The beleaguered Rossoneri, who won some respite after beat Genoa 1-0 on Saturday, will travel to Sicily to face Gian Piero Gasperini's men.

"Palermo are doing well," Allegri said. "Gasperini's teams traditionally play good football, and they always perform well at home.

"It will be a difficult game for us, and we will have to defend well against a top quality player like Fabrizio Miccoli.

"We won on Saturday, but we must not forget what has happened lately, because we have very few points. We need to move up the table as quickly as possible, but we can only go forward thinking game-by-game," he said.