Italian Serie A football - AC Milan vs Genoa

AC Milan host Genoa tonight in Serie A hoping to close the gap on rivals Inter, who may already be too far ahead to catch in the race for this year`s title. Tonight`s host are eight points behind Jose Mourinho`s side but have a game in hand. However, they will want to dispel memories of the last meeting between the two sides, when Inter came away with a crushing 4-0 win at the San Siro.

Milan are favourites for the game at 4/7 (bet $70 to win $40 profit), leaving their opponents as underdogs at 11/2. The hosts are having no problems winning at the moment, taking maximum points in five of their last six games, despite losing their last game 2-0 to Palermo. Genoa, however, have only got one win from their last six in all competitions, most recently losing 2-1 at home to Valencia.

The bookmakers have made 1-0 and 2-0 wins for Milan the most likely scores for the game at 6/1, with a 1-1 draw at 7/1. A 2-1 home win is at 8/1 with a disappointing goalless draw available at 11/1. A shock 1-0 win for Genoa tonight can be found at 16/1.

Twenty year-old Brazilian Pato is favourite to open the scoring at 4/1, ahead of team-mate Marco Boriello at 11/2. At 6/1 are Inzaghi, Ronaldinho and Huntelaar with David Beckham, on loan from LA Galaxy, at 12/1. Genoa`s best chance of scoring the first goal of the match comes in the form of goalscoring legend Hernan Crespo, at 11/1.

Milan are 7/5 to lead at both half-time and full-time and 7/2 to win the match after being held at half-time. The bookmakers offer 5/1 that Genoa hold their hosts to a draw at both the interval and the final whistle and 12/1 that they actually lead at both half-time and full-time. Draw/Genoa is 14/1 and Milan/draw is 18/1.

The Rossoneri are second favourites for this year`s Serie A title but have a lot of ground to make up of Inter, and are priced at 11/2 to overtake their rivals.

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