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Milan in freefall ahead of Serie A derby against Inter

Defending champions AC Milan play local rivals Inter on Sunday looking to emerge from a mid-season slump that has left them without a win in six games in all competitions and dropped them out of the Serie A title race.

Milan have won their last two Serie A derbies against Inter and are looking to make it three in a row against their rivals for the first time since a run of four straight league victories between 2002 and 2004.

After Milan prevailed 3-2 in the reverse fixture back in September, they could also do a league double over Inter for the first time since the 2010-11 campaign.

Yet Stefano Pioli's side are deep in crisis and without a win in four Serie A games, culminating in a 5-2 thrashing at home against 16th-placed Sassuolo in their last league outing.

Sunday's clash also comes a little over two weeks after Inter humiliated Milan 3-0 in Italy's Supercup.

Pioli's side have conceded 12 goals in their last three games and let in 18 in the whole of January - the most they have ever conceded in a single month in all competitions.

"When we take a slap, we are unable to react," Pioli said after the Sassuolo defeat.

"Everything that worked for two years isn't working right now. If you want to change the results, something (else) needs to change. I'll make the right decision for the good of the team."

However, time is against him, with the season about to get even busier for Pioli's men with a tough run of fixtures to come including a Serie A clash against fourth-placed Atalanta at the end of the month in between a Champions League double-header against Tottenham Hotspur.

Inter have had their own recent hiccups, losing 1-0 to mid-table Empoli, and drawing with Monza shortly after the season resumed in January.

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