Milan vs Cagliari

AC Milan welcome visitors from Southern Italy for at San Siro for this Italian Serie A second round clash clash. The difference in class is big and I see the hosts as massive favorites here. Milan started the season well on Monday defeating Sampdoria 1-0 away from home. Sampdoria are a quality team especially home so it was a good performance indeed. Milan were the better team and deserved the narrow win although the hosts did have their chances too. However Milan could have easily scored more goals than just one. Milan played were high quality defensive football versus Sampdoria and I would not be at all surprised if Cagliari were to fail to score here. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is out from this match which probably affects the odds too much. Milan do how enough firepower the defeat a lowly opponent like Cagliari. Kessie is also out from today's match. Milan were second in the Serie A last season and another strong season is expected although I expect them to take a little less then the 79 points they took last season. The finished the season strong too.

Cagliari, typically for South Italian teams often struggle away from home and I would be quite surprised if they were to take even a point today. They were disappointing last Monday versus a lowly team Spezia at home and look very vulnerable in defense at times. They would have to improve a lot in the area of the game if they want to challenge they mighty Milan here. Cagliari were some 50% favorites versus Spezia and were the better team but not clearly despite the over 60% ball possession. I believe Milan will take advantage of their pretty weak defense today and to keep their strikers at bay.

My pick for my fans is Milan to win and the -1 option is a good option too for those who want to go for bigger odds and a little more risk.