The hosts are heading into the match on the back of a four-game losing streak and their latest outing against city rivals Inter Milan ended in a narrow 1-0 defeat.
AC Milan will be desperate to get back to winning ways when they host Torino in a Serie A fixture at San Siro on Friday night. The hosts are heading into the match on the back of a four-game losing streak and their latest outing against city rivals Inter Milan ended in a narrow 1-0 defeat. Meanwhile, Torino edged past Udinese in their previous match last Sunday. The victory helped the visitors to move to seventh spot in the Italian top flight standings, having collected 30 points from 21 games, while Milan are sitting one place above them, with 38 points to their name. The reigning Serie A champions, Milan, are 18 points adrift of leaders Napoli.
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Milan are winless in their last seven games across all competitions. The Rossoneri’s last victory came against Salernitana (2-1) in the top flight on January 4, courtesy of first half strikes from Rafael Leao and Sandro Tonali. After that, Stefano Pioli’s side collected just two points from their next five league-matches. The poor run of form saw them being pushed out of the top-four, losing to Torino in the Coppa Italia round of 16, and getting thrashed 3-0 by Inter in the Supercoppa Italiana final in Riyadh. Last time out, Rossoneri lost to Inter in the league, courtesy of Lautaro Martinez’s lone goal inside the opening 34 minutes. Meanwhile, Pioli’s side failed to register even a single shot on target in the Milan derby.
Since the turn of the year, Torino have lost just one of their last six league-games, while collecting nine points from those games. Their latest outing against Udinese ended in a 1-0 win through Yann Karamoh’s 49th-minute effort. It was the Maroons’ eighth top flight victory of the season. Meanwhile, this will be the second meeting between these two sides in 2023, the previous one was a Coppa Italia last-16 encounter, which ended 1-0 in favour of Torino, courtesy of midfielder Michel Adopo’s 114th-minute strike. Although Ivan Juric’s men went on to lose the quarter-final against Fiorentina, the win against Millan would have been a huge confidence boost to the team.
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AC Milan’s injury list consists of Ismael Bennacer, Fikayo Tomori and Mike Maignan, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic is back in training, following an ACL surgery that kept him out for eight months. The 41-year-old striker is expected to feature on the bench against the Maroons . Olivier Giroud is likely to be the target-man up front, with Leao in support. As for Torino, the likes of Pietro Pellegrini, Samuele Ricci, Valentino Lazaro and David Zima are sidelined with injuries. Sanabria might continue to lead the line, with Miranchuk and Vlasic in support.
AC Milan Probable line-up: MTatarusanu, Kalulu, Kjaer, Thiaw, Calabria, Pobega, Tonali, Krunic, Hernandez, Leao, Giroud
Torino probable line-up: Milinkovic-Savic, Schuurs, Buongiorno, Rodriguez, Aina, Linetty, Vieira, Vojovda, Miranchuk, Vlasic
AC milan
Opponents | Score |
Inter Milan | 1-0 (L) |
Sassuolo | 2-5 (L) |
Lazio | 4-0 (L) |
Inter Milan | 0-3 (L) |
Lecce | 2-2 (D) |
Torino
Opponents | Score |
Udinese | 1-0 (W) |
Fiorentina | 2-1 (L) |
Empoli | 2-2 (D) |
Fiorentina | 0-1 (W) |
Spezia | 0-1 (L) |
Last 5 match-results | Score |
Torino beat Milan | 0-1 |
Torino beat Milan | 2-1 |
Torino draw Milan | 0-0 |
Milan beat Torino | 1-0 |
Milan beat Torino | 0-7 |
The Serie A match between AC Milan and Torino will take place at San Siro on Saturday at 1:15 am IST.
AC Milan vs Torino | Key Details |
Date | February 10 (Italy) |
Venue | San Siro |
Kickoff time in Italy | 8:45 pm (Friday) |
Kickoff time in India | 1:15 am (Saturday) |
The live telecast of the Serie A matches in India is available on the Sports 18 network. Fans will also be able to watch the match on Jio TV. Besides, the match between AC Milan and Torino can also be seen on 214 DAZN Zona, Dazn and Sky Go Italia in Italy.