AC Milan vs. Juventus match preview: Time, TV schedule, and how to watch the Serie A

We have reached the closing leg of Juventus’ massive three-game stretch that all of us knew would go a good distance in figuring out simply how a lot of an opportunity the Bianconeri had to qualify for the Champions League getting into the closing month of the 2025-26 season.

Little did we all know that on prime of profitable these first two fixtures, Juve would get a large quantity of assist to put them in prime place to qualify for Europe’s premier membership competitors — and then some — as they obtained prepared to head to the San Siro to meet up with an previous pal from significantly better instances (at the very least the first time round) as soon as extra.

Things have modified massively in the previous few weeks. And come Sunday night time, there may be the probability to say that when once more if Juventus can preserve their sudden profitable run going.

Juventus’ second and closing journey to the San Siro this weekend will see Luciano Spalletti’s squad put their latest uptick in profitable kind on the line towards Max Allegri’s AC Milan which can be removed from of their greatest second of the 2025-26 season. With Juve’s run of 5 wins of their final six video games and Milan’s latest downward pattern, the two arch-rivals are actually separated by all of three factors in the standings. That means, my associates, if Juventus had been to win on Sunday night time, they’d be degree on factors and forward in third place on aim differential — transferring them forward of a crew that has been in second or third place for the overwhelming majority of the season and regarded like an absolute lock to have a straightforward top-four end to Allegri’s first 12 months again at the membership.

Instead, Milan’s struggles over their final couple of months have now seen them each be overtaken by Napoli — which rolled to a win on Friday night time to transfer into second place all by themselves — and now probably by a Juventus crew that simply a few weeks in the past wasn’t even in the prime 4.

Ah, however how the (latest) instances have modified.

Out of Juventus’ closing 5 fixtures remaining this season, that is clearly the greatest of all of them. After this massive three-game stretch by which we’re getting into the closing leg of this weekend, the touchdown is relatively delicate, with back-to-back fixtures towards two groups in the relegation zone, Hellas Verona and Lecce, subsequent up on the schedule. The highest-placed crew left on Juventus’ schedule is Torino in thirteenth, with the Derby della Mole on the closing weekend of the season hopefully merely a rivalry sport the place Champions League qualification worries aren’t current. That does not imply you’ll be able to take your foot off the gasoline — “run through the tape!” they may scream to you if you would like — however it’s a favorable closing 4 fixtures left on the schedule.

But to take into consideration all that now’s getting a little bit too far forward of ourselves. For now, Milan is the focus. Same goes for how to break down a Milan facet that may absolutely attempt and grind out this type of matchup as a result of that’s what Allegri is need to achieve this usually.

How can Spalletti’s squad break down Milan’s anticipated low block?

How will they have the opportunity to restrict Milan’s velocity on the counterattack out of mentioned low block?

Can Juve take their possibilities towards a Milan crew that has regarded removed from defensively stable in latest weeks?

I may go on, however for now I’ll restrict to that just because Juventus having extra of the possession and simply what they are going to be in a position to do with it appears like a certainty towards an Allegri-coached crew that went quick muso of their slim 1-0 win towards Nineteenth-place Hellas Verona final weekend. That was a win in Milan recorded their solely shutout over the final 5 video games, and a efficiency that left some in the Italian media asking if Rafa Leao did a lot of something outdoors of helping on what proved to be the game-winning aim.

So when it comes to how these two groups are taking part in getting into such an enormous late-season fixture, it is fairly simple to say that Juventus are in the greatest kind. They’ve received 5 of their final six, whereas Milan has three of their final 5 and barely obtained previous Serie B-bound Hellas Verona only a week in the past. It’s obtained people questioning about this being one other occasion of a late-season Allegri collapse of kinds.

Whether it is really that or one thing completely different, nicely that is still to be seen, I assume.

But Juventus actually have the probability to pile on to Milan’s struggles and late-season frustrations on Sunday night time. And not solely would it not be fairly nuts to say that Juve — a crew that felt prefer it had its Champions League hopes on life assist popping out of the worldwide break — is degree on factors with Milan in third, going into the closing month of the season on even stronger footing is a pleasant factor to take into consideration in contrast to the place they had been.

Plus, profitable at the San Siro is all the time enjoyable. It’s the type of celebration that you really want to crash each single time. Or possibly on this case it is going to be an extremely nervy stadium based mostly on Milan’s present kind. Either means, an enormous win like this might do wonders for Champions League qualification and the general feeling about Spalleti’s squad with only a few video games remaining this season.

In a few months, Weston McKennie and Christian Pulisic shall be teammates collectively for the United States males’s nationwide crew. They may have loads of stress on each themselves and their crew as a complete contemplating simply how a lot oxygen has been spent speaking about their house World Cup the final 4 years.

On Sunday, although, they are going to be opponents.

And, getting into the closing fixture of April, there’s additionally this: One USMNT standout in Serie A is taking part in very nicely, whereas the different one is nowhere close to the type of kind he was in at the begin of the season that had individuals saying he was arguably the league’s greatest participant. The one in good kind is the one who wears bianconero. Good, proper?

For these of us like yours really who stay in the good previous US-of-A, we’re going to be listening to quite a bit about McKennie and Pulisic over the course of the broadcast irrespective of how they’re each taking part in each on the day, over the course of the final month or simply the season basically. That is to be anticipated, however it’s additionally a case the place these two gamers are very a lot central to how their respective groups may play on Sunday night time. They will not be part-time gamers. They are key figures.

And when it comes to Weston, we all know what comes together with that.

Not simply that he shall be an necessary piece to a possible Juventus victory. But that he can even seemingly be doing so from a number of completely different positions on the discipline at the similar time. He may find yourself taking part in as a wingback if Spalletti decides to go together with three-man backline once more. Or he may play in his common spot behind David if it is extra of a 4-2-3-1 formation towards Milan. Either means, we all know McKennie is necessary to what Juve do — particularly below Spalletti.

McKennie is closing in on his first double-digit aim marketing campaign in all competitions. If he finishes the season robust, he may very nicely get to a double-digit help whole as nicely, though that one appears a little bit extra unlikely. But his 15 aim contributions in all competitions is by far the greatest mark he is had in his profession, and the most he is had since the 2023-24 season below Allegri by which he recorded considered one of the highest help totals in all of Serie A.

So to solely proceed that kind towards not solely his former supervisor but in addition his USMNT teammate that additionally has a lot pinned to his success on the discipline, that may be fairly the factor of their closing sport towards each other earlier than such an necessary summer season arrives in the United States.

We’ve develop into so accustomed to McKennie having massive performances in massive video games that it feels fairly pure at this level. If that occurs once more, then Juventus getting three extra factors and transferring degree on 66 factors with Milan in the standings simply turns into all the extra doable.

When: Sunday, April 26, 2026.

Where: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy.

Official kickoff time: 8:45 pm native time in Italy and throughout Europe, 7:45 pm in the United Kingdom, 2:45 pm Eastern time, 1:45 pm Central time, 11:45 am Pacific time.

Television: Fox Deportes (United States); TLN (Canada); TNT Sports 1 (United Kingdom).

Online/Streaming: Paramount+Amazon Prime USA, DAZN USA, fuboTV, Fox One, Fox Sports app, FoxSports.com (United States); DAZN Canada; fuboTV Canada (Canada); DAZN UK (United Kingdom); DAZN Italy, Sky Go Italia, NOW TV (Italy).

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