Channel4.com:
[font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Milan are sure to be after revenge when Palermo travel to the San Siro. The Rosaneri’s 3-2 victory in this fixture last season ended Milan’s hopes of winning the Scudetto and instead saw it head to Turin and Juventus.
With the Rossoneri once again in second place in the table behind La Vecchia Signora, a win in this encounter would bring a huge morale boost to the red half of the city, especially as it would be their fifth victory in as many games.
Andriy Shevchenko and Alberto Gilardino are sure to play a major role as they are starting to show the kind of devastating form that was expected of them when the latter signed from Parma during the summer. The pair now have eight goals between them and have scored one each in both of the last two games they’ve played in together. Milan will have to do without Massimo Ambrosini and Alessandro Nesta as both players are still missing through injury.
Palermo have a new strikeforce of their own this season though. The pair are just one goal behind the Gilardino and Shevchenko partnership with seven, but it is Andrea Caracciolo in particular who could be dangerous to the Rossoneri. The former Brescia hitman has scored in all of the Sicilian sides’ last three games and will be hoping to use his good form to put the Rosaneri’s season back on track.
After their great start, the side has now gone three games without a win and have dropped down to seventh in the League. Palermo won’t have Salvatore Masiello or ‘keeper Matteo Guardalben though due to injury, or Giuseppe Biava after his red card against Chievo.
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[font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Milan (probable): [/font][font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Dida; Stam, Costacurta, Maldini, Serginho; Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf; Rui Costa; Gilardino, Shevchenko[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Palermo (probable): [/font][font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Santoni; Zaccardo, Terlizzi, Barzagli, Grosso; Santana, Barone, Corini, Bonanni; Caracciolo, Makinwa[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Ref:[/font][font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]To folllow[/font]