Two giants of the European game go head-to-head in a pre-season friendly in the early hours of Wednesday morning as Barcelona face AC Milan in Baltimore.
Having beaten Real Madrid in their last friendly, Milan will be looking to complete an El Classico double when they take on the Blaugrana this week.
It won’t be easy for the Rossoneri though, against a Barca side who have beaten both Manchester City and rivals Real in the build-up to this game.
Barcelona v AC Milan will be available on bet365's Sports Live Streaming platform, as well as being broadcast on Premier Sports 2.
Barcelona v AC Milan will kick-off at 00:30 (BST) on Wednesday 7th August 2024 at the M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Barcelona and AC Milan have met on 17 previous occasions in all competitions, with the Blaugrana winning eight to the Rossoneri’s four.
The last clashes between these sides in competitive fixtures were in the 2013/14 Champions League group stage.
Milan and Barca played out a 1-1 draw at the San Siro, before the Blaugrana ran out 3-1 winners at the Camp Nou.
AC Milan have won just one of the last 11 meetings between these two teams.
Barcelona wins | 8 |
Draws | 5 |
AC Milan wins | 4 |
*H2H stats refer to all competitions
Fermin Lopez, Pau Cubarsi and Eric Garcia are competing for Spain at the Olympics in Paris, while Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres are still on holiday after their efforts at Euro 2024.
Ronald Araujo (thigh), Pedri (knee), Gavi (ACL), Frenkie de Jong (ankle), Ansu Fati (heel) and Vitor Roque (ankle) are all sidelined with injuries.
Oriol Romeu has left the squad ahead of his move to Girona.
Tijjani Reijnders, Mike Maignan and Theo Hernandez have returned to training following recent injuries, but Wednesday's game will come too soon for the trio.
Strahinja Pavlovic is working his way up to full fitness and might have to wait to make his debut for the Rossoneri.
Alessandro Florenzi remains a long-term absentee after ACL surgery, but in better news Rafael Leao is in the running to make his return after playing at Euro 2024.