The 2023/24 Coppa Italia season continues, and for the Rossoneri AC Milan, who were knocked out of the Champions League in the group of death this season and missed out on qualifying for the knockout rounds, Stefano Pioli put his energy back on the Serie A pitch, and Milan also bottomed out and began to chase points. At 4 a.m. Beijing time on January 11, in the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup, AC Milan will host Atalanta Jr. AC Milan suffered a heavy defeat away from home in the first leg of this season's Serie A meeting, and now Pioli is looking for revenge. Due to copyright reasons, CCTV5 will not be able to broadcast this game live.
AC Milan vs Atalanta, Pioli has a squad of 541 million euros, with Giroud, Leao, Jovic, Bennacer, Christian Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Florenzi, Reinders, Maignan and other stars. For Atalanta, Gasperini has a squad of 335 million euros, with Koopmeiners, Lookman, Scamacca, Muriel, De Jong, Baumgart and other famous players. The sum of the two teams' value is converted into 6.6 billion yuan. The historical record shows that in the last 10 meetings between the two teams, AC Milan has the upper hand with 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.
AC Milan at the beginning of the season because of distraction in the Champions League, resulting in a large fluctuation in the state of Serie A, since missing the Champions League knockout round, AC Milan will focus back on the league, AC Milan bottomed out, the recent unbeaten in all competitions 6 consecutive games, the last three games have won a row, currently in the Serie A league with 39 points ranked 3rd in the standings, 9 points behind the top Inter Milan, 7 points ahead of the 5th, the top three positions are solid.
AC Milan have scored 35 goals and conceded 20 goals in the first 19 league games, ranking second in goals behind Inter Milan at the top of the table, and sixth in defense, strong in attack and weak in defence. Eleven players have scored in the squad, with Olivier Giroud netting 10 goals and six assists in all competitions, making him Milan's top scorer.
Atalanta drew away to Roma in the last round of the league, losing only one of their last seven games in all competitions, and are currently in 6th place in the standings with 30 points from 9 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, three points away from the Champions League zone, and are strong contenders for the top four. In the first 19 rounds of the league, Atalanta scored 30 goals and conceded 21 goals, ranking 4th in Serie A in terms of goals and 9th in defense. A total of 13 players scored in the squad, with Lukman scoring seven goals and providing three assists in all competitions, making him the team's top scorer.
Judging from the injury situation of the two teams, AC Milan, Kalulu, Jiafu, Okafor, Pobega, Tomori, Krunic, and Florenzi are injured and will not be able to play. For Atalanta, there are no injured players in the line-up. Looking at the history of the two teams, AC Milan lost 2-3 away to Atalanta in Serie A this season, when Lookman scored twice, Giroud and Jovic equalised twice, and Muriel scored in stoppage time.
AC Milan has a good home record this season, having won four consecutive home games recently, with nine wins, one draw and three defeats at home in all competitions this season. Atalanta's away results are significantly worse than at home, with five wins, two draws and five defeats in all competitions on the road this season. AC Milan have been able to win at home against Atalanta in each of their last two seasons. Atalanta is in a critical period of fighting for the top four, AC Milan only has the greatest hope of winning the Coppa Italia, and the fighting spirit of the two sides is more optimistic that AC Milan will advance to the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia at home.