WOMEN, AC MILAN v POMIGLIANO: MATCH PREVIEW

Also for Mister Corti's Rossonere, the second phase of the 2023/24 Women's Serie A begins. After resting in the first round, Milan prepares to host Pomigliano at home on Sunday, 24 March at 12:30 CET. In the first half of the season, the Rossonere defeated the Granata 4-1 at the PUMA House of Football - with a brace from Asllani and goals from Stašková and Grimshaw - before drawing blank in the return leg at the bell's home. Now it's time for a new challenge, bringing new objectives and milestones to achieve: let's approach AC Milan v Pomigliano with our Match Preview.

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The second phase of the season must be faced with the right mentality, serving as an incentive to improve and demonstrate the ability to achieve a consistency of results that was lacking in the first part of the season. The Rossonere aim to redeem their elimination from the Coppa Italia at the hands of Roma and secure their third consecutive Serie A victory after the 3-1 win against Sampdoria and the 2-1 victory in the Derby against Inter. No suspended players, Bergamaschi and Piga are on a yellow card warning, offering many options - from the starting lineup to substitutions - for the 4-3-3 formation outlined by Mister Corti. Milan does not want to make mistakes; three points would be crucial to assert dominance at the top of the group.

The Rossonere squad: Babb, Copetti, Giuliani; Bergamaschi, Fusetti, Guagni, Mesjasz, Piga, Swaby; Cernoia, Donolato, Dubcová, Grimshaw, Mascarello, Rubio Ávila, Soffia, Vigilucci; Asllani, Dompig, Ijeh, Marinelli, Nadim, Stašková.

"The Poule will be a moment of redemption for us," said Mister Corti on the eve. "After the elimination from the Coppa Italia, we want to react and do our best to finish in sixth place in the standings. The ambitions and objectives of this club are always maximum; motivation must not be lacking. We know that Pomigliano plays a counter-attacking style of football; we'll have to be smart in finding the right spaces because it will be a tight and tough match."

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Mister Carannante's girls - under his guidance since February 14th - are going through a tough time. They haven't won since mid-November (a 2-1 home victory against Napoli), while away from home, the bells are still chasing their first seasonal cheer. In the first match of this phase, the Granata suffered a heavy defeat of 0-5 against Sampdoria. Motivations are high because Pomigliano is at the bottom of the table, seeking salvation points in every match. Beating the Rossonere would significantly alter their course. The defensive setup with three at the back has characterized their recent outings, with no changes expected in the frontline duo of Arcangeli-Ippólito. Particularly, the Argentine - the team's top scorer with 3 goals - knows how to make an impact against Milan, having already contributed to two goals in Serie A against the Rossonere, providing two assists, one of which was on October 22nd.

"We absolutely must put ourselves in a position to earn points against Milan," declared Aryana Harvey, Pomigliano's defender, ahead of the match in Milan. "We know they are a very physical team, but now there are seven games left, and we must come together to do everything to achieve our goal."

PRE-MATCH STATS

• AC Milan are undefeated in five out of six matches against Pomigliano in Serie A, with four wins and one draw (0-0 in the most recent encounter), having won each of the first three home games against Granata in the tournament - the Diavolo has never reached four wins in the first four home games against a single opponent in the competition.
• The Rossonere have won the last two Serie A matches and have yet to achieve three consecutive victories in the ongoing championship - the last occasion was in February 2023, with the second of those victories coming against Pomigliano.
• On one hand, AC Milan is the team that has scored the highest percentage of goals from set-pieces in this Serie A (50% - 11/22); on the other hand, Pomigliano has conceded the most goals from set-pieces in absolute terms: 18 (at least three more than any other team), including three of the four against Rossonere in the October match.

WHERE TO WATCH AC MILAN ON TV
In Italy, AC Milan v Pomigliano will be broadcast live on DAZN at 12:30 CET. Don't miss coverage on acmilan.com, the Rossonere's official Instagram account and on the AC Milan Official App where, the day after, the full game will be available.

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The referee for AC Milan v Pomigliano will be Jules Roland Andeng Tona Mbei from Cuneo. Assisting him will be the linesmen Davide Santarossa (Pordenone) and Vincenzo Russo (Nichelino), with Riccardo Borghi from Modena as the fourth official.

Sampdoria 1-0 Como Women kicked off the 2nd round of the second phase of Women's Serie A. Sunday will feature the Rossonere's commitment against Pomigliano (12:30 CET), while Napoli will have a rest.

The current standings are as follows: Sampdoria** 24; Como Women** 22; Milan 21; Napoli* 7; Pomigliano*6. (** = two more game played ; * = one more game played)

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