AC Milan will welcome Tottenham to the San Siro this Tuesday for their first leg of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League round of 16.
Both teams qualified for this tournament round despite winning three group games out of six. AC Milan finished second in their group behind Chelsea, while Tottenham won their group.
The hosts, who qualified for this round of the tournament for the first time in nine seasons, have some ongoing concerns about a potential lack of presence in Europe in 2023/24 due to their domestic form.
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But they ended their seven-game winless run (D2, L5) across all competitions with a 1-0 Serie A victory against Torino last Friday. So they will welcome Tottenham to San Siro in better shape.
Meanwhile, the visitors come into this tie in bad shape after they were beaten in the Premier League by Leicester City (4-1). The result ended a run of three straight wins for Spurs and kept them outside the top four in the Premier League.
They travel to San Siro looking for a repeat of their performance here when they secured a 1-0 win in this fixture to qualify for the next round. However, they have a poor record away from home in the UCL, with their 2-1 win over Marseille in their last UCL away game just their fourth in 14 Champions League away trips (D5, L5).
That said, given both sides’ patchy form, this game could go either way, with a goalless draw or a high-scoring affair possible.
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