AS Roma will look to take their recent good form into the Coppa Italia as they travel to AC Milan for a quarter-final clash. The Rossoneri have been solid at home lately and should have the upper hand over the capital club, who are poor on the road.
AC Milan eased to a comfortable 6-1 victory over Sassuolo in the previous round of the Coppa Italia. They head into Thursday’s clash unbeaten in eight of their last 10 matches in all competitions. They warmed up for this cup fixture with a 1-1 draw against rivals Inter Milan in Serie A over the weekend.
The Rossoneri often do their best work at home and are unbeaten in their last 10 matches in all competitions in front of their fans. Sergio Concecao’s men have also won two of the last three fixtures in that run.
Roma continue to impress under manager Claudio Ranieri and played out a 1-1 draw with Napoli last weekend to make it nine matches unbeaten in the last 10 in all competitions. Among their results in that run is a 4-1 victory over Sampdoria in the previous round of the Coppa Italia.
The problem that still persists for Roma is their poor showing on their travels having won just once away from home in all competitions this season. However, that win came in their last fixture on the road, beating Udinese 2-1.
How the bookies view it: Bookies backing Milan
AC Milan have the upper hand among the bookies and are priced at 20/21 with BoyleSports. A victory for Roma is valued at 5/2 while BoyleSports are also offering odds of 12/5 for a draw.
Head the head: Slight edge for Rossoneri
AC Milan have a 25-22 edge with 23 draws from 70 previous matches against Roma. Both teams played out a 1-1 draw in Serie A back in December.
Players to watch: Eyes on the attacks
Tijjani Reijnders often contributes goals from midfield and could be worth keeping an eye on for AC Milan. The likes of Christian Pulisic and Rafael Leao have also been sharp in attack lately and can help the hosts produce over 0.5 goals at 1/5 with BoyleSports.
Roma can also hold their own going forward, with Artem Dovbyk scoring in three of the last four matches in all competitions. Lorenzo Pellegrini and Paulo Dybala can also get among the goals and with all three men featuring in attack, the visitors can be tipped to produce over 0.5 goals at 1/3 with BoyleSports.
Probable line-ups
Emerson Royal, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Alessandro Florenzi are sidelined with injury for AC Milan. Tammy Abraham should lead the line once again alongside Pulisic and Leao while Malick Thiaw should come at the back after sitting out the Milan Derby.
Dovbyk and Dybala could be handed a start on Wednesday after coming off the bench against Napoli. Pellegrini sat out that clash and could feature at San Siro while Evan Ndicka should continue at the heart of the defence.
AC Milan: Maignan, Hernandez, Thiaw, Pavlovic, Walker, Bennacer, Musah, Reijnders, Pulisic, Leao, Abraham
Roma: Svilar, Angelino, Ndicka, Mancini, Rensch, Cristante, Kone Pellegrini, Dybala, Soule, Dovbyk
Anything else catch the eye?
Both teams have quality in attack and having scored in five of their last six meetings, a repeat is priced at 8/13 with BoyleSports. Four of the last six meetings have produced over 2.5 goals and a similar outcome is valued at 3/4 with BoyleSports.
AC Milan have opened the scoring in four of their last five home matches and could be backed to grab the first goal on Wednesday at 7/10 with BoyleSports.
This Coppa Italia match between AC Milan and Roma will be played on Feb 5, 2025 and kick off at 20:00. Check below for our tipsters best AC Milan vs Roma prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
