Fiorentina – Milan

Can Fiorentina break Milan’s unbeaten streak without conceding a goal?

Fiorentina broke a six-match unbeaten streak in the league last weekend. "The Fiorentines finally converted quantity into quality, leading to an away big win over Verona. Fiorentina got three points thanks to goals from Barak, Arthur and Biraga. This result allowed the team to slightly improve their place in the standings. Vincenzo Italiano's charges are currently sitting on 12th place with 28 points. They are seven points adrift of seventh place in the European competitions, which is reasonably achievable in the time remaining. Fiorentina's problem could be the fact that they are still involved in every possible tournament. The team will have to play against Sivasspor in the Conference League five days after the reporting match. True, the meeting will be a home one, and the rest days will be enough to field the main squad against Milan. Stefano Pioli cannot be envied in this regard. "The Devils face a return leg against Tottenham in London on March 8. Minimal home advantage, although it is a good start, is far from guaranteeing final success. Obviously, the focus will be on the European competition, which is why some of the players will be able to get some rest. Fortunately, the Rossoneri have been doing extremely well in recent matches. The team have claimed three 1-0 wins, and in the last match they beat Atalanta by a margin of two goals. Much of this success is thanks to a change in their strategy: AC Milan now employ almost five defenders. However, this is unlikely to be beneficial in the long term. And given their busy calendar and, accordingly, rotations, the rossoneri's tactical profile could change again. Milan, although on the road, need to rest after Atalanta and in front of Tottenham. The first leg ended in a 2-1 win for Milan thanks to an own goal from Milenkovic in the 90+2nd minute. The opponents traded goals on 28 minutes. It is worth noting that at the Stadio Artemio Franchi the opponents have scored in four of the last five meetings. The last two games were particularly rich in goals (4-3 and 2-3). Fiorentina have won three of their last four games, scoring 11 goals. Milan are uncharacteristically without conceding a goal in four games. Everything is heading towards the fact that the opponents will not leave any zeros on the scoreboard.