|
|
Played
August 26, 2012 5:00 PM BST
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza — Milano
Referee: L. Banti
Attendance: 49000
August 26, 2012 5:00 PM BST
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza — Milano
Referee: L. Banti
Attendance: 49000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Milan | 1.40 | 46.00 | 1.44 | 151.00 | 1.45 | 50.00 | 1.50 | 1.39 |
| Draw | 4.50 | 7.50 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 4.00 | 3.83 |
| Sampdoria | 8.00 | 1.10 | 8.00 | 1.08 | 8.00 | 1.12 | 7.80 | 7.52 |
AC Milan - Sampdoria Preview: Allegri's men begin Serie A campaign against newly-promoted Blucerchiati
Ciro Ferrara's side travel to San Siro to play their first top-flight game since 2010-11 against a new-look Rossoneri, who begin life without a host of familiar faces
By Alex Mott
| PROBABLE LINE-UPS |
|
AC MILAN
 Abbiati De Sciglio, Bonera, Zapata, Antonini Flamini, Nocerino, Montolivo Boateng Pazzini, Robinho |
SAMPDORIA
 Romero De Silvestri, Gastaldello, Rossini, Costa Munari, Tissone, Poli Estigarribia, Maxi Lopez, Eder |
AC Milan look set to give new signings Cristian Zapata, Riccardo Montolivo and Giampaolo Pazzini their debuts as they continue life without Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva and Antonio Cassano, who all moved on over the summer. Alexandre Pato, Philippe Mexes and Ignazio Abate are all set to miss out due to injury, as the Milanese giants hope to get their season off to the best possible start.
Vice-captain Christian Abbiati will start in goal, with youngster Mattia De Sciglio joining Daniele Bonera and Luca Antonini at the back. In midfield, last season's revelation Antonio Nocerino will look to continue where he left off, playing alongside new boy Montolivo and Mathieu Flamini.
Sampdoria, meanwhile, are injury free, with just Nicola Pozzi and goalkeeper Julian Da Costa unavailable due to suspension.
Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero is set to start in goal, marshalling a defence consisting of new signing Lorenzo De Silvestri, Daniele Gastaldello, Jonathan Rossini and summer arrival Andrea Costa.
Up front, there are three new players all vying to keep Samp in Serie A. Marcelo Estigarribia joins after impressing at Juventus last season, Maxi Lopez returns to San Siro to play against his old club, and Eder makes his debut after spending last year at Cesena.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
Milan have won their last three games against Sampdoria, all by a 3-0 scoreline.
- The Rossoneri have lost just once on the opening day of the season in the last 10 years: a 2-1 defeat to Bologna in 2008.
- Massimiliano Allegri's side had the best attack in Serie A last season, scoring 74 goals.
- Milan and Sampdoria have met 111 times in the Italian top flight. The San Siro side have collected 54 wins to Samp's 28, with 29 draws.
- Maxi Lopez, who is due to start for Ferrara's side on Sunday, played just eight games for the Milanese giants last season, scoring one goal.
- The Genoa club boast a positive record on opening-day fixtures over the past four years: three wins and a draw.
| Sign up with William Hill for a free bet up to £25 |
|
| Sign up with bet365 for a free bet up to £200 |
|
| Sign up to Paddy Power for £250 in free bets |
|
| Sign up today with Coral and get a £50 FREE bet - no strings attached! |
|
| Sign up today with BetVictor and get a £25 FREE BET! |
|
Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
-
AC Milan 3-0 Sampdoria
- 19.41 %
-
AC Milan 2-0 Sampdoria
- 19.07 %
-
AC Milan 2-1 Sampdoria
- 11.82 %
| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Jan 13, 2013 | Sampdoria 0 - AC Milan 0 |
|
| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Aug 26, 2012 | AC Milan 0 - Sampdoria 1 |
|
| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Apr 16, 2011 | AC Milan 3 - Sampdoria 0 |
|
| Italy - Coppa Italia (ITAC) | Jan 26, 2011 | Sampdoria 1 - AC Milan 2 |
|
| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Nov 27, 2010 | Sampdoria 1 - AC Milan 1 |
|
AC Milan
   |
||
| May 19, 2013 | Siena 1 - AC Milan 2 | ITA1 |
| May 12, 2013 | AC Milan 0 - Roma 0 | ITA1 |
| May 8, 2013 | Pescara 0 - AC Milan 4 | ITA1 |
| May 5, 2013 | AC Milan 1 - Torino 0 | ITA1 |
| Apr 28, 2013 | AC Milan 4 - Catania 2 | ITA1 |
Sampdoria
  |
||
| May 18, 2013 | Sampdoria 3 - Juventus 2 | ITA1 |
| May 12, 2013 | Lazio 2 - Sampdoria 0 | ITA1 |
| May 8, 2013 | Sampdoria 1 - Catania 1 | ITA1 |
| May 5, 2013 | Udinese 3 - Sampdoria 1 | ITA1 |
| Apr 28, 2013 | Sampdoria 0 - Fiorentina 3 | ITA1 |
| Returns: | Milan £1510.00 |
|
Sign up with bet365 for a free bet up to £200 | |
| Returns: | Draw £80.00 |
|
Sign up with bet365 for a free bet up to £200 | |
| Returns: | Sampdoria £80.00 |
|
Sign up to Paddy Power for £250 in free bets |
| 32 | Christian Abbiati | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Mattia De Sciglio | Defender |
| 25 | Daniele Bonera | Defender |
| 76 | Mario Alberto Yepes | Defender |
| 77 | Luca Antonini | Defender |
| 8 | Antonio Nocerino | Midfielder |
| 10 | Kevin-Prince Boateng | Midfielder |
| 16 | Mathieu Flamini | Midfielder |
| 18 | Riccardo Montolivo | Midfielder |
| 7 | Robinho | Striker |
| 92 | Stephan El Shaarawy | Midfielder |
| 1 | Marco Amelia | Goalkeeper |
| 59 | Gabriel | Goalkeeper |
| 15 | Francesco Acerbi | Defender |
| 17 | Cristian Zapata | Defender |
| 12 | Bakaye Traoré | Midfielder |
| 21 | Kevin Constant | Midfielder |
| 8 | Urby Emanuelson | Midfielder |
| 93 | Mattia Valoti | Midfielder |
| - | Carmona | Midfielder |
| 11 | Giampaolo Pazzini | Striker |
| 22 | Sergio Romero | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Andrea Costa | Defender |
| 13 | Gaetano Berardi | Defender |
| 28 | Daniele Gastaldello | Defender |
| 35 | Jonathan Rossini | Defender |
| 23 | Fernando Tissone | Midfielder |
| 14 | Pedro Obiang | Midfielder |
| 16 | Andrea Poli | Midfielder |
| 25 | Nenad Krsticic | Midfielder |
| 2 | M. Estigarribia | Midfielder |
| 23 | Eder | Striker |
| 21 | Daniele Padelli | Goalkeeper |
| 32 | Tommaso Berni | Goalkeeper |
| 7 | Paolo Castellini | Defender |
| 8 | Shkodran Mustafi | Defender |
| 19 | Lorenzo De Silvestri | Defender |
| 5 | Renan | Midfielder |
| 11 | Gianni Munari | Midfielder |
| 21 | Roberto Soriano | Midfielder |
| 10 | Maxi López | Striker |
| 98 | Mauro Emanuel Icardi Rivero | Striker |
| Giampaolo Pazzini | |
| Position: | Striker |
| Squad Number: | 11 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 15 | 7 | 0 |
With the 28-year-old due to make his debut, it will be interesting to see how he gels with his team-mates and adapts to the Milan style of play. When given the chance to be the focal-point of a team, Pazzini could do well. And with Robinho and Boateng making runs around him, it's not outlandish to say the former Inter man could do well here.
| Andrea Poli | |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Squad Number: | 16 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
After impressing last season on-loan at Inter, the 22-year-old returns to San Siro as the fulcrum of this Sampdoria team. His range of passing and vision were a rare bright spark for the Nerazzurri in 2011/12, and if Ciro Ferrara's side are to get anything from this game, the youngster will have produce everything he did in the previous campaign.
It is hard to see past the Rossoneri in this one. They may have lost three of their best players over the summer, but the spine of the side is still strong, and I expect them to over-run this Sampdoria team.
Results
Times In BST
Live
Final
scheduled
Suspended
Cancelled
Postponed
Match News
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Edinson Cavani Striker Napoli |
29 | 7 |
|
Antonio Di Natale Striker Udinese |
23 | 4 |
|
Pablo Daniel Osvaldo Striker Roma |
16 | 2 |
|
Stephan El Shaarawy Midfielder Milan |
16 | 0 |
|
Germán Denis Striker Atalanta |
15 | 5 |
