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Played
November 20, 2011 1:15 AM IST
Stadio Artemio Franchi — Firenze
Referee: P. Mazzoleni
Attendance: 23000
November 20, 2011 1:15 AM IST
Stadio Artemio Franchi — Firenze
Referee: P. Mazzoleni
Attendance: 23000
Serie A Preview: Fiorentina v AC Milan
Delio Rossi aims to make a winning start with the Viola, as his new team prepare for the visit of the Serie A champions, who could make it six straight wins on Saturday
By Livio Caferoglu
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PROBABLE LINE-UPS |
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FIORENTINA
 Boruc Romulo, Gamberini, Nastasic, Pasqual Behrami, Montolivo, Munari Lazzari Gilardino, Jovetic |
AC MILAN
 Abbiati Abate, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Antonini Aquilani, Van Bommel, Nocerino Seedorf Robinho, Ibrahimovic |
Fiorentina look set to make two changes from the side that lost 1-0 to Chievo a fortnight ago, which cost Sinisa Mihajlovic his job and allowed Delio Rossi to come into the hot seat.
Defender Matija Nastasic should replace the suspended Cesare Natali at centre-back, while Mattia Cassani's extended spell on the sidelines means Romulo will slot into right-back. The reshuffling of the pack thus paves the way for Gianni Munari to be given a rare start in midfield, but there is no such luck for Per Kroldrup, who is approximately around a month away from a return to full fitness. Stevan Jovetic picked up a muscle strain on international duty with Montenegro, but the club are hopeful he will be fit in time to take his place in the starting XI.
Meanwhile, Massimiliano Allegri is expected to make alterations of his own, headlining with Alessandro Nesta, who should reclaim his place alongside Thiago Silva in the heart of AC Milan's defence.
Furthermore, Antonio Nocerino is back from his ban and should replace Urby Emanuelson, while Massimo Ambrosini is set to be axed for Mark van Bommel as the midfield anchor. However, Antonio Cassano, Gennaro Gattuso and Mathieu Flamini remain out for the foreseeable future, but Philippe Mexes is nearing a comeback from a wrist injury, as Kevin-Prince Boateng sees out the last match of his suspension.
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DID YOU KNOW? |
- Fiorentina have lost 67 times to AC Milan, more than against any other Serie A opponent.
- The Viola have scored just two goals in the last seven games played
against the Rossoneri in the league.
- Against Fiorentina, Alexandre Pato has already scored five goals, one in each of his five appearances; only against Udinese has he scored more in Italy, with six.
- AC Milan are currently on a run of five consecutive wins; the last time they managed six in a row was during the 2005/06 season.
- The champions have scored two or more goals in each of their last five games, the first time this has happened since 1930-31; only Juventus and Torino have managed to score more than two goals per game in six consecutive Serie A matches.
- Milan have the most prolific attack in the league with 23 goals to their name, at least seven more than any other side.
- Since then, Milan have notched up eight victories and three draws against Fiorentina, winning their last seven.
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Fiorentina 0-2 Milan
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Fiorentina 1-3 Milan
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Fiorentina 0-3 Milan
- 20.28 %
| Serie A (ITA1) | 07-Apr-2013 | Fiorentina 2 - Milan 2 |
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| Serie A (ITA1) | 11-Nov-2012 | Milan 1 - Fiorentina 3 |
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| Serie A (ITA1) | 07-Apr-2012 | Milan 1 - Fiorentina 2 |
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| Serie A (ITA1) | 20-Nov-2011 | Fiorentina 0 - Milan 0 |
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| Serie A (ITA1) | 11-Apr-2011 | Fiorentina 1 - Milan 2 |
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Fiorentina
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| 20-May-2013 | Pescara 1 - Fiorentina 5 | ITA1 |
| 12-May-2013 | Fiorentina 1 - Palermo 0 | ITA1 |
| 09-May-2013 | Siena 0 - Fiorentina 1 | ITA1 |
| 05-May-2013 | Fiorentina 0 - AS Roma 1 | ITA1 |
| 28-Apr-2013 | Sampdoria 0 - Fiorentina 3 | ITA1 |
Milan
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| 20-May-2013 | Siena 1 - Milan 2 | ITA1 |
| 13-May-2013 | Milan 0 - AS Roma 0 | ITA1 |
| 08-May-2013 | Pescara 0 - Milan 4 | ITA1 |
| 05-May-2013 | Milan 1 - Torino 0 | ITA1 |
| 29-Apr-2013 | Milan 4 - Catania 2 | ITA1 |
| 31 | Artur Boruc | Goalkeeper |
| 55 | Alessandro Gamberini | Defender |
| 33 | Matija Nastasic | Defender |
| 23 | Manuel Pasqual | Defender |
| 19 | Lorenzo De Silvestri | Defender |
| 11 | Alessio Cerci | Midfielder |
| 18 | Riccardo Montolivo | Midfielder |
| 11 | Gianni Munari | Midfielder |
| 21 | Andrea Lazzari | Midfielder |
| 85 | Valon Behrami | Midfielder |
| 82 | Alberto Gilardino | Striker |
| 89 | Neto | Goalkeeper |
| 31 | Michele Camporese | Defender |
| - | Houssine Kharja | Midfielder |
| 30 | Amidu Salifu | Midfielder |
| 92 | Rômulo | Midfielder |
| - | Khouma Babacar | Striker |
| 9 | Santiago Silva | Striker |
| 32 | Christian Abbiati | Goalkeeper |
| 14 | Alessandro Nesta | Defender |
| 20 | Ignazio Abate | Defender |
| 4 | Thiago Silva | Defender |
| 77 | Luca Antonini | Defender |
| 10 | Clarence Seedorf | Midfielder |
| 10 | Alberto Aquilani | Midfielder |
| 8 | Antonio Nocerino | Midfielder |
| 23 | Massimo Ambrosini | Midfielder |
| 18 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Striker |
| 7 | Robinho | Striker |
| 30 | Flavio Roma | Goalkeeper |
| 25 | Daniele Bonera | Defender |
| 76 | Mario Alberto Yepes | Defender |
| - | Mark van Bommel | Midfielder |
| 8 | Urby Emanuelson | Midfielder |
| 7 | Alexandre Pato | Striker |
| 18 | Filippo Inzaghi | Striker |
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Top Scorers
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Edinson Cavani Striker Napoli |
29 | 7 |
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Antonio Di Natale Striker Udinese |
23 | 4 |
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Pablo Daniel Osvaldo Striker Roma |
16 | 2 |
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Stephan El Shaarawy Midfielder Milan |
16 | 0 |
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Germán Denis Striker Atalanta |
15 | 5 |