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January 20, 2013 2:00 PM GMT
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza — Milano
Referee: D. Doveri
Attendance: 30031
January 20, 2013 2:00 PM GMT
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza — Milano
Referee: D. Doveri
Attendance: 30031
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| Milan | 1.45 | 1.02 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.02 | 1.45 | 1.01 | 1.09 | 1.46 |
| Draw | 4.33 | 17.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 17.00 | 4.25 | 18.00 | 7.80 | 4.21 |
| Bologna | 7.00 | 56.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 126.00 | 7.25 | 300.00 | 65.00 | 7.73 |
AC Milan-Bologna Preview: Allegri's men aim to continue march towards Europe
The Rossoneri will fancy their chances as they look to continue their surge towards the European places, against the visitors, who had a gruelling Coppa Italia battle on Wednesday
By Craig Turnbull
AFP
| PROBABLE LINE-UPS |
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AC MILAN
 Abbiati De Sciglio, Mexes, Zapata, Constant
Nocerino, Montolivo, Boateng
Bojan, Pazzini, El Shaarawy
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BOLOGNA
 Agliardi
Garics, Portanova, Antonsson, Cherubin
Perez, Krhin,
Diamanti, Kone, Gabbiadini Gilardino
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AC Milan's quest for European football continues on Sunday with boss Massimiliano Allegri having a couple of injuries to contend with as defender Mario Yepes and midfielder Massimo Ambrosini miss out for the clash against Bologna.
Tough-tackling midfielder Nigel de Jong is the only long-term absentee for the hosts.
The Rossoneri have no suspensions to worry about, though, Stephan El Shaarawy is walking a disciplinary tightrope as his next booking incurs a ban.
Allegri might reshuffle his pack with Daniele Bonera in contention to start instead of Philippe Mexes, while promising youngster M'Baye Niang may play instead of Bojan up front.
Meanwhile for Bologna, they are unlikely to change the team that emphatically beat Chievo 4-0.
But coach Stefano Pioli is missing defender Cesare Natali, midifielders Saphir Taider and Henry Gimenez, and attacker Robert Acquafresca for the trip to San Siro.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
AC Milan (7th) are 11 points off third-placed Lazio while Bologna languish in 14th position.- The Rossoneri are eight games unbeaten against the Rossoblu, a run which stretches back to August 2008.
- Milan's biggest win against their opponents was 6-0 victory back in the 1990-91 season in Serie A.
- Bologna last beat Milan at San Siro 2-1 back in 2008. Goals by Marco Di Vaio and Francesco Valiani were enough to give the visitors the win that day.
- The Rossoblu have failed to find the net in seven of their last 10 matches away from home.
- Pioli's side have had one win in their last eight away games, though, it came against Napoli with Panagiotis Kone (pictured, right) netting a stunning equaliser before Daniele Portanova sealed the 3-2 win.
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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AC Milan 2-0 Bologna
- 19.95 %
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AC Milan 3-1 Bologna
- 15.73 %
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AC Milan 3-0 Bologna
- 15.3 %
| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Jan 20, 2013 | AC Milan 2 - Bologna 1 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Sep 1, 2012 | Bologna 1 - AC Milan 3 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Apr 22, 2012 | AC Milan 1 - Bologna 1 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Dec 11, 2011 | Bologna 2 - AC Milan 2 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | May 1, 2011 | AC Milan 1 - Bologna 0 |
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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 |
Bologna
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| May 19, 2013 | Bologna 0 - Genoa 0 | ITA1 |
| May 12, 2013 | Parma 0 - Bologna 2 | ITA1 |
| May 8, 2013 | Bologna 0 - SSC Napoli 3 | ITA1 |
| May 5, 2013 | Lazio 6 - Bologna 0 | ITA1 |
| Apr 27, 2013 | Atalanta 1 - Bologna 1 | ITA1 |
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| 32 | Christian Abbiati | Goalkeeper |
| 5 | Philippe Mexes | Defender |
| 17 | Cristian Zapata | Defender |
| 20 | Ignazio Abate | Defender |
| 10 | Kevin-Prince Boateng | Midfielder |
| 16 | Mathieu Flamini | Midfielder |
| 18 | Riccardo Montolivo | Midfielder |
| 21 | Kevin Constant | Midfielder |
| 11 | Giampaolo Pazzini | Striker |
| 92 | Stephan El Shaarawy | Striker |
| 19 | L. Niang | Striker |
| 1 | Marco Amelia | Goalkeeper |
| 59 | Gabriel | Goalkeeper |
| 15 | Francesco Acerbi | Defender |
| 25 | Daniele Bonera | Defender |
| 77 | Luca Antonini | Defender |
| 2 | Mattia De Sciglio | Defender |
| 8 | Antonio Nocerino | Midfielder |
| 12 | Bakaye Traoré | Midfielder |
| 8 | Urby Emanuelson | Midfielder |
| 4 | Sulley Ali Muntari | Midfielder |
| 7 | Robinho | Striker |
| 22 | Bojan Krkic | Striker |
| 25 | Federico Agliardi | Goalkeeper |
| 5 | Mikael Antonsson | Defender |
| 8 | Gyorgy Garics | Defender |
| 21 | Nicolò Cherubin | Defender |
| - | Daniele Portanova | Defender |
| 15 | Diego Pérez | Midfielder |
| - | Riverola | Midfielder |
| - | Michele Pazienza | Midfielder |
| 33 | Panagiotis Kone | Midfielder |
| 82 | Alberto Gilardino | Striker |
| 23 | Alessandro Diamanti | Striker |
| - | Gianluca Curci | Goalkeeper |
| 32 | Dejan Stojanovic | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Archimede Morleo | Defender |
| - | Marco Motta | Defender |
| - | Roger | Defender |
| 43 | Frederik Sorensen | Defender |
| 13 | Nico Pulzetti | Midfielder |
| - | Tiberio Guarente | Midfielder |
| 6 | Saphir Taider | Midfielder |
| 4 | Rene Krhin | Midfielder |
| - | Daniele Paponi | Striker |
| - | Christian Pasquato | Striker |
| - | Manolo Gabbiadini | Striker |
| Stephan El Shaarawy | |
| Position: | Striker |
| Squad Number: | 92 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
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| 37 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
The 20-year-old looked jaded against Sampdoria, but should be fresh and raring to go in this clash. The striker has more than enough about him to cause the visitors problems and will want to continue his fine goalscoring form he had before heading into the winter break.
| Manolo Gabbiadini | |
| Position: | Striker |
| Squad Number: | 0 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
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| 30 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
The 21-year-old is on scintillating form just now having score three goals in his last four games. He took a while to get going this season and will be up against Mattia De Sciglio, but could cause the Rossoneri problems down their right-hand side.
Milan have been solid at home of late winning five of their last six matches in front of the Rossoneri faithful, and given the visitors poor record against the Diavolo and their patchy away form, it seems unlikely that the Rossoblu will stand in the way of Allegri's third-place ambitions.
Results
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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 |
