By Goal.com News on Sunday, 21 March 2021
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LIVE: Fiorentina vs AC Milan

This could be a tough test for Milan. Fiorentina have drawn three of their last four home games against AC Milan in Serie A, last winning at home against the Rossoneri back in August 2015. A draw isn't good enough for the visitors though as far as their title hopes are concerned. We'll have to see just how much Milan want the win.

There's just the one change to Fiorentina from their 4-1 spanking of Benevento. Castrovilli replaces Venuti in central midfield while hat-trick hero Vlahovic remains up front. Milan make four changes from their 1-0 loss to Napoli last week. The good news for them is that Ibrahimovic is back from injury.

SUBS: Pierre Kalulu Kyatengwa, Soualiho Meite, Riccardo Tonin, Samu Castillejo, Luca Stanga, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Ismael Bennacer, Jens Hauge, Antonio Donnarumma, Rade Krunic, Matteo Gabbia.

AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Diogo Dalot, Simon Kjaer, Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Sandro Tonali, Franck Kessie; Alexis Saelemaekers, Hakan Calhanoglu, Brahim Diaz; Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

SUBS: Borja Valero, Maximiliano Olivera, Kevin Malcuit, Tofol Montiel, Antonio Barreca, Jose Callejon, Antonio Rosati, Pietro Terracciano, Christian Kouame, Sofyan Amrabat, Cristiano Biraghi, Lorenzo Venuti.

FIORENTINA (3-5-2): Bartlomiej Dragowski; Nikola Milenkovic, German Pezzella, Lucas Martínez Quarta; Martín Caceres, Giacomo Bonaventura, Erick Pulgar, Gaetano Castrovilli, Valentin Eysseric; Dusan Vlahovic, Franck Ribery.  

Milan, meanwhile, are struggling to keep pace with their cross-city rivals Inter at the top. Stefano Pioli's men suffered a damaging defeat to Napoli last match and have failed to score in four of their last nine now after scoring in 38 consecutive league games before that. A win here is essential for Milan if they don't want to end up getting left behind.

Fiorentina's 4-1 away win over Benevento last time out could prove pivotal in their quest to avoid the drop. However, the hosts are one of four teams yet to win back-to-back games in Serie A this season, with Cesare Prandelli's team struggling to find consistency. That inability to put a string of wins together could yet prove to be Fiorentina's downfall.

Hello! Welcome to our live text commentary of this Serie A match between Fiorentina and AC Milan at Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence.

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