Adams battles Chukwueze in Serie A

** Nigerian** forwards Akor Adams and Samuel Chukwueze will go head-to-head when Venezia visit AC Milan’s San Siro Stadium on Friday (today), as the two sides open the second matchday of the 2026/27 Italian Serie A season.

Chukwueze, who has been deployed in a new wing-back role by AC Milan head coach Ruben Amorim, will be looking to continue the impressive start he made in the Rossoneri’s 2-1 opening-day win at Torino, where Alphadjo Cisse and Adrien Rabiot scored after the break.

The 27-year-old’s pace and crossing ability are expected to remain a major threat to Venezia’s defence.

Adams, meanwhile, arrives at San Siro as Venezia’s record signing, having marked his debut for the newly promoted side with a brace in a 3-2 Coppa Italia win over Modena.

However, Venezia’s return to Serie A began poorly, as they suffered a 2-0 home defeat to Lecce on the opening weekend, a result that left head coach Giovanni Stroppa lamenting his side’s misfortune after having two goals disallowed.

AC Milan have dominated the fixture in recent years, winning all of their last five meetings with Venezia and keeping clean sheets in four of those matches.

Milan are being tipped to continue their unbeaten start against Venezia, who will next face Udinese in the Coppa Italia Round of 32 following this weekend’s fixture.

It will be another clash against a compatriot for Adams in that game as he will face up against Maduka Okoye, who is expected to be in goal for Udinese.