MIL vs BOG Dream11 Prediction: Italian giants AC Milan will kick off their 2020-21 Serie A campaign at Serie A on Monday night when they face Sinisa Mihajlovic’s Bologna. The Rossoneri begun their campaign on Thursday night with a 2-0 win over Shamrock Rovers in the second qualifying round of the Europa League in Dublin, thanks to goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Hakan Calhanoglu. Pioli is expecting another tough test from Bologna as he stated in his pre-match press conference, while he will again battle a defensive crisis as Milan look to make it two wins from two to start the season. Milan won both meetings in 2019-20, riding goals from Krzysztof Piatek, Theo Hernandez and Giacomo Bonaventura to emerge victorious 3-2 at the Renato Dall’Ara, while there were five different scorers in the 5-1 win towards the end of the season.
Date: 22 September, Tuesday
Time: 12:15 am IST
Match: AC Milan vs Bologna
Place: San Siro, Milan
Form Guide:
MIL: W-W-W-W-W
BOG: W-D-L-W-L
Head-to-head (Last 5 Matches)
AC Milan wins: 3
Bologna wins: 1
Draws: 1
AC Milan Team News
After a stuttering start to the 2019/20 campaign, Milan recovered well under Stefano Pioli and were the most in-form team post-lockdown, finishing sixth in the Serie A. The Rossoneri have been in good form heading into the new season, having won each of their four friendlies, before beating Shamrock Rovers 2-0 in the UEFA Europa League second round qualifiers. Milan have a vastly impressive record at home against Bologna. They have racked up 42 wins in 72 matches on their own backyard, while losing just 13 times.
Injury update, unavailability
Milan will be unable to call upon defenders Alessio Romagnoli, Mateo Musacchio and Andrea Conti against Shamrock as all three continue to nurse injuries sustained towards the end of last season.
MIL vs BOG Playing 11 & Subs (probable)
Donnarumma; Calabria, Kjaer, Gabbia, Theo; Kessie, Bennacer; Castillejo, Calhanoglu, Rebic; Ibrahimovic
Subs (probable): Conti, Paqueta, Leao
Bologna Team News
Bologna, on the other hand, ended last season in twelfth place, two places below the finish they had achieved in 2018/19. Sinisa Mihajlovic’s men won just one of their previous eight Serie A outings in the run-in last season. They will be hoping to arrest that dip and start the new season strongly when they travel to San Siro on Monday. Before coming into this match, have won just three of their last 15 fixtures in all competitions .
Injury update, unavailability
The only selection issue for the Bologna boss is that Gary Medel is suspended, with former midfielder Andrea Poli in pole position to take his spot.
BOG Playing 11 & Subs (probable)
Skorupski; De Silvestri, Danilo, Tomiyasu, Dijks; Dominguez, Poli; Orsolini, Soriano, Barrow; Palacio
Subs (probable): Svanberg, Denswil, Sansone
Let’s take a look at the dream 11 prediction for today’s football match
Goalkeeper: Skorupski
Defenders: Gabbia, Theo, De Silvestri
Midfielders: Castillejo, Calhanoglu, Orsolini, Soriano
Forwards: Rebic, Ibrahimovic, Palacio
Zlatan Ibrahimovic: In the last season, Zlatan had 10 goals and a total of 25 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 15.38%. He had a total of 30 big chances.
Ante Rebic: He has scored 11 goals last season with 3 assists to his name after. Rebic created 10 chances and his conversion rate for shots to goals is 26.19.
Hakan Calhanoglu: He has 9 goals in 35 matches last season. He also has 9 assists and a total of 27 chances created with winning 24 ariel duels and 77 tackles.
Riccardo Orsolini: Orsolini has scored 8 goals with another 6 assists after 38 match days in the season 2019-20. His conversion rate for shots to goals is 9.30 and created 22 chances.
Who will win MIL vs BOG Today Match Prediction Football
AC Milan have shown tremendous improvement over the past few months and their superior squad strength is likely to prove too much of a challenge for Bologna. Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ante Rebic established an excellent relationship towards the end of last season and are likely to guide the Rossoneri to a victory on Monday. We predict a 2-0 win for the Milan-based side in today match prediction.