Serie A: MIL v UDI - Leao and Giroud will battle it out for captaincy

Team to be updated after the lineups are announced.

Match Details

Serie A 2022-23
AC Milan vs Udinese
San Siro
August 13, 2022
10:00 pm IST

Preview

Reigning Serie A Champions AC Milan will begin their Serie a 2022-23 campaign with a match against Udinese at home on Saturday. Milan have been in pretty good form in their pre-season fixtures. They have won four out of these five matches and will be eager to carry that form forward into Serie A. Udinese, on the other hand, finished 12th last time. As far as their pre-season form goes, it has been kind of a mixed-bag performance. They won three matches, lost two and one ended in a draw. Moreover, they have won just once in their last 10 matches against AC Milan. So, the odds are heavily stacked against them.

Team News

AC Milan
Out: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sandro Tonali
Doubtful: None

Udinese
Out: Rodrigo Becao, Tolgay Arslan, Leonardo Buta
Doubtful: None

Probable Starting Lineups

AC Milan
Maignan; Calabria, Kalulu, Tomori, Hernandez; Bennacer, Krunic; Messias, Diaz, Leao; Giroud

Udinese
Silvestri; Perez, Bijol, Masina; Soppy, Pereyra, Walace, Makengo, Udogie; Deulofeu, Success

Top Picks

Rafael Leao: The forward delivered a brilliant performance for Milan last season. Leao not only scored 10 goals but assisted 11 times as well. He will be looking to better those numbers further this season.

Olivier Giroud: The French forward played a crucial role in Milans success last season. Giroud scored 11 goals and topped it up with three assists. He is an aerial threat from set-pieces and is a clinical finisher as well.

Gerard Deulofeu: The Udinese forward enjoyed a pretty good outing last season. Deulofeu scored 13 goals in the previous Serie A season and assisted five times as well.

Other Important Players (Serie A 2021-22 stats)

Issac Success | 2 Goals, 7 Assists

Theo Hernandez | 5 Goals, 5 Assists

D Udogie | 5 Goals, 3 Assists

Captaincy Options (In order of priority)

Rafael Leao
Olivier Giroud
Gerard Deulofeu

Fantasy Team

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Prasenjit Dey