Played
September 23, 2012 2:00 PM BST
Stadio Communale Friuli — Udine
Referee: D. Celi
Attendance: 18000
September 23, 2012 2:00 PM BST
Stadio Communale Friuli — Udine
Referee: D. Celi
Attendance: 18000
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| Udinese | 2.90 | 1.15 | 3.00 | 1.02 | 3.15 | 1.01 | 3.25 | 3.13 |
| Draw | 3.25 | 6.00 | 3.20 | 17.00 | 3.25 | 15.00 | 3.25 | 3.22 |
| Milan | 2.40 | 34.00 | 2.40 | 251.00 | 2.40 | 50.00 | 2.34 | 2.30 |
Udinese - AC Milan Preview: Allegri in last-chance saloon against winless Zebrette
The Rossoneri boss will be looking to silence the boo-boys on Sunday, when they will visit a side suffering similar woes, having failed to register a victory this season
By Alex Mott
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| PROBABLE LINE-UPS |
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UDINESE
 Padelli
Benatia, Danilo, Domizzi
Basta, Pereyra, Pinzi, Willians, Armero Barreto, Di Natale
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AC MILAN
Abbiati
Abate, Bonera, Mexes, Antonini
Nocerino, Montolivo, De Jong
Boateng
Pazzini, El Shaarawy
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Udinese should make three changes from the side that drew 2-2 with Siena last weekend.
Andrea Lazzari is the only absentee, after his red card at Stadio Artemio Franchi, and so should be replaced by Pablo Armero out on the left.
Elsewhere, Roberto Pereyra returns and looks likely to slot into midfield at the expense of Giovanni Pasquale, alongside Willians who comes in for Allan.
Otherwise, it will probably be an unchanged starting XI for Francesco Guidolin's side. Daniele Padelli is between the sticks, marshalling Mehdi Benetia, Danilo and Maurizio Domizzi.
Giampiero Pinzi will lead the midfield, with goalscorer Antonio Di Natale leading the line.
For AC Milan, they also should make three changes following a shock 1-0 home defeat to Atalanta last Saturday.
Philippe Mexes returns and could replace Francesco Acerbi at centre-back. In midfield, summer signing Riccardo Montolivo will come in for Massimo Ambrosini, while Antonio Nocerino replaces Urby Emanuelson.
Nigel De Jong keeps his place in front of the back four, while Kevin-Prince Boateng will be tasked with feeding Stephan El Shaarawy and Giampaolo Pazzini in attack.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
AC Milan have made their worst start to a Serie A campaign for 80 years - losing two and winning one of their first three games.
- Kevin-Prince Boateng (pictured right) is the player in the Italian top flight who has attempted the most shots so far (13) without scoring.
- The corresponding fixture last season finished Udinese 1-2 AC Milan. Stephan El Shaarawy and Maxi Lopez scored for the Rossoneri.
- Udinese have also made an unexpectedly poor start to the season - losing two and drawing one of their first three games.
- Zebrette forward Maicousel scored with his first-ever touch in calcio on matchday one against Fiorentina.
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Udinese 0-2 AC Milan
- 16.16 %
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Udinese 1-2 AC Milan
- 14.08 %
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Udinese 2-1 AC Milan
- 10.57 %
| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Feb 3, 2013 | AC Milan 2 - Udinese 1 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Sep 23, 2012 | Udinese 2 - AC Milan 1 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Feb 11, 2012 | Udinese 1 - AC Milan 2 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Sep 21, 2011 | AC Milan 1 - Udinese 1 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | May 22, 2011 | Udinese 0 - AC Milan 0 |
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Udinese
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| May 19, 2013 | FC Internazionale 2 - Udinese 5 | ITA1 |
| May 12, 2013 | Udinese 2 - Atalanta 1 | ITA1 |
| May 8, 2013 | Palermo 2 - Udinese 3 | ITA1 |
| May 5, 2013 | Udinese 3 - Sampdoria 1 | ITA1 |
| Apr 27, 2013 | Cagliari 0 - Udinese 1 | ITA1 |
AC Milan
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| May 19, 2013 | Siena 1 - AC Milan 2 | ITA1 |
| May 12, 2013 | AC Milan 0 - Roma 0 | ITA1 |
| May 8, 2013 | Pescara 0 - AC Milan 4 | ITA1 |
| May 5, 2013 | AC Milan 1 - Torino 0 | ITA1 |
| Apr 28, 2013 | AC Milan 4 - Catania 2 | ITA1 |
| Returns: | Udinese £30.00 |
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| Returns: | Milan £2510.00 |
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| 1 | Zeljko Brkic | Goalkeeper |
| 5 | Danilo | Defender |
| - | Andrea Coda | Defender |
| 17 | Mehdi Benatia | Defender |
| 26 | Giovanni Pasquale | Defender |
| 3 | Allan | Midfielder |
| 6 | Marco Faraoni | Defender |
| 37 | Roberto Pereyra | Midfielder |
| 66 | Giampiero Pinzi | Midfielder |
| 10 | Antonio Di Natale | Striker |
| 13 | Mathias Ranégie | Striker |
| - | Daniele Padelli | Goalkeeper |
| 93 | Wojciech Pawlowski | Goalkeeper |
| 4 | Gabriele Angella | Defender |
| 8 | Dušan Basta | Defender |
| 34 | Gabriel Silva | Defender |
| 75 | Thomas Heurtaux | Defender |
| 7 | Badu | Midfielder |
| 27 | Pablo Armero | Defender |
| 77 | Maicosuel | Midfielder |
| - | Willians | Midfielder |
| - | Barreto | Striker |
| - | Diego Fabbrini | Striker |
| 32 | Christian Abbiati | Goalkeeper |
| 5 | Philippe Mexes | Defender |
| - | Djamel Mesbah | Midfielder |
| 17 | Cristian Zapata | Defender |
| 20 | Ignazio Abate | Defender |
| 8 | Antonio Nocerino | Midfielder |
| 18 | Riccardo Montolivo | Midfielder |
| 23 | Massimo Ambrosini | Midfielder |
| 8 | Urby Emanuelson | Midfielder |
| 11 | Giampaolo Pazzini | Striker |
| 92 | Stephan El Shaarawy | Striker |
| 1 | Marco Amelia | Goalkeeper |
| 59 | Gabriel | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Mattia De Sciglio | Defender |
| 15 | Francesco Acerbi | Defender |
| 25 | Daniele Bonera | Defender |
| 77 | Luca Antonini | Defender |
| 10 | Kevin-Prince Boateng | Midfielder |
| 12 | Bakaye Traoré | Midfielder |
| 21 | Kevin Constant | Midfielder |
| 34 | Nigel De Jong | Midfielder |
| 19 | L. Niang | Striker |
| 22 | Bojan Krkic | Striker |
| Antonio Di Natale | |
| Position: | Striker |
| Squad Number: | 10 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
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| 33 | 23 | 4 | 0 |
The 34-year-old is simply put: the best finisher in Italy. Despite his age, he can still cause defenders all sorts of problems, and will inevitably rise to the occasion here.
| Stephan El Shaarawy | |
| Position: | Striker |
| Squad Number: | 92 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
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| 37 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
In contrast to Di Natale, the 19-year-old is the future of Italian football. His skill, pace, verve and cunning should get the better of Udinese's three-man defence on Sunday, and I expect him to score, or if not, be involved in Milan's key moments at Stadio Friuli.
Despite AC Milan's dreadful start to the season, expect them to get a result at Stadio Friuli. The burden of playing in front of a home crowd is lifted here, and with Stephan El Shaarawy expect to start, the Rossoneri will have some much needed invention in the final third.
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Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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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 Striker Milan |
16 | 0 |
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Germán Denis Striker Atalanta |
15 | 5 |
