AC Milan will face Liverpool in the opening match day of UCL

AC Milan and Liverpool will meet on matchday 1 of the 2024/2025 Champions League league phase. The UCL league phase match between the English club and the Italian side is scheduled to take place at San Siro on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 12:30 AM IST.

The Rossoneri has won seven UCL titles (1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007), while the Reds have won six UCL titles (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005, 2019). This season, Milan and Liverpool are both handled by new coaches, namely Paulo Fonseca and Arne Slot respectively.

This season, Fonseca's Milan has only won once in the Italian Serie A. They drew 2-2 against Torino, lost 1-2 against Parma, drew 2-2 against Lazio, and won 4-0 against Venezia. The victory over Jay Idzes' team was achieved by Milan through goals from Theo Hernandez, Youssouf Fofana, Christian Pulisic (penalty), and Tammy Abraham (penalty).

Meanwhile, Liverpool coached by Slot successfully went through their first three matches in the English Premier League perfectly. Currently standing second-placed in the EPL league points tally, Liverpool won 2-0 against Ipswich, 2-0 against Brentford, and 3-0 against Manchester United. Liverpool’s last victory came through two goals from Luis Diaz and one goal from Mohamed Salah. However, in the fourth match, Liverpool was humiliated by Nottingham Forest 0-1 at Anfield.

Milan and Liverpool last met in the 2021/2022 Champions League group stage. Milan lost both of those meetings. They lost 2-3 at Anfield and lost 1-2 at San Siro. Mohamed Salah scored one goal for Liverpool in each of those two duels.

Match Details

Match: AC Milan vs Liverpool (Champions League)

Date: Wednesday, 18th September 2024

Time: 12:30 AM IST

Venue: San Siro

Recent Forms: ACL vs LIV

AC Milan form (all competitions):

D L D W

Liverpool form (all competitions):

W W W L

Head-to-Head: AC Milan vs Liverpool

Total Matches - 04

AC Milan - 01

Liverpool - 02

Draw - 01

Milan record vs English clubs: W13-D14-L19 (Goals 49-56). Milan's home record vs English clubs: W9-D5-L7.

Liverpool record vs Italian clubs: W17-D6-L18 (Goals 52-51). Liverpool's away record vs Italian clubs: W7-D4-L9.

AC Milan vs Liverpool Head-to-Head and Score Prediction

- AC Milan 1-2 Liverpool (Champions League)

- Liverpool 3-2 AC Milan (Champions League)

- AC Milan 2-1 Liverpool (Champions League)

- AC Milan 3-3 Liverpool (Champions League) - Liverpool won on penalties.

Last 5 matches of AC Milan

- AC Milan 3-1 Monza (Trofeo Silvio Berlusconi)

- AC Milan 2-2 Torino (Serie A)

- Parma 2-1 AC Milan (Serie A)

- Lazio 2-2 AC Milan (Serie A)

- AC Milan 4-0 Venezia (Serie A).

Last 5 matches of Liverpool

- Liverpool 0-0 Las Palmas (Friendly)

- Ipswich Town 0-2 Liverpool (Premier League)

- Liverpool 2-0 Brentford (Premier League)

- Manchester United 0-3 Liverpool (Premier League)

- Liverpool 0-1 Nottingham Forest (Premier League).

- AC Milan vs Liverpool Starting XI Prediction

AC Milan vs Liverpool Predicted Starting XI

AC Milan (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Pavlovic, Tomori, T. Hernandez; Fofana, Loftus-Cheek; Chukwueze, Pulisic, Rafael Leao; Morata.

Coach: Paulo Fonseca.

Squad info: Bennacer (injured), Florenzi (injured), Sportiello (injured), Thiaw (injured).

Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Alisson Becker; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; MacAllister, Gravenberch; Salah, Szoboszlai, Luis Diaz; Diogo Jota.

Coach: Arne Slot.

Squad info: Elliott (injured).

Match Prediction

It is going to be a close encounter and we believe that both teams will share a point each with a score line of 1-1.

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