They may have lost to Inter, Juventus and PSG this season, but Milan have been beaten just twice in their last 25 games against teams sitting inside Serie A's bottom four. Winning 18 times during that period shows that the Rossoneri rarely struggle against Italy's lesser lights, so an ailing Udinese side are bound for defeat.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a AC Milan win with a probability of 59.84%. A draw had a probability of 22.2% and a win for Udinese had a probability of 17.99%.
The most likely scoreline for an AC Milan win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.48%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.76%) and 2-1 (9.88%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.54%), while for a Udinese win it was 0-1 (5.63%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 5.6% likelihood.