AC Milan vs Fiorentina in Serie A on May 1.2022 – Odds & Prediction

Milan have crucially managed to register back-to-back wins to keep their Scudetto hopes alive, and that momentum should help them get through this one too.

While they still aren’t clinical enough and their recent run of scoring three goals in five league games, which included two goalless draws, wasn’t too long ago, they may well struggle to make this a straight-forward assignment.

In turn, back the home side to get three points, but to find it difficult in the process in what should be a scrappy game in which they’ll have to really fight to get over the line against a talented Fiorentina side.

With that in mind, we can’t ignore the odds of 3/1(Betway) as well available with all of the reliable sports betting websites – for Milan to win and under 2.5 goals.

As noted above, Milan have found their winning form again over the past fortnight, securing two wins on the bounce over Genoa and Lazio.

They’re still making hard work of it though, with Tonali’s dramatic late winner last weekend just about keeping them in contention at the top of the standings.

Stefano Pioli will be fully aware of his side’s lack of a clinical edge in front of goal, and so he’ll hope to rectify that as much as possible in training this week.

Rafael Leao has bagged nine goals and four assists in 30 league outings this season, while Olivier Giroud also has nine goals to his name and has scored some particularly important goals along the way.

Fiorentina have enjoyed a great season thus far, as they sit firmly amongst the pack chasing the European qualification spots.

While they’ve been disappointing in recent weeks with defeats to Salernitana in Serie A and to Juventus in the Coppa Italia semi-finals, their form prior to that was superb with four wins in five.

Losing Dusan Vlahovic was a major blow to the Viola, but they have seen others step up since his departure to ensure that the goals are more evenly shared across the team.

Lucas Torreira has emerged as an unlikely source of goals as he’s got five so far this season, while Nicolas Gonzalez is their chief creator with six assists in 29 games.

If Fiorentina have hopes of winning this game, they are going to have to be at their best collectively to get the better of Milan, and will need some moments of quality at both ends to produce an upset.

If the last seven meetings between these two sides are anything to go by, it’s a real lottery as to who will come out on top in this clash.

The two side have three wins apiece in those seven encounters with just one draw, with Milan winning this fixture last season 2-0.

Historically, Fiorentina are a side that Milan have tended to struggle against, but with both sides not in the finest of form in the final third, they’ll hope that they have just enough to get the better of the Viola this time round.

One of the most iconic stadiums in the world, the San Siro has a capacity of 80,000 and it will be packed with Milan fans who will be behind the players every step of the way in this nail-biting Scudetto battle.

Milan have the third best home record in Serie A this season, winning 10 of 17 games and losing just three, and so they’ll be confident in their ability to get the victory.

Fiorentina’s form on the road hasn’t been particularly impressive with six wins, three draws and eight defeats, and so a passionate home crowd will hope to make it difficult for them if they can.

Milan should have the edge in this one as with both sides struggling to convince or impress in front of goal, it could come down to crucial moments in the game.

The Rossoneri have conceded just one goal in their last seven Serie A games, and so they’ll hope to continue to be incredibly difficult to break down.

It just remains to be seen if they can solve their issues at the other end of the pitch and as we saw last time out, they have players who can produce key contributions to help them get the job done.