AC MILAN vs. AUXERRE- PREVIEW , PREDICTIONS AND LINEUPS

AC Milan kick off their champions league campaign against French outfit Auxerre with anything less than a resounding win not even an option.
The San Siro will play host to a team that last season underachieved, and that will be desperate to put things right.
Auxerre who are being dubbed rank outsiders in this ‘Group of Death’, which also plays host to Real Madrid and Ajax Amsterdam , and are clearly are out of their league, depth or any cliché you might think of.
Milan come into this match with some significant playmaker signings in the form of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Robinho and Kevin Prince Boaten- making this a serious team to watch moving forward.
Defender Alessandro Nesta (sciatic nerve) and Clarence Seedorf (knee) missed the team's Serie A game over the weekend, however are available and expected to make appearances tonight
The starting lineups for tonight are:
MILAN: Abbiati; Zambrotta, Nesta, Bonera, Antonini; Ambrosini, Pirlo, Seedorf;  Pato, Ibrahimovic, Ronaldinho
AUXERRE: Sorin; Hengbart, Coulibaly, Mignot, Grichting; Pedretti, Ndinga; Oliech, Langil, Birsa; Jelen
Auxerre on the other hand seem out of their depth not only tonight, but within the group, as well as a tournament of this stature.
The pick of the odds on a Milan win can be found at Betfair with 1.47 to Auxerre at 9.0.
A good spread to be looking at is the Over/under 2.5 goals scenario with under set at 1.95, and over at 2.02. One would look at the Milan line-up tonight and wholeheartedly be throwing cash at the 'over' side.
William hill offer a 1-0 win at 6.0, with a more likely 3-1 win at 13.0. Just to give an example of the daylight evident between these two line-ups is an Auxerre 1-0 win at 15, with a 2-1 win set at 21.0
On the score sheet, both Pato and Ibrahimovic are dead set at 1.73 to score at anytime. Ibrahimovic will want to score tonight...and will
For Auxerre it is a crap shoot with Jelen, Pedretti and Le Tallec all set at 4.5 to score and all at 11.0 to open...
AC Milan looks an impressive team this year, and will certainly challenge a lot more intensely than they did last year. 
In a group that very likely harbour a tournament winner, Milan will want to stamp their authority early against a side that will very likely be out of the competition after this group stage.