Overview
After being eliminated from the Champions League and suffering 3 consecutive losses in Serie A, AC Milan has promptly had 2 wins to lift the team's spirit. However, those were just extremely hard-fought victories against weaker teams Lecce and Como.
In general, the 2024-2025 season is becoming a big disappointment for Milan and their most likely goal now will only be a ticket to the Champions League next season.
However, this is not an easy goal to achieve for the Rossoneri. Among the teams competing for a ticket to the Champions League, Milan is the lowest-ranked team (ranked 9).
They only have 47 points, 6 points behind 4th place Bologna. Therefore, coach Sergio Conceicao's team needs to play extremely well in the rest of the season.
As for Napoli, they are showing signs of losing steam in the Scudetto race against Inter Milan. From February 2025, Napoli can only earn 8 points out of a total of 21 maximum points. This is a disappointing achievement when Napoli has a strong squad and does not need to focus on European cups.
With 3 points behind Inter and a goal difference, Napoli also need to have the maximum points in the last 9 matches of Serie A 2024-2025.
In the first leg, Napoli won 2-0 at San Siro thanks to goals from Romelu Lukaku and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. However, Napoli do not know the taste of victory against Milan in the last 6 home matches.
The last time they beat the Rossoneri at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona was in August 2018.
Personnel situation
Frank Anguissa came off the bench against Venezia after a long period of injury. This player could return to the Napoli starting lineup.
On the other side of the front line, Emerson Royal is Milan's most notable absence. Meanwhile, Yunus Mensah is suspended.
Expected lineup:
Napoli: Meret, Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Buongiorno, Politano, Anguissa, lobotka, McTominay, Spinazzola, Raspadori, Lukaku.
AC Milan: Maignan, Walker, Thiaw, Gabbia, Hernandez, Bondo, Fofana, Pulisic, Reijnders, Leao, Abraham.
The match between Napoli and AC Milan takes place at 1:45 am on March 31 (Vietnam time).
