It’s been a tough season for Olivier Giroud and co AC Milan v Tottenham: Team news Tottenham have been dealt a huge blow after influential midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering an ACL injury against Leicester. Spurs are also without Hugo Lloris due to a knee injury, so Fraser Forster will fill in. Yves Bissouma and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg will also miss this one due to injury and suspension. But Cristian Romero will return to the backline after serving his one-match ban against Leicester. Meanwhile, the hosts will be without Mike Maignan, but Fikayo Tomori, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ismael Bennacer are all back in contention.
Milan v Tottenham LIVE: Spurs unbeaten against Serie A giants but Bentancur outTottenham head to Italy this week off the back of a dreadful 4-1 defeat against Leicester to face AC Milan in the Champions League. UEFA’s premier competition is back for the knockout stages and Spurs play the defending Serie A champions for a place in the quarter-finals. Getty Tottenham sealed their place in the Champions League knockout stages with a 2-1 win over Marseille Antonio Conte’s men topped their group and have never lost a competitive game against Milan.
The Italian side have failed to score in nine of their last 14 matches in the knockout stages of the competition. Spurs boss Antonio Conte will be looking to win consecutive away games in the UEFA Champions League for just the second time in his managerial career, having last done so back in the 2012-13 campaign while in charge of Juventus (1-0 v Shakhtar Donetsk and 3-0 v Celtic). Spurs are the team who have scored the highest percentage of their goals in the UEFA Champions League this season from crosses (63% – 5/8), while Antonio Conte’s side are also the team who have scored the most total goals following crosses (5).
However, Ibrahimovic will likely start on the bench, meaning ex-Chelsea and Arsenal man Olivier Giroud will lead the line. Bentancur’s injury leaves Tottenham very short in midfield AC Milan v Tottenham: Match facts This will be the fifth competitive meeting between AC Milan and Tottenham Hotspur, with the English side unbeaten across each of the previous four (W2 D2).
AC Milan and Spurs last faced each other in the 2010-11 campaign, when they were drawn together at this exact stage of the UEFA Champions League. Spurs won 1-0 on aggregate across both games in the Round of 16, with Peter Crouch scoring the only goal of the tie. Spurs have played at the Giuseppe Meazza on three previous occasions in the UEFA Champions League, with their one victory coming against AC Milan (two defeats v Internazionale).
60% of their goals there have been scored by Gareth Bale (3/5), whose hat-trick in October 2010 versus Inter is one of only two instances of a visiting player scoring a hat-trick at the Giuseppe Meazza (also Rivaldo for Barcelona in 2000). Spurs manager Antonio Conte has won eight of his last nine games as a manager against AC Milan (L1), between 2013 and 2021. Indeed, he has seen his side win and keep a clean sheet in each of his last three trips to face the Rossoneri away from home (2-0 in 2014, 2-0 in 2019 and 3-0 in 2021 – all in Serie A). AC Milan will play their first match in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League since the 2013-14 season, when they were beaten 1-5 on aggregate by Atlético Madrid in the Round of 16.
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But they have lost four of their last seven matches in the league, so will need to step things up against the Rossoneri. However, Milan aren’t having the greatest season – they finished behind Chelsea in their Champions League group and are currently fifth in Serie A, 18 points behind leaders Napoli. Stefano Pioli’s side have only won one of their last eight in all competitions, and this is a big opportunity for Spurs to take a healthy lead back to north London for the return leg. AC Milan v Tottenham: talkSPORT coverage This Champions League round of 16 clash will take place on Tuesday, February 14.
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