Milan and Porto will go head-to-head in the Champions League matchday 4 at the Giuseppe Meazza on Wednesday. The kick-off is at 19:45 CEST.

Preview

Even though Milan have gone unbeaten in 11 Serie A matches in the 2021/22 season so far, including a 2-1 victory over Roma on Sunday, Stefano Pioli's men are yet to scoop at least one point in the CL Group B. The Rossoneri are at the very bottom of the group following their defeats to Liverpool (3-2), Atletico Madrid (2-1) and most recently Porto (1-0) and now badly need to take all three points in this encounter to keep their hopes of qualifying for the competition's knock-out stages alive.

Porto, for their part, sit in third in the Group B table with four points as they've drawn Atletico (0-0) while losing to Liverpool (5-1) and beating their forthcoming opponents in the reverse fixture two weeks ago. As for their run in the Portuguese top flight, Sergio Conceicao's side also remain unbeaten this term after 10 games, including a 4-1 win over Boavista on Saturday.

Team news

Pioli's first-choice goalkeeper Mike Maignan is still unavailable due to a wrist issue while Alessandro Florenzi, Junior Messias, Samu Castillejo and Ante Rebic won't help the hosts on Wednesday through respective injury woes. Wendell, meanwhile, is the only confirmed injury absentee in the Dragons' squad.

Prediction

As mentioned, this is a win-or-die clash for Milan following their disastrous start to the 2021/22 Champions League campaign so far. Given that the Rossoneri were rather unlucky to claim as few as zero points in the opening three matchdays, we do believe that Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Co will gain revenge on Porto for last month's loss at the Dragao on Wednesday and thus take one step towards the knock-out stages.

Tip

Milan to win at 2.038 with 1XBET.