Comments and predictions for AC Milan vs Red Star Belgrade: Home team dominates the field

Aiming for a fourth consecutive Champions League title, resurgent AC Milan host Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday evening.

The Serbian champions return to the San Siro after a 4-0 defeat to Inter Milan earlier in the season, this time with more confidence thanks to a long-awaited victory in the previous round.

Latest AC Milan vs Red Star Belgrade team information

AC Milan will be without one of their most important players on Wednesday night as Christian Pulisic suffers a calf injury that is expected to keep the American striker out until Christmas.

Pulisic has scored four goals and provided one assist in his last six European appearances, leaving Rafael Leao, Alvaro Morata and co. to shoulder the burden up front. Since the start of last season, Leao leads Milan in total Champions League goals and assists, shots, dribbles and possession.

Tijjani Reijnders, who often plays from midfield, has scored seven goals in all competitions this season, equalling his best tally in a single campaign. Reijnders is likely to start.

In addition to Pulisic, Ismael Bennacer and Alessandro Florenzi also continue to be absent due to injury, while Luka Jovic is still having a groin problem.

As for Red Star Belgrade, they will be without Peter Olayinka (Achilles tendon injury) and number one goalkeeper Omri Glazer (adductor injury). Ivan Gutesa is expected to replace Glazer.

The visitors will be looking to Cherif Ndiaye for attack, who is the league's top scorer with 10 goals, while Silas - on loan from Stuttgart - has also scored in both of his last two Champions League games.

A familiar face to Milan fans will be in midfield: Rade Krunic, who played 101 times for the Rossoneri between 2019 and 2024 and was part of the Serie A-winning team.

If 17-year-old talent Andrija Maksimovic continues to be selected, he will become the youngest player in Champions League history to make five consecutive starts, breaking the previous record set by Vincent Kompany at Anderlecht.

Latest predicted lineup AC Milan vs Red Star Belgrade

AC Milan:

Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Pavlovic, Hernandez; Fofana, Reijnders; Chukwueze, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Morata

Red Star Belgrade:

Gutesa; Mimovic, Spajic, Djiga, Seol; Krunic, Elsnik; Silas, Maksimovic, Milson; Ndiaye

Latest football commentary AC Milan vs Red Star Belgrade

Milan had a difficult start to the Champions League group stage, losing both their first two games against the German champions and the Premier League leaders. However, the Rossoneri quickly recovered their form with three consecutive wins, scoring impressively in each game.

Last month, Milan won away to Real Madrid, then beat Slovan Bratislava 3-2 in the Slovakian capital to move five points clear of the relegation zone.

Coach Paulo Fonseca confirmed that he does not want to stop at the play-off round (for teams ranked from 9th to 24th after 8 matches), instead aiming for a direct place in the round of 16.

Milan have scored three goals in their last three Champions League games, their best run in the competition in 35 years. Christian Pulisic and Tijjani Reijnders have both found the net multiple times in the run.

Reijnders, in his best form since joining Serie A, recently scored twice in Milan's win over Empoli and continued his fine form with a long-range strike against Sassuolo in a 6-1 Coppa Italia win.

However, shortly after reaching the quarter-finals of the national cup, Milan lost 1-2 to city rivals Atalanta, ending a seven-match unbeaten streak in all competitions. Currently, Fonseca's team is 12 points behind Atalanta in Serie A and may have to focus on cup competitions in search of titles.

Unbeaten in all six meetings with Red Star Belgrade, Milan will be confident of extending this streak and moving closer to the knockout stages.

On the other side, Red Star have very different expectations. Last month, they surprised with a 5-1 comeback win over Stuttgart at the Marakana, ending a 14-match winless streak in the Champions League, including 13 defeats.

After conceding an early lead to the visitors, Red Star delighted their fans with a superb performance, with Nemanja Radonjic scoring a late brace to seal a resounding victory.

Coach Vladan Milojevic finally sees his side transfer their domestic form to Europe, after losing their opening four games in a row, including a second-half collapse against Inter in October.

Despite holding Milan to draws in both legs of the Europa League in 2021, Red Star have won just two of their 24 UEFA meetings with Italian sides. They have also lost all 10 of their last away games in Europe, making this trip to the San Siro a daunting one.

However, Red Star go into the game in good form, having won all five of their last five games. After winning their seventh consecutive Serbian title last season, they have continued their dominance of the domestic league, scoring 55 goals and conceding just nine in 15 games. Luka Ilic scored a brace in Saturday's 6-0 win, giving the team confidence ahead of the challenge at the San Siro.

AC Milan vs Red Star Belgrade score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match AC Milan vs Red Star Belgrade as follows:

• Sportsmole: AC Milan 2-0 Red Star Belgrade

• WhoScore: AC Milan 3-1 Red Star Belgrade
• Our prediction: AC Milan 2-0 Red Star Belgrade

When and where to watch AC Milan vs Red Star Belgrade live?

To watch the live match AC Milan vs Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League taking place at 3:00 a.m. on December 12, viewers can watch on K+ Sport, K+PM or online sports channels. Wishing viewers happy moments of watching football.

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