AC Milan v Manchester United Betting Tips – ICC, 25th July 12.00pm
Manchester United get their first taste of International Champions Cup 2018 action as they go up against AC Milan on Thursday out in teh United States. This game is being played out in Miami. The Red Devils had a lot of their main squad take part in the World Cup and this isn’t going to be a game where either of these are going to be at full strength.
AC Milan News and Form
It wasn’t particularly successful season from AC Milan on the domestic front last season as they come home sixth in Serie A. They were trying to rebuild to be fair and over the summer they had their European ban lifted, so can really start looking forward to things. They are still a bit of a work in progress though and boss Giuseppe Meazza has some work to do over the summer to try to get them a bit more competitive. There were good enough pieces of the puzzle at Milan last season, but they really didn’t get any kind of momentum going until the second half of the season and just weren’t in the title race by then. So it will be interesting to see if they can take a bit of a leap in progress. More likely than not there is going to be a lot of youth out for both of these sides and under 2.5 goals is at 11/10 odds* (Betting Odds were taken on July 22nd, 2018 at 4:51 p.m.) looks to worth a flutter on this international champions Cup game. This is going to be quite an important summer for them and after this meeting, they are going off to meet Tottenham and then Barcelona.
Manchester United News and Form
Manchester United haven’t been showing their hand too early in the summer transfer except for the capture of midfielder Fred. He is supposed to come in and shore up the defensive area of the midfield and allow Paul Pogba to flourish in getting forward a bit more. They did get a young left back Diogo Dalot as well so that is Like Shaw out of the door probably. There probably is going to be more from United in terms of transfers, but will they be able to land some real marquee names to push them on to challenge Manchester City more seriously? United had a lot of players taking part in the World Cup 2018 of course, so they won’t be anywhere near full strength as their stars get a rest. Normally when you look at pre-season affairs like this you can expect a degree of openness but we can’t help but see the appeal of both teams not to score at 11/8 odds* (Betting Odds were taken on July 22nd, 2018 at 4:51 p.m.) for this encounter. Following this, the Red Devils will be taking on Liverpool and then Real Madrid in the International Champions Cup. This will likely be the low-key affair of their action in the States.
AC Milan v Manchester United Head to Head
The last time that Milan and Manchester United met competitively was in the 2009/10 Champions League with Manchester United winning both legs of their tie. The overall head to head between them from competitive meetings is five wins each with no drawn match. Both teams scored in just three of those ten games.
AC Milan v Manchester United Betting Odds*
AC Milan 9/5
Draw 5/2
* (Betting Odds were taken on July 22nd, 2018 at 4:51 p.m.)
AC Milan v Manchester United Predictions
AC Milan to win: We are simply going with AC Milan. They had their season of transition and really need to start pushing on now to get themselves in the thick of a Serie A title race this forthcoming season. United won’t be at full strength, nowhere near, so we are simply backing the Italians to come up with a win.
