On Sunday, Rino Gattuso takes his Napoli team on the long trip North to his old stomping ground, The San Siro. He enjoyed more success as a player than as a Manager for his opponents AC Milan, but he needs a result to keep Napoli’s Champions League qualification hopes alive. Gattuso will still be smarting from the 1-3 defeat suffered in November. Gattuso knows he can take all three points against a struggling Milan. A win by four clear goals is needed to take the Partenopei up to 4th on goal difference ahead of Roma, but Napoli would happily take three points regardless of the scoreline, knowing they have a game in hand.

Stefano Pioli will recall that Milan played against ten men for nearly 30 mins for the previous game due to Bakayoko’s red card. Regardless, he will be looking to turn around his home form and reduce Inter’s lead to three points. That objective seems increasingly unlikely considering the injury burden plaguing his team and robbing them of quality in critical positions. He will be without five starters from the previous victory over Napoli.

Talisman and leading goal scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Hakan Calhanoglu, Ismaël Bennacer, Ante Rebic, Mario Mandzukic, Daniel Maldini and Theo Hernández will all be out for the Rossoneri due to injuries.

Napoli can field a strong team with only Faouzi Ghoulam and Andrea Petagna unavailable due to injuries.

Both teams play the same 4-2-3-1 formation, but the styles of play are very different. Napoli have the quality to play possession football, and they have pace and skill in the attacking third. Players like in form captain Insigne love to shoot on-site from a distance. Osimhen will likely come off the bench to run at the Milan defence with pace, skill and power. Only Juventus have been able to stop them from scoring two or more goals in Serie A since the 1-0 victory over Juventus on February 13th. Defensively they have been leaking goals, so Milan will get opportunities to score.

AC Milan have not scored more than two goals since the four against Crotone on February 7th. Their system is based more on strength, quality and power. They will depend on Rafael Leão to hold up the ball so that Milan can get up the pitch. They will miss Zlatan’s aerial threat and Calhanoglu’s set-piece and long-range shooting quality.

AC Milan have only kept one clean sheet in the last seven while Napoli have kept two in the last six. You struggle to see where the goals will come from for AC Milan, but Napoli have so many goal threats. Napoli to take this one.

On Sunday, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will welcome David Moyes, “The Chosen One”. Appointed by Sir Alex Ferguson as his replacement upon his retirement, Moyes has only now been showing the qualities Sir Alex saw in him back then. He is attempting to steer his West Ham team toward Champions League qualification. Getting West Ham’s first win at Old Trafford is a distinct possibility.

Solskjaer already beat West Ham 1-3 away in the league, but the Red Devils were unable to break down West Ham at Old Trafford during 90 minutes in the FA Cup and needed an extra-time goal from Scott McTominay to win it. A win for Manchester United will reduce the deficit to 11 pts while a win for West Ham, who have a game in hand, will move them to 4th place on 51 points.

United will be without Paul Pogba, Juan Mata, David de Gea and Donny van de Beek. Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford also look unlikely to be fit. Injuries could force Edinson Cavani back into the lineup.

The Hammers cannot play in-form Jesse Lingard against his parent club, while Angelo Ogbonna, Andriy Yarmolenko, Arthur Masuaku and Darren Randolph will not feature.

Manchester United are sure to set up using the familiar 4-2-3-1 formation. Amad Diallo is likely to make his first Premier League start for Manchester United after his impressive showing in the Champions League. Ole will be hoping Diallo can help turn around the Team’s fortunes in front of goal. The Red Devils have only scored four in the last six games. Both full-backs will seek to get forward in possession, as will McTominay. United; will link play through Bruno Fernandes in the attacking midfield or play to the wide forwards James and Diallo.

David Moyes has used the 3-4-2-1 as well as the 4-2-3-1 formation. He is likely to use the later due to United’s pace in wide areas and the counter-attacking threat presented. This fixture marks the first time Michail Antonio will feature against Manchester United this season. He was impressive against a then impervious Man City defence, scoring the equalizer before City scored the winner. Antonio is unstoppable when dribbling at defenders. The only way to stop him is to foul him. Enter Aaron Cresswell with a Team leading seven assists. He can distribute quality balls into dangerous areas for the likes of Soucek and Dawson to attack. Manchester United showed their vulnerability to set pieces against AC Milan with Kjaer scoring from a corner kick. With Lingard out, Soucek may have a greater responsibility to get forward and support the attack.

Moyes has more than a point to prove at Old Trafford. He will test United’s defensive solidity as he seeks Champions League glory. He goes against a United team depleted in the forward areas that are struggling to score goals. With his best attacker finally available and eight goals in the last five games, Moyes knows that fortune rewards the brave. His players must, therefore, be courageous. West Ham could knick it.