Milan vs Fiorentina

AC Milan returns to home comforts as they host Fiorentina at the San Siro, with a win needed to stay relevant in the Serie A title race.

Additionally, Milan have found it tough to create chances in the last two games, and the trend could continue against a cagey Fiorentina side. The showdown at the San Siro is expected to be a cagey one. Incidentally, he did not score a single goal in the 2018 edition and will be hoping to break his duck in the World Cup. He will lead the line and will have the support of Leao, Junior Messias, and Brahim Diaz in the attacking third. Against Fiorentina, the 36-year-old has a good chance to showcase just that. Bonaventura will take the creative responsibility to provide the ammunition, hoping the front three weaves their magic upfront. Stefano Pioli will be keen to stay relevant in their attempts to retain the Serie A title. There’s considerable competition from Arthur Cabral, but the Serbian will be the clear favourite to lead the line. Fiorentina will come into the San Siro fancying their chances and deal another blow to Milan’s title ambitions. Sofyan Amrabat and Rolando Mandragora will take the central midfield berths. Pioli is expected to recall some of his usual regulars, as Theo Hernandez, Olivier Giroud, and Rafael Leao could return to the starting lineup. After scrapping through a win against Spezia, courtesy of a late Olivier Giroud goal, the manager was frustrated by their midweek performances.

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Fiorentina have had an irregular passage between wins, draws and defeats where they have not been able to maintain a stable axis to add more units, although they already have four wins in the championship. The most recent defeat they suffered at the San Siro was three years ago by a 3-1 scoreline when they were down a man, so they will be looking to extend their unbeaten streak on their home turf. Follow along with us all the details, commentaries, analysis and lineups for this Milan vs Fiorentina match for the Serie A 2022 on VAVEL US.

The experience of Jens Lehmann at Milan was doomed by one unfortunate game where he was to blame in occasion of all three goals scored by Fiorentina.

After a 1-0 loss to Cagliari in matchday five, Sebastiano Rossi once again reclaimed his spot between the Rossoneri posts. On 52 minutes, Costacurta was once again pressured in his own box by Rui Costa and thought to pass the ball back to his goalkeeper. His glacial personality and Teutonic composure seemed exactly what was needed to put up with Rossi’s intimidating presence while delivering the goods on the pitch at the same time. Lehmann had become known in Italy two years earlier as he had led his childhood club Schalke 04 to winning the UEFA Cup on penalties against the Rossoneri city rivals Inter. It was doomed by one unfortunate game where Lehmann was to blame in occasion of all three goals by which Fiorentina dismantled Milan at the San Siro. The Rossoneri had tried to batten the hatches by signing U-21 prospect Angelo Pagotto from Sampdoria and then Massimo Taibi from Piacenza.

Tactical and player-specific issues: let's find out how the San Siro challenge can be decided.

On the left-hand side, [Leão](https://www.acmilan.com/en/teams/men-first-team/players/rafael-leao/statistics) and Kouamé provide two attacking options with the right amount of unpredictability and freedom. [Tătărușanu](https://www.acmilan.com/en/teams/men-first-team/players/ciprian-tatarusanu/statistics) (36) and Pietro Terracciano (32) will be defending their respective goals from opposing attacking outfits. In last season's decisive clash between the two teams, a miracle save by Maignan and an error from Terracciano dictated the outcome of the match, which ended 1-0 in favour of the Rossoneri. [Rossoneri's #30](https://www.acmilan.com/en/teams/men-first-team/players/junior-messias/statistics) is better suited in close quarters, the Frenchman excels in open attacks. [matchday 15 ](https://www.acmilan.com/en/season/2022/schedule/serie-a)of Serie A, in the round that concludes an important first phase of the season and make way for the World Cup break in Qatar. On the same wing - but on the opposite team - will be Jonathan Ikoné, in an indisputable state of form and a constant nightmare for the Salernitana defence in the last match, just as Junior was one of AC Milan's best in the dull draw at Cremona.

Milan and Fiorentina will clash off on Sunday at San Siro in the 15th round of the 2022-23 Serie A season. Find out here the kick-off time, and how to watch ...

Norway: 6:00 PM Israel: 6:00 PM Germany: 6:00 PM Egypt: 6:00 PM It promises to be an even more exciting clash as they meet for the first time in the 2022/2023 Serie A season. This will be their 165th league meeting.

The final two Serie A games before the World Cup break see Milan host Fiorentina and Lazio travel up to Turin to face Juventus.

[Manuel Locatelli](https://football-italia.net/player/manuel-locatelli/) and [Weston McKennie](https://football-italia.net/player/weston-mckennie/) are also in doubt. [Felipe](https://football-italia.net/player/felipe/) Anderson, [Pedro](https://football-italia.net/player/pedro/). [Mattia De Sciglio](https://football-italia.net/player/mattia-de-sciglio/), [Paul Pogba](https://football-italia.net/player/paul-pogba/), [Kaio](https://football-italia.net/player/kaio/) [Jorge](https://football-italia.net/player/jorge/), [Dusan Vlahovic](https://football-italia.net/player/dusan-vlahovic/) or [Samuel](https://football-italia.net/player/samuel/) Iling-Junior. [Pierluigi Gollini](https://football-italia.net/player/pierluigi-gollini/), [Gaetano Castrovilli](https://football-italia.net/player/gaetano-castrovilli/) and [Riccardo Sottil](https://football-italia.net/player/riccardo-sottil/). The match between the Rossoneri and the Viola kicks off at 17.00 UK time at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan. [Mike Maignan](https://football-italia.net/player/mike-maignan/), [Davide Calabria](https://football-italia.net/player/davide-calabria/), [Alessandro Florenzi](https://football-italia.net/player/alessandro-florenzi/), [Alexis Saelemaekers](https://football-italia.net/player/alexis-saelemaekers/), [Junior Messias](https://football-italia.net/player/junior-messias/) and [Zlatan Ibrahimovic](https://football-italia.net/player/zlatan-ibrahimovic/) are all unavailable.

San Siro prepares to host its last game of the year: our guide to the match against the Viola.

[Díaz](https://www.acmilan.com/en/teams/men-first-team/players/brahim-diaz/statistics) and De Ketelaere, on the other hand, are competing for the last available place in the supporting trio behind the striker. [AC Milan's Twitch channel](https://www.twitch.tv/acmilan), with Live Reaction in the company of Francesco Specchia, Lollo and other great guests. The coach of the Tuscan side expressed himself this way on the eve of the match: "I am happy with our progress, the character and pride of the boys has come out. Refereeing the match against the Viola will be Simone Sozza from Seregno. Looking ahead to the San Siro match, Italiano should keep the same line-up that beat Salernitana in the midweek fixture, but maybe with a few changes, starting with the centre forward, where Jović could earn a starting spot in place of Cabral, with Kouamé and Ikoné on his flanks. In our Match Preview we delve into all the hot topics related to [ matchday 15 of Serie A.](https://www.acmilan.com/en/season/2022/schedule/serie-a) AC Milan v Fiorentina kicks off at 18.00 CET, and at 20.45 CET it's Juventus v Lazio. We have prepared for the match with the right attitude, it will be a good test for us". [away in Cremona](https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/articles/serie-a/2022-11-08/goalless-draw-away-to-cremonese) and revive their claim to be Napoli's title challengers. We have quality and will to get ourselves back in the race, the championship is still long," said Coach Pioli in his press conference. He will be accompanied by assistants Mondin and Moro, along with fourth official Di Bello. The Rossoneri, who have won three in a row in Serie A at San Siro, will be relying on the home advantage as well as the return of Giroud and [Hernández](https://www.acmilan.com/en/teams/men-first-team/players/theo-hernandez/statistics), who were absent through suspension against Cremonese and are fresh from their call-up to the French World Cup squad.