DID YOU KNOW?
* AC Milan are undefeated this season when they score first.
* Massimiliano Allegri's men have succumbed to only one domestic defeat in the calendar year.
* Milan haven't won the Coppa Italia since the 2002-03 campaign.
* Alexandre Pato will miss the clash with a thigh injury.
* Palermo have kept only six clean sheets in Serie A this season.
* The Sicilian outfit have never won the Coppa Italia and were runners up twice in the 1970s.
* Palermo have picked up only two victories in their last nine matches (W2, D1, L6).
* Delio Rossi's men have scored 50 times in Serie A this season.
LAST MEETING
March 19, 2011: Palermo 1-0 AC Milan
Palermo stunned the league leaders at the Renzo Barbera as Dorin Goian's 10th minute goal stood up as the winner. The towering defender beat Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati with a neat volley and the Sicilians hung on to record a famous victory.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
AC Milan: Amelia; Abate, Yepes, Thiago Silva, Zambrotta; Pirlo; Flamini, Van Bommel, Seedorf; Cassano, Ibrahimovic
Palermo: Sirigu; Cassani, Munoz, Bovo, Balzaretti; Migliaccio, Liverani, Nocerino; Pastore; Miccoli, Pinilla
Prediction
Palermo shocked the league leaders in their previous meeting in March but it's unlikely that the Sicilians will be able to duplicate that feat at San Siro on Wednesday. Massimiliano Allegri will field his strongest starting XI and they have enough firepower to take a stranglehold on the tie.
AC Milan 3-1 Palermo 
