Week 26 features a match on Saturday Feb 19th, where Salernitana will host Milan at Stadio Arechi in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 20th placed Salernitana, recorded a 1-1 draw against Genoa. Mattia Destro struck first for Genoa in the 32nd minute, then in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time, Duric sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Federico Bonazzoli earning Salernitana a comeback draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Milan recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Sampdoria. Rafael Leão scored the first goal for Milan in the 8th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Sampdoria couldn’t muster any offence and Milan ran away with the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Milan should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Milan and Salernitana last played eachother at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Sat Dec 4th. Milan won by a score of 2 to 0. Franck Kessié scored the first goal for Milan in the 5th minute, then Alexis Saelemaekers added another in the 18th minute In the end, Salernitana was frustrated by Milan’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Milan ended the match with the shutout victory.
Olivier Giroud has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Milan. Both Simone Verdi and Federico Bonazzoli have been the hottest scorers for Salernitana in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.