Napoli Stand in the Way of AC Milan’s Quest for Top Spot 

A collage of AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Left) and Napoli players celebrating after scoring a goal (Right).
A collage of AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Left) and Napoli players celebrating after scoring a goal (Right).
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic will lead AC Milan as they seek to extend their three-point gap against Napoli when they clash at the San Siro on December 19 at 10:45 pm.

AC Milan has 39 points while Napoli has 36 points after having played 17 games. Milan has W12 D3 L2 while Napoli has W11 D3  L3. As of December 16, Milan were 2nd on the log, 1 point behind rivals Inter Milan, while Napoli was 4th. 

On their end, Napoli hope to rediscover their form having lost their last two league games against  Empoli and Atalanta. Napoli coached by Luciano Spalletti has only won once in the last 5 Serie A games.

According to Betika, AC Milan are favourites to win on paper 

See below Betika odds, prediction, and analysis on possible lineups.    

 AC Milan  win:                    2.33 

 

 Draw:                                  3.35 

 

 Napoli win:                          3.15 

 

Other Match odds and statistics    

In the last 5 matches, both teams have scored against each other in 3 games only.

Both teams have failed to register a scoreline of over 3 goals in their last 5 meetings.

Both teams to score (Gg/ng)   

 

 Yes:  1.64                                No: 2.23 


 

Over 2.5: 1.83                          Under 2.5: 2.06  

 

Possible Lineups:      

AC Milan: Maignan, Kalulu, Kjaer, Tomori, Hernandez, Tonali, Kessie, Krunic, Messias, Diaz, Ibrahimovic   

Napoli: Meret, Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Jesus, Rui, Demme, Zielinski, Ounas, Lozano, Elmas, Petagana  

 

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