A.C Milan travel to Old Trafford tonight in the knock-out stages of the Champions League hoping to overcome their 3-2 defeat at the San Siro in the first leg of the tie. No team can claim to have a particularly strong record at the ‘Theatre of Dreams’, but many of Milan’s players were in the side that won 1-0 there in 2005. Their most recent meeting in Manchester, in 2007, finished 3-2 to the hosts.
United are favourites for the game at 8/11 (bet £110 to win £80 profit) with Victor Chandler, leaving Milan as underdogs at 9/2. The Red Devils have won four of their last five matches, a period during which they lifted the Carling Cup, and last time out won 1-0 at Wolverhampton. Milan have won only four of their last ten and played out a dull 0-0 draw with Roma in their last game.
The draw is available at 11/4 tonight and United may approach the game with caution after the strong start their opponents made in the first leg where they could have scored several times. A stalemate would put United through and Alex Ferguson may focus on keeping a clean sheet. However, the teams have not drawn in their last five meetings.
The game should be tight and the bookmakers have made a 1-0 win for United the favourite score for the game at 6/1, slightly ahead of a 1-1 draw at 13/2, with 2-0 to United at the same price. A goalless draw, which would also suit the hosts, is 11/1 with William Hill. A 1-0 win for Milan, at 12/1 with 888Sport, would not be enough to put them through and the 2-0 win they need is available at 33/1.
Wayne Rooney has been made favourite to open the scoring tonight at 4/1 with Boylesports. The England striker is in the form of his life and has scored thirty-four times already this season, with two of those coming in the first leg of this tie. Dimitar Berbatov is next at 5/1 and Nani is 8/1. Milan have several player capable of finding the net and Huntelaar, Pato, Borriello and Ronaldinho are all 10/1 to do the honours for Rossoneri tonight.
Manchester United are 9/5 to lead tonight at both half-time and full-time and 7/2 to win the match after drawing at half-time. The bookmakers offer 5/1 that both halves end in a draw and Milan are 10/1 to be winning at both the interval and the final whistle. Draw/Milan is available at 12/1.
Both teams tonight have great history in the competition. United have been European Champions on three occasions and have been particularly good recently, winning in 2008 and losing in the final in 2009. Milan have won the tournament an incredible seven times, second only to Real Madrid. United are third-favourites to regain their lost title at 11/2. Milan, however, are as long as 66/1 due to the difficulty of the task they face tonight.
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