The Rossoneri are by no means flying but they have lost just one of their last eight league games and look perfectly primed to heap further misery on Roberto Mancini's men
Earlier this week it was revealed that for the first time in its history, Milan's Piccolo Teatro had more season-ticket holders than either of the city's two football clubs. The timing could not have been more apt.
On Sunday, AC Milan will 'host' Inter at the ground they share, the Giuseppe Meazza, for what will be the 164th Derby della Madonnina. Nobody is expecting a footballing work of art.