I have to agree about how the value is screaming on AC Milan!
Any normal time I would be shouting from the rooftops DRAW, however Italian football at the moment is in crisis over alleged match fixing and the obvious incident the other week were the Police killed a fan. On a midweek fixture especially arranged by UEFA to help their representative to have enough recovery time for The World Club Championship game the spotlight will be firmly on this game as the last thing Italian Football needs is another accusation of match fixing! UEFA i'm sure will also not want another allegation towards an Italian team especially after them bringing this game forward.
On a day of very little football the eyes of Europe will be on the San Siro.
Celtic must come away from this match with a point if they are to progress, a win takes them to the top of the group! However
Celtic have not won a European away match since 13 August 2003, when they defeated MTK Budapest 0-4 in Hungary. It was the Scottish champions' only victory in 15 attempts on their CL travels. AC Milan have won their last three CL home matches, and are undefeated in five. AC Milan will want to win this group to enable to get a better fixture in the knockout stages. People will say that whoever you get in the knockout stages are going to be tough anyhows but with Chelsea, Barcelona, Man Utd and Inter Milan already confirmed as group winners, I'm sure AC Milan's priority here is group winners! and not wanting to court controversy and to not put UEFA in a difficult position after their help in bringing this game forward I can only see one out come AC Milan WIN.
Celtic's European away form only adds to the strength of this pick!
AC Milan I envisage will get an early goal and then they will exploit Celtic on the counter attack thus betting unders may also be a risky proposition!
Bookies I think have this fixture wrong and have the draw nailed down!
It's rare when the bookies offer such odds for a home win and the circumstances of this game is shrouding their judgement, knowing a draw for both teams see them both advance, but as stated previously all eyes will be on them and any sniff of a fixed game and the wrath of UEFA will come down on them both!
AC Milan win @2.60 VC bet
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