Newcastle United and AC Milan will do battle on Wednesday night in a match-up of two sides hoping to snag that second knockout round qualification spot out of the infamous Group of Death.ย UEFA Champions League Group F sees table topping Borussia Dortmund set to go through, with their opposition on Wednesday night, Paris Saint-Germain, sitting second at seven points.
So without further ado, let’s get after it.
AC Milan at Newcastle United FYIs
Kick: Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2023ย 8:00 PM Local Time, St. James Park, Newcastle, UK
Preview Material for Both Sides:ย Team Newsย ย Starting XI Predictions
Transatlantic Passage: How the Premier League Redefined Soccer in America: LINK
Competition: UEFA Champions League, Group F, Matchday 6 of 6
Group of Death Standing: AC Milan 4th, 5 ptsย ย Newcastle 3rd, 5 pts
Group of Death Form: AC Milan LWLDDย ย Newcastle DLLWD
Google Result Probability: AC Milan 24%ย Newcastle 51%ย Draw 25%
If BVB beat PSG in midweek, the winner of this match would then grab the second round of 16 berth. It’s that simple, for both Newcastle and Milan, win and you’re in- provided Dortmund does you a solid. So now that we know what is at stake here, in this the final matchday of UCL group stages, let’s predict the first teams for both sides.
This is going to be all hands on deck, all guns blazing, balls out, leave it all out on the pitch at St. James Park.
Starting XI Predictions
AC Milan
Mike Maignan; Davide Calabria, Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernandez, Alessandro Florenzi; Yunus Musah, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Tijani Reijnders; Christian Pulisic, Olivier Giroud, Leรฃo.
Newcastle United
Martin Dubravka; Kieran Trippier, Jamal Lascelles, Fabian Schar, Tino Livramento; Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton; Miguel Almiron, Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon
Paul M. Banks is the owner/manager ofย The Sports Bank.ย Heโs also theย author of โTransatlantic Passage: How the English Premier League Redefined Soccer in America,โ andย โNo, I Canโt Get You Free Tickets: Lessons Learned From a Life in the Sports Media Industry.โ
Heโs written for numerous publications, including the New York Daily News,ย Sports Illustratedย andย theย Chicago Tribune.ย He regularly appears on NTD News and WGN News Now, while writing for theย International Baseball Writers Association of America. You can follow the websiteย onย Twitter.
