Coppa Italia: AC Milan vs. Lazio Preview, Odds, Prediction

AC Milan hosts Lazio in the quarterfinals of Coppa Italia. The two sides have high ambitions in this competition and hope to win the trophy, which would be a big boost for either of these two teams. AC Milan comes into this match following a big win over Inter in last weekend’s Derby Della Madonnina. After beating Fiorentina on the road, Lazio is fired up and posting very important three points. A victory like that was necessary for the Eagles to gain some confidence and improve morale before this contest.

Preview

AC Milan (-110) managed to come back from behind to beat Inter, 1-2 on Saturday afternoon, and to keep its Scudetto chances alive. Posting a victory like this, and over the biggest rivals, undoubtedly added some extra fuel to all the Rosonerri players.

Milan was without a win in back-to-back games before this event, shockingly losing at home to Spezia and after that meeting Juve and playing without goals, which was only the second time in the last 10 games that they haven’t been able to provide at least one hit.

Overall, seven of the last 10 evens Rosonerri had were with both teams to score. The same number of events saw over 2.5 scores, indicating that Stefano Pioli’s unit likes to play open and offensive contests.

Lazio (+320) rolled over Fiorentina in Florence, 0-3, enjoying one of the best performances in a long time. The Eagles were patient, organized and very focused, which in the end, allowed them to score three times and to come back home with all three points from one very nasty away challenge.

This was the fourth consecutive match for Lazio without a loss, and in all of them, Maurizio Sarri’s unit kept clean sheets, which is impressive knowing that the team from Rome isn’t that tough in the back line.

Also, apart from this most recent clash with Viola, all the meetings were with under 2.5 goals.

Latest News

Zlatan is out due to his tendon injury, the same as Simon Kjaer, who has knee problems. Ballo Toure is still in Senegal celebrating the AFCON title, and he also won’t be eligible to play. Ante Rebic stands as questionable.

On the other side, Acerbi and Akpa Akpro are both doubtful due to respective injuries.

Head to Head Games

Milan and Lazio met only once this year, and that was in Serie A, back on September 12. Rossoneri were the hosts, and they won, 2-0. The scorers were Rafael Leao and Zlatan.

That event was the first after four without at least three goals involved.

Prediction

Milan is the favorite, according to the bookmakers, but we wouldn’t be so sure that the Rossoneri are going to win. Our suggestion would be to focus on goals and avoid betting on the full-time winner or such derivates. We saw that Lazio has played well over the past few weeks. Our pick here is over 2.5 goals, because both units have better attacks than respective defenses. The odds on this one are -125, which is totally fine from our perspective.

Pick: Over 2.5 goals -125