AC Milan vs Austria Vienna Predictions, 23 Nov 2017

The Match Is Over. Score: 5-1

AC Milan v Austria Vienna Predictions for Thursday's 8.05pm kick-off Europa League group fixture facing AC Milan and a Austria Vienna side at Giuseppe Meazza. The encounter on the opening matchday in Vienna was the first meeting between these 2 sides in European competition and saw Andre Silva grab a hat-trick in AC Milan's 5-1 win.

Match status: 2017-18 Europa League Group Stages
Kick-off: Thursday 23 Nov 2017, 08:05pm GMT
Venue: "Giuseppe Meazza" in Milan, Italy

AC Milan v Austria Vienna Team News

Milan are the undefeated leaders in Europa League (EL) Group D and a win for Vincenzo Montella’s will see them qualify for the next stage.

Milan have lost just 1 of their 10 matches against Austrian opponents (W7 D2) - a 5-2 defeat at Rapid Vienna in October 1957 in the European Cup.

Austria Vienna sit 3rd in the group on 4 points (W1 D1 L2) and will be eliminated from the competition if they fail to win and AEK gain a victory.

Vienna have won just 1 of their 13 matches against Italian sides (D5 L7) - a 2-1 win against Inter Milan in the UEFA Cup 3rd round in 1983. However, they have drawn their last 2 matches in Italy.

In the EL, Milan are undefeated in their last 17 matches (W11 D6) and have kept a clean sheet in 6 of their last 8 matches. Their only home defeat in the UEFA Cup or EL during the last 30 years dates back to 2002, when they lost 1-0 against Dutch club Roda JC.

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The Austrian outfit have won 7 of their last 10 European away games, losing just one. They have also won just 2 of their last 10 at home, losing the last 3. This season, Thorsten Fink’s side have won 3 of their 4 EL away matches (includes qualification games), drawing the other one. Moreover, they have seen over 2.5 goals (total) scored in 6 of their last 7 EL games.