First meets worst in Champions League Group F on Tuesday evening, as section leaders Paris Saint-Germain travel to San Siro to meet winless AC Milan.
Les Parisiens took control of the close-knit group with a 3-0 crushing of the Rossoneri two weeks ago, leaving their hosts at risk of a premature exit from European football entirely.
Randal Kolo Muani also breached the Milan backline in a comprehensive 3-0 trouncing of Stefano Pioli's side, whose domestic fortunes have also suffered a nosedive as winter draws nearer, with no wins in any of their last three Serie A battles either.
Milan could be forgiven for losing to Juventus via a deflected Manuel Locatelli goal, but Pioli's men then threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with under-performing champions Napoli before succumbing to a Roberto Pereyra penalty in a shock 1-0 home loss to Udinese at the weekend.
From conceding just one goal in six matches from September 19 to October 7 - including goalless Group F draws with Borussia Dortmund and Newcastle United - Pioli's hitherto staunch men have now let in seven strikes across their last four games, and defeat would leave their top-two hopes hanging by the thinnest of threads if one of Dortmund or Newcastle win at the Signal Iduna Park.
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