AC Milan vs Atletico Madrid

AC Milan and Atletico Madrid go head-to-head in a mouth-watering UEFA Champions League clash at the Stadio San Siro.

Milan squandered a 2-1 HT lead against Liverpool, going down 3-2 at Anfield on Matchday 1, and can ill-afford another slip-up if they are to make it out of the group stage. Stefano Pioli’s side will be hoping to transfer their outstanding domestic form to the European front, having won all but one of their six Serie A matches this term (D1). However, Milan’s recent European record against La Liga clubs reads humiliatingly, with the ‘Rossoneri’ going winless in 16 of their last 17 such fixtures (D7, L9). What’s more, Milan have lost only previous meetings with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League by an aggregate score of 5-1. The Italian giants have managed just one clean sheet across their last ten home matches across major European competitions.

In the meantime, Atletico Madrid played out a goalless home draw with Porto in their Group B curtain-raiser in a match that featured just 11 shots on both ends, fewer than any other opening-round fixture. Following that draw, the reigning La Liga holders could go winless in their opening two Champions League group stage outings for the second time under current boss Diego Simeone, last doing so in 2017/18. Since winning his first Champions League visit to Italy under Simeone, ‘Los Rojiblancos’ have gone winless in their subsequent four trips to the country (D2, L2). In turn, they have lost five of their last nine Champions League matches away from home (W3, D1). None of Atletico’s four competitive games this season have ended level (W3, L1), with each result (win/loss) yielding a single-goal margin.