SERIE A WOMEN, FIORENTINA V AC MILAN: MATCH PREVIEW

AC Milan is set to face Fiorentina in the third matchday of the Serie A Women 2025/26. The match will take place on 18 October at 15:00 at Stadio Curva Fiesole - Viola Park. The team led by Suzanne Bakker is ready to challenge the Viola, managed by coach Piñones-Arce. Both teams are looking to improve their standings in this early season. We approach kick-off with our Match Preview.

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The Rossonere come into this clash following a 1-2 defeat to Roma: a result which disrupted the positive run after the 2-1 comeback win against Genoa. AC Milan showed a great deal of reaction and determination, aspects that will be essential against Fiorentina, who we already faced in a friendly before the start of the season. Coach Bakker's side are determined to get back to winning ways and consolidate their place in the league. The team will set up in a 4-3-3 formation. Babb, Zanini, Stokić and Sorelli are all out.

"The pain of last week's final minute fuels us", Coach Bakker said on the eve of the match. "Tomorrow against Fiorentina, a team with great energy, physicality, and running power, we'll show the right response: resilience, determination and one team that never gives up".

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LATEST FROM FIORENTINA
Fiorentina started the season with a 2-2 draw against Inter and a 1-0 defeat to Napoli Women. Coach Piñones-Arce's side are aiming to find the right balance and improve on the chances that they have. Despite their initial difficulties, the Viola have shown themselves to be able to compete at to levels. The clash against AC Milan is a chance for them to stop their rot and get a positive result.

“We've worked well," said Piñones Arce. "We need to keep playing with determination and courage, giving 100% and improving our finishing. Milan are a strong, well-rounded side; we've already faced them, and we'll look to find the right spaces to hurt them."

PRE-MATCH STATS

• AC Milan is unbeaten in the last three encounters against Fiorentina in Serie A (1W, 2D) and won the most recent one on 12 April (5-3). The Rossonere have only once achieved two consecutive wins against the Viola in the tournament (between October 2021 and March 2022), while they have never recorded four consecutive matches without defeats.
• The six draws between AC Milan and Fiorentina in Serie A represent the record of draws with a single opponent for both teams in the tournament. Additionally, among the teams currently in the competition, this is the match that has ended in a draw the most times in the top league.
• On one hand, only against Roma (32) has AC Milan scored more goals than against Fiorentina (30) in Serie A; on the other hand, only against Juventus (47) and Roma (41) has the Viola conceded more than against the Rossonere (30, indeed) in the competition.
• Only against Roma (four) has Evelyn Ijeh scored more goals in Serie A than against Fiorentina (three, including one of her three braces in the tournament, scored on 12 April in the most recent encounter between the two teams). The Swede could become the first player to score more than three goals in the top league against the Viola in a Rossonere shirt, surpassing former player Martina Piemonte (three).

WHERE TO WATCH AC MILAN ON TV
In Italy, Fiorentina v AC Milan will be live on DAZN. Don't miss our coverage on the Rossonere's official Instagram, on acmilan.com, and on the AC Milan Official App, where, from the day after, the whole match will be available on demand.

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Alessandro Colelli, from the Ostia Lido section, will be the referee. The linesmen will be Spizuoco and Rosini. The fourth official will be Gallo and Scipione will be the FVS operator. 

The schedule for Serie A Women matchday 3 kicks off on Saturday, 18, with Sassuolo v Como Women and Genoa v Ternana Women both at 12:30 CEST and Fiorentina v AC Milan at 15:00 CEST. The schedule for Sunday 19 will feature Napoli Women v Roma at 12:30 CEST, Lazio v Juventus at 15:00 CEST, and Inter v Parma at 18:00.

Here are the current standings: Lazio, Roma, Napoli Women 6; Inter 4; AC Milan, Como Women, and Parma 3; Sassuolo, Juventus, and Fiorentina 1; Genoa and Ternana Women 0.

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