Milan Aiming to Establish Themselves as a Favourite by Beating Slavia Prague
Milan vs Slavia Praha - 07/03/2024
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The Europa League round of 16 is back this Thursday and Forebet is too for all the data, analysis, trends and the probability of a win in these football predictions for leg one.
In this game, AC Milan look to further establish themselves as one of the favourites to win the Europa League alongside the likes of Bayer Leverkusen and Liverpool.
The Italian giants got off to a flying start in doing so last time out by easing past Ligue 1 side Rennes in the playoffs after dropping out of the Champions League groups against Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain.
Although all the positive data and winning trends point towards Inter Milan in 2023/24 in Serie A, Milan are still looking relatively solid.
The 2021/22 champions are behind Juventus in second by only one point but they are adrift of Inter in first by 16 points, and their runaway city leaders are unlikely to be caught.
Milan have managed to claw their way back into the sights of Juventus in recent weeks, and this also means they are ahead of Roma by nine points.
Milan come into this one after a return to the win column that saw them win narrowly in the capital against Lazio where Noah Okafor scored late on after a 1-1 draw with Atalanta at the San Siro.
Milan did also lose the second leg of the Europa League playoffs to Rennes 3-2 and suffer a 4-2 loss away to Monza, but a 3-0 victory over Rennes in leg one meant safe passage through.
As for Slavia Prague, they draw with arch rivals and the league leaders Sparta Praha last time out in a rare 0-0 encounter between the two, and this keeps Slavia adrift of Sparta by four points in the Czech First League but with two games in hand too.
This game will be the first-ever meeting between Slavia Prague and Milan, and the Czech Republic side have never won a game away in Italy. This has seen them lose to Roma twice, Bologna, Udinese, Fiorentina and Inter and only draw with Genoa.
They have, however, recently lost to their rivals in the Czech Cup quarter-finals in a 3-2 win for Sparta. The Europa League group stage was a comfortable one for them, as they finished two clear of another Serie A side, Roma.
Forebet predicts a win for Milan and over 2.5 goals in the game.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
UEL
422830
1
3 - 1
2.56
12°
1.50
1.50
4.33
7.00
no
no
no
4 - 2(3 - 1)
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