AC Milan will be targeting a fourth Champions League win in succession when they welcome Red Star Belgrade to the San Siro on Wednesday night.
After losing each of their opening two league phase games, the Rossoneri have rebounded with three straight victories, most notably winning 3-1 away at Real Madrid on matchday four.
That trio of triumphs has put the seven-time European champions on track to reach the knockout round, and another win this midweek would cement their position inside the top 24.
Paulo Fonseca’s side ended the weekend occupying seventh place in Serie A following a narrow 2-1 loss away at league leaders Atalanta.
As for Red Star Belgrade, they got up and running at the fifth attempt in this season's Champions League with a spectacular 5-1 victory over VfB Stuttgart last time out.
Quite astonishingly, Vladan Milojevic’s men have won 16 of their 17 Serbian SuperLiga games this season, a remarkable return that has them 12 points out in front of fierce rivals Partizan.
How the bookies view it: Milan to march on
AC Milan are firm 3/10 favourites on Kwiff to claim what would be a fourth Champions League win on the bounce.
Red Star Belgrade are big underdogs at 9/1 (Kwiff) while a share of the San Siro spoils is also deemed unlikely at 9/2 (Kwiff).
Head to head: History favours the hosts
Wednesday night will mark just the fifth-ever meeting between AC Milan and Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League. The Italian heavyweights can draw confidence from the fact that they have avoided defeat in each of the previous four fixtures, taking top honours from two of those tussles.
Players to watch: Look to Leao
Rafael Leao has registered 11 goal involvements across his 19 appearances for AC Milan in all competitions this season, making him an appealing option to either score or assist on Wednesday night at 4/5 on UniBet.
Silas Katompa Mvumpa has scored in each of Red Star Belgrade’s last two Champions League games. The DR Congo forward is 19/5 on Kwiff to strike at the San Siro this midweek.
Predicted line-ups
Christian Pulisic hobbled out of AC Milan’s 2-1 defeat at Atalanta and will join Alessandro Florenzi, Ismael Bennacer and Luka Lovic in the Rossoneri treatment room.
Red Star Belgrade will once again be unable to call upon the services of injured winger Peter Olayinka.
AC Milan: Maignan, Royal, Gabbia, Thiaw, Hernandez, Fofana, Reijnders Musah, Loftus-Cheek, Leao, Morata
Red Star Belgrade: Gutesa, Mimovic, Djiga, Spajic, Young-Woo, Krunic, Elsnik, Mvumpa, Maksimovic, Milson, Ndiaye
Anything else catch the eye?
With AC Milan far too short to support as a single, instead look to the home team to score three or more goals at even-money (1/1) on Kwiff.
Fonseca’s side have fired in exactly three goals in each of their last three Champions League matches.
They look well placed to repeat the trick against a Red Star Belgrade backline that has been breached 15 times across their opening five league phase assignments, shipping three goals or more in three of those contests.
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