Serie A Week 1: Preview Samdporia vs AC Milan, Monday 23 August 2021

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👉 Here is Sampdoria vs AC Milan preview for the Serie A Week 1 on Monday 23 August 2021 at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium in Genoa, Italy at 20:45.

Sampdoria and AC Milan will play their 127th game in Serie A. Stats are in favor of AC Milan with 65 wins, 31 draws, and Sampdoria with 30 wins.  Stats for games in Ligura are 63 times: 25 wins for AC Milan, 19 wins Sampdoria, and 19 draws.  AC Milan have won both of their last two away games against Sampdoria in Serie A.   Milan have only once won three consecutive away matches against Sampdoria in 1968, in a run that was extended to four.

Sampdoria finished last season in the 9th position for the third time in four Serie A leagues.  The challenge for Sampdoria is to rebuild the team and the task is for new Coach Roberto D’Aversa.  AC Milan need consistency compared to last season after leading the first position for weeks to end up in the 2nd position with 79 points being -12 points below Inter winner of the 2020-21 Scudetto with 91 points.

Motivation for AC Milan is high after their qualification to the UEFA Champions League since for the first time since 2012/13.   AC Milan set a new all-time record for away wins in a Serie A season (16), a record that other team has bettered across Europe’s top-five leagues in a single campaign. Inter had the previous record in 2006/07 with 15 wins.

Coach Pioli has lost 4 opening away matches across the last six seasons while winning 2.  Sampdoria, most likely, will rely on forward  Fabio Quagliarella, ending as Sampdoria’s top scorer with 13 goals last season plus celebrating his 500th appearance in the final game. On On the other hand, AC Milan will rely on new signings goalkeeper Mike Maignan, Olivier Giroud, and Alessandro Florenzi.  Maignan kept more clean sheets (21) in 2020/21 than any other goalkeepers in Europe’s Top-5 leagues.  Giroud  could become the 15th Frenchmen to score a Serie A goal for Milan having the most French goalscorers ever in Serie A.

AC Milan haven’t conceded a single goal in their last five league games; the last time they kept at least six clean sheets in a row in Serie A was in February 1994 (nine in that case with Fabio Capello at the helm).

AC Milan have drawn just one of their last 15 Day 1 games in Serie A: 2-2 in September 2011 against Lazio (W8, D6).

A special game for Ante Rebić’s making his 150th in Europe’s Top-5 leagues in case of playing.

👉 Here are Udinese vs Juventus probable lineups:

SAMPDORIA (4-2-3-1): Audero; Bereszynski, Yoshida, O. Colley, Augello; Thorsby, Ekdal; Candreva, Gabbiadini, Damsgaard; Quagliarella.

Subs: Falcone, Depaoli, Ferrari, Chabot, Murillo, Silva, Jankto, Askildsen, Verre, Torregrossa, De Luca, Caprari.

No suspended players

Coach: Roberto D’Aversa.

AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Tomori, Hernandez; Tonali, Bennacer; Saelemaekers, Brahim Diaz, Rebic; Giroud.

Subs: Tatarusanu, Romagnoli, Ballo-Touré, Gabbia, Kalulu, Castillejo, Krunic, Pobega, Leao, Maldini.

Unavailable: Ibrahimovic, Kessie.

No suspended players

Coach: Stefano Pioli.

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2021 – 2022 Italian Serie A Week 1

Sampdoria – AC Milan
Monday 23 August 2021
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Genoa, Italy

20:45

Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: RANGHETTI – BACCINI
Fourth Official: GARIGLIO
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: MELI