AC Milan vs Feyenoord Bet Builder Tips, Preview

AC Milan’s January signing from Chelsea, Joao Felix, played the full 90 minutes of the 1st leg against Feyenoord last week. While the Portuguese international failed to score on his Champions League debut for the Italian giants, he did manage to have 4 shots and 3 of those were on target. It might only be one game, but Felix now boats a SoT ratio of 75% in Europe’s elite club competition this season and if he can manage 3 shots on target in Feyenoord, then what’s to stop him from having at least 2 shots on target on Tuesday night in front of the AC Milan fans.

The hosts have to take the game to their guests at the San Siro now that they find themselves a goal down after the 1st leg and Felix will be crucial to AC Milan in the final third as he plays the No.10 role, supporting the loan striker.

Thomas Beelen has probably featured in the CL more often than he would have expected this season due to the size of the injury list at Feyenoord. Beelen, who has made 9 appearances in Europe for the Dutch club this season, played the entirety of the 1-0 win over Milan in Rotterdam. During his 5 starts and 4 substitute appearances in this competition, Beelen has committed 8 fouls and only three Feyenoord players have a higher total than the 23-year-old in the CL this season.

Beelen who is yet to pick up a booking in the CL, has attempted 8 tackles and has won 6 of them, with the vast majority taking place in Feyenoord’s defensive 3rd as you might expect. The Dutch defender put in a solid display in the 1st leg against Milan but is bound to be tested even more in Italy on Tuesday night against the likes of Leao, Felix and Pulisic, all of whom can carry the ball well and tend to draw a lot of fouls from the opposition’s defenders.

Only Tijjani Reijnders has taken more shots in the Champions League this season for AC Milan than their Portuguese forward Rafael Leao. Reijnders has managed 18 shots, 9 of which have hit the target, while Leao has taken 15 shots with 10 going on target.

AC’s Portuguese international has featured in 9 CL games this season, often cutting inside from the left wing, where he boasts an impressive 1.92 shots per 90 minutes.

Leao will surely take at least 2 shots on Tuesday night against Feyenoord, especially as the home side find themselves a goal down at the halfway point of this tie. The former Lille star already has 3 goals in this season’s CL and has a SoT per 90 minutes ratio of 1.28 and an accuracy of 66.7%, making him one of the Italian giants key attacking players in this competition and someone that we expect to take at least 2 shots in Tuesday’s must-win game for AC Milan.