AC Milan vs Sampdoria Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 20th May 2023

The Serie A clash at San Siro this coming Saturday sees AC Milan hosting opponents Sampdoria.

AC Milan approach the next Serie A round as number five in the table, having claimed 61 points this season so far. With 35 games behind them, Sampdoria amassed 18 points, placing them as number 20 before their next fixture.

Aiming for a place inside the top six, AC Milan need to strut their stuff against Sampdoria on Saturday. The latter might not look like a team currently possessing the qualities to stop the home side from claiming a win, but they will be eager to spring a surprise.

AC Milan only average a modest 1.3 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 13 goals. They also conceded nine for an average of 0.9 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring four times.

Sampdoria scored ten goals, conceded 23 and kept their opponents from scoring zero times in ten matches.

AC Milan no doubt look forward to their next match, as they ran out 1-0 and 2-1 winners when last playing Sampdoria.

AC Milan vs Sampdoria Prediction

AC Milan Form

AC Milan endured a tough spell in their previous three matches, which brought three defeats. They lost 0-2 against Inter, before Spezia won 2-0, while Inter claimed all three points in a 1-0 win. AC Milan won three of their previous six matches at San Siro in the Serie A. They drew three and suffered zero defeats, scoring eight goals to two against.

Sampdoria Form

Sampdoria came away from their previous three games with just one point, as they lost 0-2 against Torino. A 2-0 defeat against Udinese followed, before a 1-1 draw with Empoli. In their last six Serie A away matches, Sampdoria failed to win even once. In stead, they've drawn one and lost five, scoring three while also conceding 16 times.

Many people had Sampdoria down as candidates for the drop before the season, but rescue is still within reach, as the season nears its end.

AC Milan took 31 points from their last 18 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Serie A table. This amounts to eight wins after scoring 27 times and conceding 22. Sampdoria scored six goals and conceded 37 in their last 18 encounters with teams in the top half of the Serie A. This lead to zero wins and four points. AC Milan are looking at a record of 17 wins, ten draws and eight defeats in the Serie A this season. Sampdoria are looking at three wins, nine draws and 23 defeats in the Serie A.

AC Milan vs Sampdoria Squads

AC Milan Squad

The 57-year-old Pioli will select the starting eleven against Sampdoria from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Serie A this season:

Andreas Jungdal (0/0), Antonio Mirante (0/0), Ciprian Tatarusanu (0/16), Devis Vasquez (0/0), Mike Maignan (0/19), Alessandro Florenzi (0/5), Davide Calabria (1/22), Fikayo Tomori (1/30), Fode Ballo-Toure (1/8), Malick Thiaw (0/17), Pierre Kalulu (1/33), Sergino Dest (0/8), Simon Kjaer (0/16), Theo Hernandez (4/29), Alexis Saelemaekers (2/27), Aster Vranckx (0/9), Brahim Diaz (5/30), Ismael Bennacer (2/28), Rade Krunic (0/20), Sandro Tonali (2/31), Tiemoue Bakayoko (0/0), Tommaso Pobega (2/16), Yacine Adli (0/0), Ante Rebic (3/23), Charles De Ketelaere (0/30), Daniel Maldini (0/0), Divock Origi (2/26), Emil Roback (0/0), Junior Messias (5/22), Lorenzo Colombo (0/0), Olivier Giroud (8/30), Rafael Leao (12/32), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (0/0).

Sampdoria Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 44 year-old Sampdoria manager Stankovic will select his starting XI from these players:

Elia Tantalocchi (0/0), Emil Audero (0/25), Martin Turk (0/2), Nicola Ravaglia (0/8), Alessandro Zanoli (2/20), Andrea Conti (0/0), Bram Nuytinck (0/23), Bruno Amione (1/24), Jeison Murillo (0/19), Koray Guenter (1/21), Luigi Aquino (0/0), Marios Oikonomou (0/0), Nicola Murru (0/18), Tommaso Augello (2/34), Abdelhamid Sabiri (2/18), Emirhan Ilkhan (0/9), Filip Djuricic (3/31), Flavio Paoletti (0/0), Gerard Yepes (0/5), Harry Winks (0/18), Lorenzo Malagrida (0/0), Mehdi Leris (1/29), Michael Cuisance (0/12), Simone Trimboli (0/0), Telasco Segovia (0/0), Tomas Rincon (0/31), Fabio Quagliarella (0/20), Ignacio Pussetto (0/5), Jese (1/11), Manolo Gabbiadini (6/32), Manuel De Luca (0/0), Sam Lammers (2/31).

AC Milan vs Sampdoria Team News

AC Milan are sweating on the fitness of no less than nine players before their match on Saturday.

Simon Kjaer, Rade Krunic, Fode Ballo-Toure, Ante Rebic, Divock Origi, Junior Messias, Mike Maignan, Alessandro Florenzi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are all absent from the AC Milan squad that faces Sampdoria at San Siro.

Sampdoria have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against AC Milan on Saturday.

Fabio Quagliarella, Ignacio Pussetto and Manuel De Luca all face a spell on the sidelines for Sampdoria due to various injuries.

AC Milan vs Sampdoria Lineups

AC Milan vs Sampdoria H2H

AC Milan won the last two meetings against Sampdoria, as they followed up a 1-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 2-1 score. AC Milan generally have the upper hand against Sampdoria, offering a fine 7-2-1 winning record before their next encounter. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1/6.

AC Milan vs Sampdoria Results

Both teams found the back of the net five times in the last ten matches between AC Milan and Sampdoria.

AC Milan vs Sampdoria Betting Tips

Rafael Leao has been great for AC Milan lately, hitting the target one times, which makes him worth considering in the betting market. Sampdoria are optimistic that Jese doubles up on the one goal he provided in their past six outings.

AC Milan won six of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at San Siro. They drew three and lost one as well, while Sampdoria won zero of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost eight. Sampdoria didn't keep a clean sheet even once in their previous 10 away games. AC Milan managed seven clean sheets in their last 10 games at AC Milan.

Both teams to not score paid out five times in the past ten encounters between Sampdoria and AC Milan, whereas under 2.5 goals happened four times. AC Milan scored an average of 1.5 goals a game, with Sampdoria averaging 0.7 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out zero times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for AC Milan, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Sampdoria, who managed to score one time in those matches.