AC Milan vs AEK Athens Predictions, 19 Oct 2017

The Match Is Over. Score: 0-0

AC Milan v AEK Athens Predictions for Thursday's 8.05pm kick-off Europa League group fixture facing Italian Serie A hosts AC Milan and Greek Super League side AEK Athens at San Siro. This game sees Group D’s top 2 teams battling it out. AEK can move above AC Milan with a win, but a win for Milan will put them in pole position to win the group at this relatively early stage of the tournament.

Match status: 2017-18 Europa League - Group D
Kick-off: Thursday 19 Oct 2017, 08:05pm GMT
Venue: "Giuseppe Meazza" in Milan, Italy

AC Milan v AEK Athens Team News

AC Milan come into this game having lost 3 of their last 4 games. Their previous fixture was the Milan derby, in which they lost 3-2 to Inter Milan in a hard fought game which went all the way to the wire.

Many years have passed since the last meeting of these 2 at the San Siro, which was in the EL group stage of the ‘06/’07 season. Milan lost the away fixture in a close 1-0 game, but won the return leg by a 3-0 margin.

AC Milan’s summer spending spree has seen their squad value rocket to above 10 times that of AEK Athens’. (AEK squad value: ?28.94m; AC Milan squad value: ?306.72m - Transfermarkt).

AC Milan manager Vincenzo Montella is known for rotating his team, although in this case Milan are expected to go all guns blazing in front of a home crowd versus their closest rivals in Group D.

The Rossoneri (Milan) came within seconds of dropping 2 points in the previous round vs Rijeka before youth academy product Patrick Crutone popped up with the winner in the 4th minute of injury time. They will hope not to leave it so late this time around.

Head-to-Head Record: AC Milan v AEK Athens

2006-07 Champions League Group Stages
AEK Athens 1-0 AC Milan

2006-07 Champions League Group Stages
AC Milan 3-0 AEK Athens

1994-95 Champions League Group Stages
AC Milan 2-1 AEK Athens

1994-95 Champions League Group Stages
AEK Athens 0-0 AC Milan