Overview
Juventus is also like Milan when they had to pay the price for the period of decline at the end of last season, thereby losing a Champions League spot. Therefore, coach Luciano Spalletti's team has many things to prove in the 2026-2027 season.
Juventus started the season with a hard-fought victory at Frosinone stadium, a newly promoted team, before continuing to overcome Parma in the most recent round.
Nico Gonzalez, after the transfer deal to Atletico Madrid broke down, was called back to the squad and scored his first goal in Serie A since May 2025. Teun Koopmeiners then sealed the victory with his first goal since the end of last year.
Juventus usually has a good start and this season is no exception. Bianconeri have won both opening matches of Serie A in 3 consecutive seasons, and both have kept a clean sheet.
This is a favorable foundation for Spalletti to start work, although predecessors such as Thiago Motta and Igor Tudor could not maintain that starting momentum throughout the season.
Instead of returning to the Champions League, Juventus will have to start their Europa League journey with a match against NEC Nijmegen. However, ahead of them are two important challenges in Serie A, facing Milan at home and Sassuolo away.
In the opposite direction, Milan also has reason to be optimistic after winning all 6 points in the first two rounds under coach Ruben Amorim.
Rossoneri defeated Torino in the opening match, before Goncalo Ramos, Juventus' record signing, scored his first goal in Serie A in a 2-0 victory over Venezia.
After his impressive debut at San Siro, the Portuguese striker will aim to continue to make his mark in the confrontation with Juventus. If Milan wins, Amorim will become the club's first coach since 1958 to win all 3 of his first matches in Serie A.
Recent head-to-head history has leaned towards Juventus in terms of scoring ability. After 2 0-0 draws last season, Milan has not been able to penetrate Juventus' net in the last 6 encounters in Serie A. Rossoneri's last goal at Allianz Stadium was also more than 3 years ago.
However, Milan is not having a bad record when playing away against Juventus. They have only lost 1 in the last 6 trips to Turin and kept a clean sheet in all 4 matches. Before this series of results, Milan had suffered 9 consecutive defeats at Juventus's stadium.
The confrontation at Allianz Stadium will become an important test for the ambitions of both teams. Juventus wants to maintain a perfect start under Spalletti, while Milan is aiming for a third consecutive victory to continue to make their mark in Amorim's first season.
Expected lineup:
Vicario, Kalulu, Bremer, Lucumi, Celik, Locatelli, Luiz, Conceicao, Gonzalez, Boga, Kolo Muani.
AC Milan: Maignan, Gila, De Winter, Pavlovic, Chukwueze, Modric, Musah, Bartesaghi, Rabiot, Cisse, Ramos.
The match between Juventus and AC Milan takes place at 1:45 am on September 7 (Vietnam time).
