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AC Milan has quite a lengthy injury list to deal with currently. Alberto Aquilani, Alexander Merkel, Mathieu Flamini and Rodney Strasser are all unavailable due to knee problems. Antonio Cassano who is recovering from heart surgery and Gennaro Gattuso are both long term absentees. Mario Yepes just returned to training recently after recovering from a knee problem.

Arsenal has an almost full strength side to choose from. Per Mertesacker injured himself in a slightly bizarre incident against Sunderland. Arsene Wenger confirmed that Johan Djorou will slot in for his injured centre-back.  Kieran Gibbs has returned after a lengthy lay-off. Andre Santos and Jack Wilshere have still not returned from their injuries.

Form

AC Milan’s form hasn’t exactly been the greatest recently. They do lead Serie A by two points. However, second placed Juventus, who is yet to lose a game, has two games in hand on their Milan rivals. Milan has had three tough tests in the space of a very short time in Napoli, Juventus and Udinese and came out with mixed results.

Arsenal ended a run of four miserable matches with two brilliant victories in recent weeks. Arsenal has somehow found themselves up to fourth spot despite this having seemed almost impossible just three Premier League match-days ago. Wenger’s team now intends to stay in the Champions League spots.

These are the last three results of the teams:

AC Milan 0-0 Napoli
AC Milan 1-2 Juventus
Udinese 1-2 AC Milan

Bolton 0-0 Arsenal
Arsenal 7-1 Blackburn Rovers
Sunderland 1-2 Arsenal

Interesting Facts and Quotes

AC Milan has been knocked out of the Champions League in their past three campaigns by English sides. In 2008, Arsenal knocked Milan out. In 2010, United humiliated Milan and in 2011, Tottenham knocked them out.

Arsene Wenger has studied Tottenham’s victory over Milan last season and he feels that his side will take a different approach from their North London rivals. This is what he had to say:

“We will not decide at the start of the game that we will sit in our half if we have to, like Tottenham did. We will do it and then try to catch them on the break. But at the start we will try to get out of our own half and try to get up there and play. Spurs won the game when they were dominated, but that is football today.”

Thiago Silva had this to say about Arsenal’s current and former captains:

“Van Persie and Henry can decide the match at any time. I don't know whether I'll be able to stop the Dutchman ‒ we'll have to see.”

Arsenal has won seven out of eight two legged ties against Italian opposition. Milan has won seven out of twelve two legged ties against English opposition.

Previous Meetings

Arsenal 0-0 AC Milan (2007-08 UEFA Champions League Round of 16)
AC Milan 0-2 Arsenal (2007-08 UEFA Champions League Round of 16)

Winner

So, who will win the first leg of this glamorous European tie? This is a hard one to call but expect Arsenal to get some kind of a result in Milan.

Prediction: Milan 1-1 Arsenal
 

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