AC MILAN v SALERNITANA: MATCH PREVIEW

For one last time. AC Milan v Salernitana, our 52nd match of the season in all competitions. Nothing is riding on the game, but there's still the desire to finish a long campaign in the best way possible in our new Home Kit, whose style is a nod to the 125 years of history of the Club. Kick-off is scheduled for 20:45 CEST, and here's our Match Preview. 

LATEST FROM MILANELLO
Almost the entire squad will be available for an evening of goodbyes. With Gabbia having served his suspension, only the injured Sammy Chukwueze and Mike Maignan are out. The line-up should contain regular starters, and plenty of eyes will be on Simon Kjær (who, together with Ruben Loftus-Cheek, is back available) and Olivier Giroud, both of whom will wear the Rossoneri jersey for the final time and join Coach Pioli in bidding farewell to the AC Milan fans. During the match, it's possible that a few players who have featured less this campaign will come on. Despite only arriving last summer, both Christian Pulisic and Tijjani Reijnders are already ready to play for the 50th time in Rossoneri colours, which is testament to the speed with which they established themselves as important members of the group. 

LATEST FROM SALERNITANA
After two seasons where they managed to avoid the drop, Salernitana were relegated a month ago this time around. It's been a difficult season for the Granata: four different coaches - Colantuono is now in the hotseat after Sousa, Inzaghi and Liverani - and 39 players haven't been enough to save them. Nevertheless, in the last few weeks, Salernitana have shown the desire to honour the campaign all the way, narrowly losing at home to Atalanta and Hellas Verona and, above all, drawing 1-1 away to Juventus. Candreva, Gyömbér, Kastanos and Maggiore will all be available for the match at San Siro, although the list of absentees remains long (Bašić will also miss out due to suspension). A few Primavera players will be in the matchday squad.

"We must be as motivated as we have been in the last few weeks, and we'll have to produce a respectable performance," said Colantuono on the eve of the game. "We'll head to Milan with the aim of performing close to the level we did against Fiorentina, Atalanta and Juventus. We'll play this away game in the hope of doing the best we can."

PRE-MATCH STATS

• AC Milan and Salernitana are set to meet for the 10th time in Serie A: the Rossoneri have five wins to their name compared to the Granata's one (three draws complete the picture). The sides have faced each other four times in Milan, where the Diavolo have emerged victorious on three occasions. The other result was a draw, which occurred when the two teams last faced each other in Lombardy. 
• AC Milan have won their final league game of the season for six consecutive campaigns, always taking a lead into the break. This season, the Rossoneri have scored 73 goals in Serie A (in the last 30 years, there have only been three seasons where we've been more prolific) and 96 in all competitions (in the last twelve seasons, only once have we done better than this - 98 in 2020/21). 
• Olivier Giroud, who has scored 48 goals in Rossoneri colours, has 22 goal contributions to his name this league season; this represents his highest tally since the 2013/14 campaign (16 goals and eight assists for Arsenal). Our No.9, who will pull on the AC Milan shirt for the final time, has provided eight assists in the league this season; only once has he done better than this (with Montpellier in 2011/12 - nine). 
• Stefano Pioli's final game in charge of the Rossoneri will be against the first team he led as a head coach, namely Salernitana (in Serie B in 2003/04). Pioli sits fourth in terms of AC Milan coaches with the most wins in Serie A - 108, after Ancelotti, Rocco and Capello - and second when it comes to win percentage (59%, behind only Lajos Czeizler with 64%).

WHERE TO WATCH AC MILAN v SALERNITANA
In Italy, the match will be broadcast by DAZN. To watch AC Milan v Salernitana in a different country, you can consult the "AC Milan on TV" webpage, by clicking on the heading "Abroad". On the Rossoneri channels, Milan TV will provide live matchday coverage starting from 20:00 CEST and continuing up until shortly before kick-off. After full-time, there will be interviews and Coach Pioli's press conference. Also, not to be missed is the coverage on acmilan.com, the AC Milan Official App, our official Social Media profiles and WhatsApp.

LATEST FROM SERIE A
Davide Di Marco, who has never refereed either of the two sides before, will be the man in the middle for AC Milan v Salernitana. The match at San Siro will be the second time he's taken charge of a Serie A fixture (his first game was Fiorentina v Genoa in April). Previously, he encountered the Rossoneri colours at Primavera level; this last occurred when the U19s faced Fiorentina away from home during the 2021/22 campaign. Di Marco will be assisted by Liberti and Valeriani, while Fabbri will perform the role of fourth official. Nasca, assisted by Marini, will oversee VAR. 

Two games have already taken place on the 38th matchday in Serie A: it finished Cagliari 2-3 Fiorentina on Thursday 23 May and Genoa 2-0 Bologna yesterday. In addition to the match at San Siro, today will see Juventus face Monza in Turin at 18:00 CEST. The final round of fixtures will come to an end on Sunday: Atalanta v Torino and Napoli v Lecce are scheduled for 18:00 CEST, while four fixtures will be played at 20:45 CEST: Empoli v Roma, Frosinone v Udinese, Hellas Verona v Inter and Lazio v Sassuolo. The last league match of the campaign will be the rearranged clash between Atalanta and Fiorentina on Sunday 2 June. 

This is the current table: Inter 93; AC Milan 74; Bologna° and Juventus 68; Atalanta* 66; Roma 63; Lazio 60; Fiorentina 57; Torino 53; Napoli 52; Genoa° 49; Monza 45; Hellas Verona and Lecce 37; Cagliari° 36; Frosinone 35; Udinese 34; Empoli 33; Sassuolo 29; Salernitana 16. (Atalanta have one game in hand; Bologna, Cagliari and Genoa have finished their respective seasons)

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