Champions League Tips – Atletico Madrid vs AC Milan

It is a crunch match for Milan on Wednesday as they travel to Spain to take on Atletico Madrid in the Wanda Metropolitano. Anything less than a victory will see the Serie A club knocked out of the Champions League – and extinguish any chance of dropping down to the Europa League too.

But Atletico need the points too if they are to keep up with Liverpool and Porto at the top of Group B.

Read on for a full preview of this clash and the all-important Champions League Betting Tips.

Atletico Madrid vs AC Milan – Recent Form

Diego Simeone will be relatively pleased with the way his side has played this season. Atleti is keeping up with the front runners in La Liga, as well as in this Champions League group. But there have been too many games uncharacteristically thrown away and a victory here is now vital.

Milan will be very pleased with how their Serie A season is going so far, but disappointed in the way the first Champions League campaign for seven years has progressed. There has been just one point won so far – and now the Rossoneri face Atletico Madrid and Liverpool in its final two group games.

Atletico Madrid vs AC Milan Recent Matchups

Atletico Madrid was able to go to the San Siro in September and benefit from some curious refereeing decisions to come away with all three points. They left it late in that one, scoring two in the last six minutes. But they have never lost to Milan in European competition.

Champions League Betting Tips – Atletico Madrid vs AC Milan Stats and Analysis

Liverpool have been the only side to score a lot of goals in this group and Diego Simeone will be happy that his side have got their two games against the Anfield club out of the way as we head for the finishing straight. Atletico never score too many goals though, so expect another low-scoring game here.

Milan have scored in three of their four group games so far but still only ended up with one point to show for their efforts. Their attacking play has been much better in Serie A and Stefano Pioli will be hoping that they can keep their hosts at bay early on and exploit any spaces left later in the game.

Champions League Betting Tips – Atletico Madrid vs AC Milan

Milan probably deserved much more from the reverse fixture earlier in the season and have looked much better than the odds of 4.00 offered for the draw suggest. There is also a desperate need for points, so Atletico Madrid may be surprised at how much Milan go for it on Wednesday.

That being said, both these teams have strong defensive instincts and that suggests that we won’t see many goals scored at the Wanda Metropolitano. Total goals under 2.5 can be found at around 1.90 and that looks very attractive considering the tense atmosphere that is sure to be found in Madrid.

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