can both start.
Expected lineup:
Juventus: Di Gregorio, Savona, Kalulu, Gatti, Cambiaso, Locatelli, Thuram, Yildiz, Koopmeiners, McKennie, Gonzalez.
Milan: Maignan, Emerson, Tomori, Gabbia, Hernandez, Fofana, Bennacer, Pulisic, Reijnders, Leao, Abraham.
The match between Juventus and AC Milan takes place at 0:00 a.m. on January 19 (Vietnam time).
