Serie A-AC Milan VS Fiorentina: The Rossoneri have a good chance to reach the top

In the 2024-25 season, for AC Milan, the traditional giant of Serie A, it can be said that it has experienced the bleakest period in more than a decade: all four major events in the season were empty, Serie A was finally ranked eighth, and it missed any European competition!

Xia Chuang, please bring back the meritorious coach Allegri, the transfer market is only busy making money. The prospects for the new season seem to be even bleaker. In the first round of the new season at home, they suffered a blow, losing 1:2 to newly promoted Marco Remonese.

But then rebounded strongly, winning 4 consecutive Serie A victories, including overturning the defending champion Naples 2:1 at home. In the last round of Serie A, they drew 0:0 with Juventus. This result is acceptable.

In the two Serie A games that ended first in this round, the leader Naples lost to Turin 0:1 away from home, and Inter Milan, which defeated Roma 1:0 away from home, reached the top with a goal difference advantage. If AC Milan can defeat Fiorentina at home this round, they will top the Serie A standings with a 1-point advantage.

AC Milan VS Fiorentina

Nature of the match: Round 7 of Serie A

Match time: October 20, 2:45

This match is a contest in Serie A with huge disparity in strength and ranking. AC Milan currently ranks fourth in the league with 13 points with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, only 2 points behind the top three teams.

Fiorentina is showing a completely different situation. It has an extremely difficult start to the new season. It currently ranks 18th in the league with 0 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses and 3 points. It is deep in the relegation zone and urgently needs points to improve its ranking.

This matchup is also a direct collision of the two coaches' tactical concepts-Milan coach Allegri will face a contest with Fiorentina coach Pioli, who will lead Fiorentina against the old coach Milan.

AC Milan has been in excellent form recently and has remained unbeaten in all competitions in the past 6 games (5 wins and 1 draw). In the last round of the league, they drew 0-0 away from Juventus, ending their 5-game winning streak, but they still maintained a good momentum.

Milan's defensive performance is particularly outstanding - it has only conceded 3 goals in 6 league games this season, making it the second-fewest team in the league. What is even more commendable is that they kept four clean sheets in the first six league rounds.

Milan's home court is the most reliable place to score points - it has remained unbeaten in the past three home games (2 wins and 1 draw), and has shut out opponents twice. However, Milan also had an unexpected loss at home, losing 1-2 to Cremona.

Fiorentina has had a difficult start to the season and has yet to win in 6 league games in the new season. In the last round of the league, they lost 1-2 at home to Roma, continuing their embarrassing record of winless league games.

The team's offensive performance is weak-only 4 goals were scored in 6 league games this season, averaging 0.67 goals per game. The defensive end also has outstanding problems - conceding 8 goals in 6 games, with an average of 1.33 goals conceded per game.

However, Fiorentina's away performance is relatively stable - they have achieved 1 win and 5 draws in the past 6 away games, remain unbeaten, and only conceded 2 goals. This "away dragon" characteristic may provide them with some confidence to challenge powerful enemies.

Historical confrontation data is more favorable to AC Milan. Milan has an overwhelming advantage of 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in the past 10 meetings against Fiorentina at home.

Since January 2016, Milan has remained unbeaten against Fiorentina at home. This data will undoubtedly give Milan a huge psychological advantage. However, Milan drew 2-2 with Fiorentina at home last season, which shows that Viola is also capable of taking points away from San Siro.

In this battle, AC Milan is worth looking forward to.