MILAN

MILAN – The Rossoneri are hosting Palermo Wendesday evening at 20.45 CET, in Round 11 of Serie A. The match against Delio Rossi’s team will be Milan’s second championship midweek fixture this season.

The two teams have met 23 times at the San Siro, with Milan winning nineteen, drawing two and losing two matches.
In the process, the Rossoneri have scored fifty-six goals, while conceding fifteen. Seven penalties have been awarded to Milan and one to the Rosaneri.
The last Milan-Palermo was won by the Sicilians in Round 16 last season: Delio Rossi’s team beat the Rossoneri 2-0 thanks to goals from Miccoli (4’) and Bresciano (62’) on December 13, 2009.
The last Milan success dates back to the previous season, when on April 26, 2009, the team coached by Carlo Ancelotti won 3-0 thanks to two converted penalties from Kakà (10’ and 57’) and a goal from Inzaghi (20’).
Another Milan victory came in the 2007-2008 season, in Round 24, when the Rossoneri kept the points at home with a 2-1 win. In the game played on February 24, 2008, Palermo took the lead through Bresciano in the 9th minute, which was cancelled out by Massimo Ambrosini on 25 minutes. The match was eventually decided by Filippo Inzaghi’s strike one minute into injury time.
In the 2006-2007 season, however, Palermo managed to escape the San Siro with a 2-0 victory. On October 24, 2008, second half goals from Bresciano (48’) and Amauri (74’) won the Round 7 match for the Sicilians.
The last draw at the San Siro between the two teams dates back to Round 37 of the 2004-2005 season. The game, played on May 20, 2005, saw Milan take the lead with Serginho in the eighth minute, but Costacurta’s own goal one minute later levelled the score. Serginho scored his second on 18 minutes and Milan got another from Tomasson in the 32nd minute, but Toni’s converted penalty (77’) and Simone Barone’s strike with two minutes remaining on the clock meant that points were shared in the end.
The game with the highest score, and the biggest margin at the same time, was played in the 1950-1951 season: on February 18, 1951, Milan demolished Palermo with a 9-0 victory thanks to goals from Burini (10', 51', 76'), Liedholm (28', 46'), Gren (37'), Nordahl (49'), Santagostino (54', 62').

BELOW ARE THE RECENT ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN MILAN AND PALERMO AT THE SAN SIRO
- DECEMBER 13, 2009: MILAN-PALERMO 0-2 (ROUND 16 - SEASON 2009/2010)
- APRIL 26, 2009: MILAN-PALERMO 3-0 (ROUND 33 - SEASON 2008/2009)
- FEBRUARY, 24 2008: MILAN-PALERMO 2-1 (ROUND 24 - SEASON 2007/2008)
- OCTOBER 22, 2006: MILAN-PALERMO 0-2 (ROUND 7 - SEASON 2006/2007)
- OCTOBER 23, 2005: MILAN-PALERMO 2-1 (ROUND 8 - SEASON 2005/2006)
- MAY 20, 2005: MILAN-PALERMO 3-3 (ROUND 37 - SEASON 2004/2005)
- SEPTEMBER 24, 1972: MILAN-PALERMO 4-0 (ROUND 1 - SEASON 1972/1973)
- FEBRUARY 8, 1970: MILAN-PALERMO 1-0 (ROUND 20 - SEASON 1969/1970)

PALERMO’S ROAD
Palermo currently have 11 points in the championship, thanks to 3 victories, 2 draws and 4 losses, with their Round 10 match against Genoa still to be played this evening.
As for the Rosaneri’s away games, Delio Rossi’s men won and lost twice on their visits.